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The environment desk at Aspen Public Radio covers issues in the Roaring Fork Valley and throughout the state of Colorado including water use and quality, impact of recreation, population growth and oil and gas development. APR’s Environment Reporter is Elizabeth Stewart-Severy.

SkiCo eyes Sam’s Knob development

Courtesy of Sam's Smokehouse

Aspen Skiing Company wants to make some changes to the Sam’s Knob area on Snowmass.  The U.S. Forest Service is now taking public commenton the plans.

 

SkiCo wants to build a new ski patrol facility and expand Sam’s Smokehouse Restaurant. They said this will improve safety on the mountain and ease long lines at the restaurant during holiday rushes. There are also plans to install two underground fiber optic cables to help with on-mountain communications.

The ski patrol building would replace a temporary structure near the top of the Village Express chairlift. The proposal is for a 2,000-square foot building, including offices, conference space and a workroom.

The restaurant addition would be between 3,000 and 5,000 square feet, on the northwest corner of the current building.

The Forest Service said no trees will be cut for the projects.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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