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A wide variety of special measures have been incorporated i to the private land developnent plan. Q1e particularly irrportant set 0 measures are toose designed to protect the cliff areas where perEl;lrin falcons have historically nested. To acconplish this, Westfork Invest nt, Ltd. has worked with the u.s. Fish an:l Wildlife Service, u.s. For t Service an:l others to prepare a conservation easement for the benefit 0 the perEl;lrine falcons. This easement will apply to portions of the Chapso Ranch section of the development and would specify certain permitted and rohibited uses in the area directly below the nesting cliff. In those ar as not covered by the easement (which would be granted to the U.S. Fis and Wildlife Service by Westfork in perpetuity), Westfork will work wi h the Fish an:l Wildlife Service to insure that its on-going operation such as the application of herbicides an:l pestiCides where necessary do not jeopardize the continued presence of the perEl;lrines. C. EKIIm FEASIBILITY Wolf Creek Valley (formerly Wiroy Pass) was first in entoried as a potential winter sports site during the National Forest au oor Recreation Resources Review coroucted during the early 1960's. The a ea was believe(! to have some potential as a small local ski area. In 1970, a subsequent survey was initiated throughout the Rocky Mountain Region. The appraisers' rating during this inventory as "good". A separate rating during this same period was made for the b ck bowls. This rating considered the back bowls as a part of the pro osed E'elst Fork development. A "marginal" to "good" was given to the ack bowls and Treasure Mountain area. These ratings were carried forward in the subsequent Forest land an:l resource management plan as "good". Juan National 1. Snow Cover The Forest Service surveys indicated that the area ad an adequate snow cover for four or roore months. The average depth was between two and three feet during the poorer or drought years. At the tine of the survey, the need for artificial snow was not disc ssed since the natural snow depths appeared adequate. CUrrent measurements an:l historical data indicate hat a reliable snowpack can be expected on the mountain to upport sk i ing. Consistent snowpack in the 30 to 70 inch range is co sidered good to excellent even though much of the terrain within t e project area faces west and east. While llUch of the terrai propose(! for development on the front side faces west, this is not considered restrictive for the project. These west aspects wi 1 naintain good snowpack due to the high snCMfall an:l the relatively high elevations of the site. state-of-the-art grooming advances and the opportunity for patch snowmaking can also mitigate roost of t e solar exposure 6