But after we talked to the EPA and found out that using the roads on the back side was not a possibility, we wanted to find a solution that was reasonable for the town of Vail and the residents, and we came up with something that I think is very workable. The plan, approved by the town and the Forest Service, is to start hauling the logs through town, five trucks a day, in the week after Labor Day weekend. Not everyone is happy about that plan. Jensen said the hauling will be limited to weekdays through September and October. If the project continues into November, he said, they will be able to drive seven days a week.
Trucks go through town all the time.
People keep getting confused on this issue all the time. A truck is a truck is a truck. But that's little comfort to Berman, who said the entire Blue Sky Basin expansion, formerly known as Category III, should never have started rolling. With the downturn in skier numbers at Vail and in Colorado, and the lack of skier growth nationwide for 20 years, it's assinine to believe ski area expansion should be occurring at all right now, especially at the largest ski area in the country. It makes no sense from a public recreation perspective.