Well I trust that the Yakima government can decide what's best for the Yakima Nation.  I would hope that it doesn't involve exploiting sacred geology in order for Riley and MHM to fill their pockets.   
  
As for Riley and MHM, they are a malignant tumor with a voracious hunger for wilderness areas and big fat multimillion dollar profits.  We have seen their complete lack of ethics demonstrated in the Cooper Spur proposal, and this is yet another example of what happens when greediness is combined with capital. 
  
Anyway like I said, the ski area will fail and all that will be left will be casinos and middle-of-nowhere golf courses.  The consumer base is not there and there already exists a ski area with lifts above timberline, it is called Timberline.  And guess what, the Palmer never runs, because here in the northwest there are very few winter bluebird days.  But maybe Riley just wants to run the lifts all the time anyway, so some people get killed (name recognition).   
  
Finally, I sincerely hope that the Washington State government does absolutely nothing to facilitate or accomodate this plan.  I don't think anybody here wants their tax dollars going into the pockets of an Oregon millionaire.