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We fought a similar gondola project in my town and won. Developers wanted to build a gondola to the top of the Stawamus Chief, a big granite monolith on the edg
by cgh 12y ago
We fought a similar gondola project in my town and won. Developers wanted to build a gondola to the top of the Stawamus Chief, a big granite monolith on the edge of town. It got shot down. The fact that it's a provincial park probably helped. The gondola got built in a more suitable location, to the top of a nearby ridge, and now everyone is happy.
Hopefully the people organising against this Grand Canyon silliness see similar success.
- japhyr 12y agoThank you for doing that. I hope to climb the Chief some day, and I'll be happy not to top out in front of a gondola depot.
- cgh 12y agoWell, I'd like to take some real credit, but all I did was sign a petition and mutter darkly. There was a lot of opposition and I guess every name made a difference. As far as climbing the Chief goes, get up here, you aren't getting any younger. A bunch of great new routes have gone up over the last few years, including some stellar moderates: http://squamishclimbingsource.com/sunset-strip/ http://squamishclimbingsource.com/sunset-strip/