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G - The #4 mine road area on the 5,000' long X 1,400' vertical <br /> slope generally southwest of the yard area for the under- <br /> construction Coal Basin adit approximately one mile west of <br /> the preparation plant. See paragraph below regarding this <br /> corridor in relation to a secondary access to the Key area. <br /> Similar figures for the potential expansion areas will be summarized <br /> later. <br /> Since the general physical features at Coal Basin are not on a par, <br /> for example, with Copper Mountain, Vail or Snowmass, the need for detailed <br /> terrain analysis and planning is obvious in order to provide avalanche <br /> hazard-free ski lifts, adequate base facilities and parking lots, <br /> minimum hazard slopes, accesss routes, etc. Two excellent and available <br /> guides to such planning are: <br /> A - "Ski Area Planning For Avalanches" prepared by Norm Wilson <br /> for the Forest Service National Avalanche School. Norm and <br /> I worked together on the avalanche control team at Squaw <br /> Valley for the 1960 Winter Olympics. <br /> B - "Development Planning - Winter Sports Resorts" prepared by <br /> the Rocky Mountain Region of the Forest Service headquartered <br /> in Denver. <br /> The four-mile long main access road from Redstone to what should <br /> become the main base and parking area - the reclaimed plant and waste <br /> sites - is avalanche-free except for some very minor sluffs off of the <br /> steep but south-facing slopes midway between the town and the plant. A <br /> secondary access and parking-base area option for intermediate and <br /> advanced skiers could be located along Dutch Creek at what will eventually <br /> become the portal-yard and excavation spoil area for the adit mentioned <br /> above in item "G". A lift system (one or two) from this general area to <br /> -i0- <br />