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<br />The three alternatives considered in this Revised DEIS are sUllroarized as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> Trail Permit <br />SWl! AcreaQe Acreage Lifts. <br />0 0 0 0 <br />11,750 904 2700 14 lifts <br /> one gondola <br /> <br />Alternative <br />One <br />(no action) <br /> <br />Two <br />(proposed <br />action) <br /> <br />Three <br />(no back <br />bowls) <br /> <br />10,000 <br /> <br />519 <br /> <br />1726 <br /> <br />10 lifts <br />one gondola <br /> <br />* Skiers-At-0ne-'l'ime represents the skiing capacity of the sk' area <br /> <br />These alternatives are discussed in detail in Chapter II, and Alternatives Two <br />and Three are illustrated on Maps 3 and 7 respectively. <br /> <br />AFFF.Cl'ED ENVIRONMENl' <br /> <br />Bio-Phvsical Environment <br /> <br />The study area en~sses moderate to steep terrain with casional vertical <br />outcrops of shale and sal'\dstone. Recent debris flows also cha acterize specific <br />locations within the study area. Elevations range from 7,8 5 feet to 10,728 <br />feet. About half of the area is interpreted as having relatively high <br />potential for construction induced slope failure. The pote tial for rockfall <br />hazards are low to medium except at a few areas adjacent to h gher cliffs along <br />Bootjack Ridge. Existing areas judged to have a potential fo the initiation of <br />snow avalanches are very few and are located along Bootjack Ridge and an area <br />southeast of 10-7 Peak. Erosion hazard ranges from low to sev reo For the soils <br />in the West Fork drainage, thirty-six percent of the area s a high erosion <br />hazard rating and sixteen percent has a severe rating. The rea east of Windy <br />Pass has seven percent with a high erosion hazard rating and two percent with a <br />severe rating. <br /> <br /> <br />as "distinctive" <br />a "visual quality <br />de disturbance to <br /> <br />A substantial portion of the study area has been classifi <br />or variety class "A" rating, and most of the area has <br />objective" of partial retention. one trail is the only man <br />the 11ational Forest System Land. <br /> <br />No significant cultural resources were identified on Nat'onal Forest ~stem <br />land. Several sites and isolated finds were recorded on priv te land; one of the <br />sites will be evaluated for eligibility for N!lRP nominat on. The remaining <br />private land has yet to be inventoried. <br /> <br />Fifty percent of the annual precipitation is water y eld of which 90-95 <br />percent is derived fran snowmelt. About 20 inches of the 42 inch average annual <br />precipitation becomes streamflow which occurs in five distin watersheds. <br /> <br />iv <br />