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Day skier paIking will be developed to correspond with the mountain capacity at each construction phase. Initially, day skier rking will be at graJe on two sites totaling 10.1 acres. It is propose:! th t as the area develops and parking nee:!s increase, paIking structures will e erecte:! on the existing lots. At completion, the ski area at the propose:! Wolf Creek Vall y development would have a total of fourteen lifts and a gondola. In dition, two restaurants would be locate:! on the mountain as well s facilities necessary to accanmodate and serve the total skiing capacit. Subsequent phases of skiing developnent would be undertaken as demand wa rants with no particular relationship to calendar years. The phasing of 1 fts, which is intende:! to ensure a proper distribution of terrain by abi ity level and proper circulation throughout the ski complex, would have to e approved by the .Forest Service in annual operating and construction pans which the developer would be require:! to submit. The development of public land for downhill skiing is but on component of a large resort complex. Wolf Creek Valley is propose:! as a four season resort locate:! on 2,564 acres of private land in Mineral Co ' ty, ColoraJo. The development is approximately twelve miles north of pag sa Springs on u.s. Highway 160 (see Map 2). SUnvrer oriente:! activities facilities will eventually include two championship golf courses, an equestrian center, fifteen lakes, three miles of river frontage, tenn s, and hiking and biking trails. Complete development of Wolf Creek Valley will require 20 30 years. To reach this goal, the developer, Westfork Investment, Ltd. has planned development of the property to be focuse:! in three distinct reas. Each of the three primary development areas has been planned to exis independently until later portions of the developmEmt are complete:!. The South Meadow is one of the three primary development a eas within the project. Locate:! on approximately the southern 50% 0 the private property, the South Meadow will focus on summer-orient recreational activities such as golf, tennis, horseback riding, and wa er activities. Developnent in this area will include single family and mul i-family homes as well as a clubhouselcoIlmmity center which will offe visitors and residents a variety of services. Having received necessary approvals from Mineral County development of the South MeaJow gol course and infrastructure began in 1985. Development of this area is ecte:! to take five to, seven years. The second major development area within Wolf Creek Valley is the Village Center which lies in the center of the property. As its n e implies, this area of the developnent will ultimately function as the co nity focus for the entire project. The majority of commercial space and conference facilities will be locate:! in the Village Center along wit higher density multi-family units. The ski area and base facilities previously describe:! is he third major focus of development activity. 4