Conservation group opposes Squaw-Alpine gondola
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times
A conservation group has vowed to stop a gondola lift planned to connect two Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts, complaining that it would cut through a federally preserved wilderness.
Sierra Watch, a nonprofit group based in Nevada City, Calif., said a gondola lift connecting the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski resorts would slice through the federally protected Granite Chief Wilderness Area.
“That kind of development would be a nonstarter for us,” said Tom Mooers, executive director of Sierra Watch.
But the ski resort operators dispute the claim that the gondola will cut through wilderness area.