Eaglecrest Ski Area Master Plan A 2012 PėĊĕĆėĊĉ ċĔė: PėĊĕĆėĊĉ ćĞ: TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1 A. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN ................................................................................................................................................ 1 B. MASTER PLAN PROCESS .............................................................................................................................................. 2 C. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................................................................... 2 1. Public Meetings .......................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Project Website ........................................................................................................................................... 3 3. Project Comments....................................................................................................................................... 3 4. Telephone and Online Surveys .................................................................................................................... 3 D. KEY FINDINGS ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 E. SUMMARY OF MASTER PLAN COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................ 5 1. Winter ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Summer....................................................................................................................................................... 6 II. ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................................................ 8 A. SITE ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 1. Location and Access .................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Guest Service Facilities ................................................................................................................................ 8 3. Mountain Facilities ..................................................................................................................................... 9 4. Nordic ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 5. Trails ......................................................................................................................................................... 12 6. Summer Use .............................................................................................................................................. 12 7. Maintenance ............................................................................................................................................. 13 8. Recreation Land Use Classification Areas ................................................................................................. 13 B. EXISTING MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 14 1. Vision, Mission Statement, and 2008 Strategic Plan Update ................................................................... 14 2. Operations ................................................................................................................................................ 15 3. Governance ............................................................................................................................................... 16 C. MARKET ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 17 1. Key Trends – Local Demographics ............................................................................................................ 17 2. Key Trends – Non-resident Visitors ........................................................................................................... 18 3. Existing Eaglecrest Use ............................................................................................................................. 19 4. Other Activities for Juneau Residents ....................................................................................................... 20 5. Potential Eaglecrest Use ........................................................................................................................... 20 6. Visitation Potential ................................................................................................................................... 23 D. MULTI-SEASON RECREATION POTENTIAL ............................................................................................................. 25 1. Examples of Successful Operations ........................................................................................................... 25 2. Potential Multi-Season Recreation Activities ............................................................................................ 30 III. PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 32 A. FOCUS GROUP .............................................................................................................................................................. 32 B. SPECIAL INTEREST OUTREACH ................................................................................................................................ 32 C. TELEPHONE SURVEY .................................................................................................................................................. 33 EAGLECREST SKI AREA – MASTER PLAN I 1. Key Survey Results .................................................................................................................................... 33 D. ONLINE SURVEY .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 1. Summary of Online Survey Results ........................................................................................................... 39 E. EMAIL/WRITTEN INPUT ........................................................................................................................................... 44 F. PUBLIC MEETINGS ...................................................................................................................................................... 44 G. SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY INPUT ........................................................................................................................... 45 IV. MASTER PLAN ........................................................................................................................................... 47 A. RECREATION USE PLAN............................................................................................................................................. 48 1. Winter Operations .................................................................................................................................... 49 2. Proposed Summer Activities and Facilities ............................................................................................... 60 B. EVALUATION OF FUTURE RECREATION USE .......................................................................................................... 74 1. Market Factors: ........................................................................................................................................ 75 2. Operational Factors .................................................................................................................................. 75 3. Financial Factors ....................................................................................................................................... 76 4. Use and Impact Factors ............................................................................................................................ 77 5. Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................. 78 C. IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES ................................................................................................................................ 79 1. Special Committees .................................................................................................................................. 79 2. Testing the Waters ................................................................................................................................... 79 3. High Priority Projects ...............................................................................................................................