Great Bear is already being used as a natural recreation in the summer and winter. There are tons of trails for bikes and hikers, snow shoes or cross country.
Maybe we should make it this way all year long?
Great Bear Ski Valley is tentatively slated to open later than any season in its history.
Originally, the hope was to be open this week. But Mother Nature had other plans.
“It’s out of our control,” said Dan Grider, general manager.
Actually it is NOT. While we can’t control the weather we can certainly control the city’s assets. Every year we dump tons of money into Great Bear for the snow season and each year it is either closed because it is too cold or too warm. Enough with the climate change games. I think we should turn the lodge into a warming house and just open the park up as a natural recreational park with no chair lifts or snow makers. Instead of playing these games each year, let’s use the park when nature allows us to use it and stop throwing millions of dollars at a facility that is used about 30-40 days out of the year.
Yet we have NO money for childcare. Maybe we could convert Great Bear into a child care facility?