A proposed gondola system to Alta and Snowbird would require a key piece of land for a base station. That land was owned by a company founded by two former politicians. Then another company quietly came in and purchased it last year.
For the past four years, state officials have mulled options for addressing the crush of traffic flowing through one of the area’s most prized natural wonders — Little Cottonwood Canyon. One option is widening the roadway for dedicated bus lanes and expanding bus services up and down the canyon. The second is to build an enormous 8-mile gondola system to Alta with a stop at Snowbird.
The Salt Lake Tribune has learned two parcels of land where the gondola station would sit are owned by one of the gondola’s primary beneficiaries — Snowbird. McCandless believes the gondola is the best solution, arguing it’s the most effective way to get people in and out of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The bus option wouldn’t be effective, while imposing a larger footprint on the fragile landscape, he said.
“If that parcel was gone, the gondola wouldn’t be possible,” Fields said during an interview, saying there is little available land near the canyon mouth. McCandless said his company still owns an 8-acre parcel that abuts the gondola land to the south and west. Despite what gondola opponents have speculated, McCandless told The Tribune he has no intention to develop the land into condos, retail space or parking lots.
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