Edited sentence: Access roads for hang gliding (parachutes and gliders) could have been run up the valley walls for recreational access.Closed permanently in 2007 because this $10 million dollar white elephant was poorly conceived from the git go.Should have built the access road (504) on the N.The whole project has been a boondoggle from the beginning.Total cost would have been 1 to 5 percent of what taxpayers were eventually stuck with and it would have ended up being an economic boom instead of an economic bust.valley floor (would have saved tens of millions there) and constructed golf courses, ATV parks, and equestrian trails as they proceeded