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Utah County planning panel approves five-year extension for Snowbird’s Mary Ellen Gulch lift permits
Summary
The Utah County Planning Commission voted to extend Snowbird’s previously approved conditional-use permits for two proposed ski lifts and associated facilities in Mary Ellen Gulch to April 7, 2030, after hearing technical updates from the applicant and sustained public comment about water quality, access and visual impacts.
The Utah County Planning Commission on a vote approved a five-year extension of termination dates for two previously granted conditional-use approvals that would allow Snowbird to seek permits to install two ski lifts and associated mountain-resort facilities in Mary Ellen Gulch.
Snowbird President and General Manager Dave Fields told the commission the company has continued water-quality monitoring, worked with state and federal agencies on the Live Yankee mine area, and made improvements to riparian access and vegetation while researching newer lift technologies. "We will continue to protect the Canyon Mountain riparian zone and other areas of environmental concern in Utah County," Fields said. He said lift access would be exclusively from Little Cottonwood Canyon and that construction would likely rely heavily on helicopter lifts because of remote, seasonal access.
The extension is the latest in a sequence of approvals dating to April 7, 2016, when conditional-use permits for the Mineral Basin and Mary…
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