Jumbo

[powderhoundbrr]

What are your opinions on this one?

B.C. approves Jumbo Glacier Mountain ski resort - British Columbia - CBC News

I am against it but if they build it I will probably end up skiing there.......

 

[Summitric]

what are your opinions on this one?

b.c. Approves jumbo glacier mountain ski resort - british columbia - cbc news

i am against it but if they build it i will probably end up skiing there.......

it's been approved by the bc premier since the '90's...... I heard about this a while ago, but never new where it was...... Heard it will also be snowmobile friendly area.........???

 

[maxwell]

something wrong with a little economic boost to that area?

 

[Summiteer]

No Cariboo there?

 

[Summitric]

Of course not, there's skiers there.......... Only the snowmobile areas attract caribou...........

 

[Mongrol]

No Cariboo there?

Hell no, Grizzlies got them all and they're so cuddly - well, maybe once.

 

[Mongrol]

Here's a couple of pics from the West access to Jumbo. Doesn't look too sled friendly from here.

 

[MP Kid]

Jumbo? ... Panorama? Been skiing there many times, wore my sled gear on the hill, ...not so friend! No sledding up there now, so not sure why it would be "sled friendly" after the resort is built? Still amazes me at the blind ignorance the general population has toward the snowmobile community, ... but it's ok to develop another huge resort, Keep walking folks...no enviro impact here! Move along now... People are like cattle, and developers and politicians are like wolves!

 

[ronmexico]

Im pretty sure 'Jumbo' is where the Canadian Olympic ski teams practice in the summer months.

 

[ferniesnow]

Scott Neidemeyer is against it and wants to keep it wild......on the next breath, he takes the Stanley Cup via helicopter up on top of Mt. Fisher for a photo shoot. What's with that?

 

[LID]

Im pretty sure 'Jumbo' is where the Canadian Olympic ski teams practice in the summer months.

They used to train on Farnham, not Jumbo. I think they may have given up on that though.

 

[pipes]

sad part of it is, that they are looking to foreign money for investors. Why not keep it Canadian.

 

[oler1234]

Here's a couple of pics from the West access to Jumbo. Doesn't look too sled friendly from here.

which way (valley) up is this photo taken??

You know i am all for sledding and what not, and heck i haven ridden up there back in the day when you could.... but really this is prestine land up jumbo. The resort will just wreck what is existing. As well what is this going to do to panorama. Why would i want to ski pano, when i could drive another 20min for glacier skiing.... it is up the same valley and the same road. these people are not sledder friendly, you should see the amount of signs up here, they are littered everywhere. EVERY road/loggin branch road is marked with signs that they do not want you up here or anything motorized for that fact. from jumbo/glacier dome you have acces to commander icefield (littered with cravas), lake of the hanging glacier, and access to the starbird glacier. So when i go hiking up to lake of the hanging glacier, now i have to look at ski lifts? Hell the jumbo side doesnt even carry snow throughout the summer. I just understand the logic, the glacier has recieded way back and the jumbo bowl is full of avy terrain. Myself, even though it brings economy for the valley i would not be a support by any means just based on the enviornmental impact.

 

[oler1234]

Some of the east facing slopes up the valley



Lake of the hanging glacier


looking across the valley standing at jumbo pass hiking

 

[JaySimon]

They used to train on Farnham, not Jumbo. I think they may have given up on that though.

They ravaged Farnham during the 'own the podium' push.

 

[jaredszakacs]

yeah it's a sad day yes the premier approved it but it came down to enviromental and public opinion looks like they didnt take public opinion into consideration cause the polls and surveys show more than 80% are against it then for it! and yes they are asking and relying on foreign investors for support. Panorama 20 minutes away it sure sounds like another fortress nakiska episode again! yes there is some mines back there and on an old sawmill site but the surrounding valley and jumbo pass itself is breath taking! and like oler says now we gotta look at ski lifts when we hike in the area! ban the sledders cause there tracks melt but let the resorts in cause there place doesnt leave a big footprint says the skiiers and enviromentalists!

 

[MP Kid]

They used to train on Farnham, not Jumbo. I think they may have given up on that though.

Farnham ..or you mean Commander..?

 

[MP Kid]

which way (valley) up is this photo taken??

His pictures were taken looking East, from the Kootney (sp?) side!

 

[kjb]

Farnham ..or you mean Commander..?

Yes Farnham, the comander is further north and on the west side of the valley on your way up to the Farnham. The top of the comander is on the top left of the lake of the hanging glacier photo.

 

[powderhoundbrr]

They train on Farnham Glacier