peterclimb Posted February 21, 2005 Posted February 21, 2005 Hey, BC skiers of the Pacific NW: Glacier City Snowmobile Tours (http://www.snowtours.net/) has submitted a proposal to move their summertime operation from the Spencer Glacier to the Eagle Glacier near the Nordic Training Center. They are requesting an opening of approximately 3 square miles for a “handful” of snowmachines. Access to the glacier will be via fixed wing and helicopter. Glacier City Tours will maintain two tents and an outhouse on the glacier and are requesting 450 service days (a service day is 1 user day / person). For those of you who are unaware of the area, the Eagle Glacier lies N of Girdwood and is the start (or end depending on direction) of the world-famous Eklutna Traverse. The Ekulutna Traverse is a 40 miles glacier traverse that travels across 3 glaciers and has 3 huts along the way. The huts are maintained by the Mountaineering Club of Alaska and the trip is one of the best hut to hut trips worldwide. Glacier City is claiming that their operation will not interfere with the mountaineering route – and they claim they they will not be going near the hut. But the access to this route will pass straight through their territory – and anyone who has ever skied near snowmachines knows that is one is within 5 miles you know they’re there! For more information... http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4606 Below are contact points where you can express your opinion. Teresa Paquet tpaquet@fs.fed.us tel: 907.754.2314 fax: 907.783.2094 PO Box 129 Girdwood AK 99587 PLEASE write, fax or call and express your concern over this proposed opening. Even if you’ve never been to Alaska call and say you’re concerned. Imagine going to do the Haute Route and having to ski past snowmachines… that’s what it will be like if this goes through. Quote
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