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Resource Conflicts and Expansion Opportunities Of RESOURCE CONFLICTS AND EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES OF SKI AREAS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON by KIRBY WAYNE GILBERT A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE February 1983 Directed by Dr. Philip L. Jackson TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES ABSTRACT............................ INTRODUCTION.......................... I EXISTING SKI AREAS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON.......... 2 Types of Ski Areas..................... 6 DEMAND FOR SKI AREA DEVELOPMENT................ 8 Reasons for the Absence of a Destination Resort...... 10 The Need for a Destination Resort............. 12 BASIS FOR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT............... 14 DEVELOPMENT/EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES.............. 16 The Early Winters Pr000sal................. 16 Bluewood'sRecentExample ................. 17 Washington's Local DayAreas ................ 17 The Mission Ridqe Potential ................ 20 The Mt. Bachelor Expansion ................. 20 The Mt. Hood Meadows Attempt ................ 21 The Mt. Bailey Potential..................23 The High Wal lowas! Prospect ................ 23 CONCLUSION.......................... 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY......................... 27 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE I. The Significant Ski Areas inOreqon and Washington. 3 2. Skier Visitations in Oregonand Washington........ 6 3. North American Yearly Numberof New Ski Area Openinqs. 9 4. Skier Visitation at SelectedSki Areas in Washington. 18 5. Primary Market Zones for PuqetSound Local Day Areas. 19 6. Skier Visitation at SelectedSki Areas in Oregon.....22 LIST OF TABLES TABLES PAGE I. Oregon's Ski Areas..................... 4 2. Washington's Ski Areas................... 5 3. The Classification of Ski Areas on the Basis of Market Served........................... 7 4. Basic Factors Involved in Successful Develooment..... 15 5. Ratinqs for Exoansion Potentials............. 28 RESOURCE CONFLICTS AND EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES OF SKI AREAS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON ABSTRACT: The ski areas of Oregon and Washington are similar in many resprects, especially in that they are predominately local day areas and are located on United States Forest Service lands. The demand for more ski facilities is apparent yet the number ofnew areas opening has decreased over the years. Due to the specific physical, resource, and economic requirements, onlya few sites have the desirable features for growth.While many of the 22 major ski areas within the two have potential for growth, none will probably ever reach the size and status destination resorts suchas Sun Valley, Idaho and Vail, Colorado are. Mt. Bachelor, Mission Ridge, and the Early Winters site appear to be the areas that have the greatest potential for growth in Oregon and Washington. INTRODUCTION This paper will look at the downhill ski areas of Oregon and Wash- ington along with a recent proposal for a new ski area in terms of expansion opportunities and conflicts. The objective of this study is to compile and present information necessary for evaluating the potential constraints and opportunities for expansion of the ski areas of the two states. This type of assessment is presently done at the local scale for ski areas in the Pacific Northwest, however, since final decisions concerning expansion rest with the regional forester, a region wide study might help in proper management decisions. Due to many physical site constraints, resource conflicts, and competition among other recreational users only a few ski areas are suitable for expansion into a large regional resort. Many factors such as size of oarkina areas, sewage disposal caoabilities, amount of available ski terrain, and land-use conflicts hamper exoansion plans at many areas. EXISTING SKI AREAS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON Oregon and Washinoton are very similar in terms of their de- velopments in the skiindustry. Around seven percent of Oregon's 1980 population of 2,632,663 are downhill skiers and some seven and one half oercent of Washington's 1980 population of 4,130,163 are downhill skiers (Oregon State Parks and Recreation Branch 1978; Borgersen 1982). Both states have elevan ski areas of significance (Figure l)(Tables I & 2). Virtually all areas within the two states are located on United States Forest Service (U.S.F.S.) land. Itis not all that unusual that ski areas in western states are under U.S.F.S. jurisdiction. What is unus- ual about Oregon and Washington ski areas is that not only are the slopes and lifts on Forest Service lands, but the base areas of each site are also on Forest Service lands (Stonehill 1969). Thus, the final decision for any development rests with the regional forester in Portland for areas on National Forest land in Oregon and Washington. For each state the figures for skier visitor days are similar. In the 1981-82 season Oregon had around 1.2 million skier days while Washington had around 1.6 million (U.S.D.A. Forest Service 1982). The amount of annual skier days has increased over the years with just brief interruptions due to drought (Figure 2). Other similarities between the two states ski areas include mountain topocraohy and winter climates. Indeed, most of the ski areas are found in the Cascades and all can exoerience undesirable rain for brief periods in the winter season. 3 Fiaure I - The Sionificant Ski Areas in Oregon and Washington. Source: adapted from U.S.F.S. Region 6 base map Tbe Mt. OegontHood TimberlSki i AreasfluitorporHoodoo Mt. WI I lamettMt. Anthony Spout High Mt. 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