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 July 15, 2011 The Columbia Valley Pioneer
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GLACIER SKIING — Te site on Farnham Glacier where WinSport (formerly the Canadian Olympic Development As-sociation) held training camps for Canadian Olympic skiers, and where Glacier Resorts Ltd. plans to continue operations.Photo submitted 
By Kelsey VerboomPioneer Staf  
 Glacier Resorts Ltd. plans to begin light commercialday operations on Farnham Glacier this July, nishingin November — a move that environmental advocacy group, Wildsight, is opposing.Operations will include public snowcat sightseeingand skiing, in addition to continuing to grant ski train-ing access or local, regional, and national athletes on theglacier. Wildsight is opposing the commercial activitiesto on Farnham Glacier, but Glacier Resorts is within therights o its current licensing to proceed with the summeroperations, conrmed the Ministry o Forests, Lands andNatural Resource Operations.Prior to 2007, a Licence o Occupation to providea training acility or Canadian Olympic skiers was heldor Farnham Glacier by the Canadian Olympic Develop-ment Association (CODA), which is now operated by  WinSport Canada.“Following approval o the Resort Master Plan or Jumbo Glacier Resort, which included a review o theFarnham Glacier area, the expired licence was replacedby one issued to Glacier Resorts Ltd., with a sub-licenceagreement between Glacier Resorts Ltd. and WinSport,”conrmed Patrick Vert, public aairs ofcer or the Min-istry o Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.Glacier Resorts took over the licence in December,2007. Section 2.1 o the licence states, “On the termsand conditions set out in this Agreement, we grant youa licence o occupation o the Land or Alpine Skiing,Sight-seeing, and the establishment and maintenance o related acilities including road access purposes, and youacknowledge this licence o occupation does not grantyou exclusive use and occupancy o the Land.”“Te Farnham Glacier Licence o Occupation is nota resort request,” Mr. Vert said, adding that the licenceis currently in good standing. “All terms and conditionsand provisions or dispute resolution in the licence agree-ment remain applicable.”Following the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, WinSport decided to discontinue operations on the gla-cier, where they had been operating the athlete trainingacility, Camp Green. Tree years ago, a group o parentso local ski racers who were concerned about what wouldhappen to the glacier training opportunities should WinSport cease operations, ormed a group called theKootenay Snowsports Society. Te society has now madearrangements with Glacier Resorts that will enable themto acilitate scaled-down ski race training on the glacieror daytime use only. Te society will be responsibleor scheduling clubs and acilitating transportation andtraining-specic arrangements.Glacier Resorts plans to use the same snowcatsthat will shuttle athletes in the morning to transportgroups o 15 people to sightsee and eventually ski onthe glacier during the aternoon. Te sightseers will betransported to the glacier via bus and SUV, and willleave the glacier by evening. Te ees Glacier Resorts will charge or their tours will allow the athletes to trainat the base cost o operating the snowcats: around $50-$60 per athlete, said Grant Costello, vice-president o Glacier Resorts.Mr. Costello stressed that while they are workingunder the Licence o Occupation there will be no over-night accommodation, and that all activities will be con-ducted on a daytime basis.Glacier Resorts emailed a detailed breakdown o their operating plans to Wildsight, the Ministry o For-ests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, and theKtunaxa First Nations.“Tis was done as a courtesy, not to seek approvalor anything,” Mr. Costello said. “Everything that we’regoing to do is in our Licence o Occupation…in no way is this an approval.” Ater receiving the operating plans, Wildsight issueda press release on their website (http://www.wildsight.ca/news/promoters-sneaking-jumbo-through-backdoor-tourism-plans), claiming Glacier Resorts requires ap-proval or a proposal, that Winsport ceased operatingbecause o poor snow conditions, and that required en-vironmental remediation work was incomplete.
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. . . ‘Glacier Resorts Ltd. ready to begin summer op-erations on Farnham Glacier’ continued from Page 5 
“WinSport announced this year it would cease op-erations due to requently poor snow conditions and thelack o economic viability o the site or athlete training,” Wildsight’s press release reads. Robyn Duncan, Wild-sight’s Purcell Mountains program manager was unableto say where this inormation came rom.Brendon Arnold, media relations manager or Win-Sport Canada, conrmed that WinSport has decided todiscontinue operations, but that the reasoning behindthe decision was not to do with the snow.“Snow conditions were not the issue,” he said. “It was a cooperative decision made between us and the na-tional sport organizations because Camp Green wasn’tbeing used in its ull capacity.”One o Wildsight’s main concerns, Ms. Duncansaid, is the environmental conditions on Farnham Gla-cier, citing past complaints o improperly stored uel, waste management, and soil contamination.“o have Glacier start talking about commercial op-erations when there have already been such damages is aconcern to us,” she said.Following a government visit ater the Olympics, alist o required remediation was made, some o which was to be completed by WinSport. Mr. Costello ac-knowledged Glacier Resorts’ responsibility or the nec-essary remediation, and said that as o press time, ev-erything that was required o them has been completed,including the items required o WinSport that weren’tpreviously remedied. Te nal steps were reviewed by se-nior proessional engineer o Interior Reorestation Co.,Ltd., Shawn Vokey.“We took responsibility because we are the masterlicence, and because we told the government we woulddo it. It’s our responsibility and we aren’t trying to shunit. We committed that we would have it done beore we started operations, so that’s what we’re doing,” Mr.Costello said.Ms. Duncan also spoke o Wildsight’s concern ordevelopment on the glacier by Glacier Resorts. She couldnot elaborate with specic examples. She said she wasconcerned Glacier Resorts would erect another camp inthe place o Camp Green.Te removal o the camp’s buildings and structuresis currently in negotiation between WinSport and Gal-cier Resorts, and there are no plans to replace them, Mr.Costello said.“Tere will be no development, no buildings, noconstruction, no uel stored on site, nothing. Tere willbe portable toilets, and that’s it,” he said. “We don’t evenneed a shelter because people will be transerred straightto awaiting cats. We are not in the camp business.”Dave McGrath, ather o three local children in-volved in ski racing and a member o the Kootenay Snowsport Society, recently wrote to the provincial gov-ernment to emphasize the need or an aordable, year-round training acility. Mr. McGrath said he thinks it’scritical to separate the training on Farnham Glacier romthe ongoing issue o Jumbo Glacier Resort, or whichGlacier Resorts Ltd. is the proponent.“Our main goal is to make sure there is a training a-cility or our kids up there. I think i we’re looking at thisas the larger controversial issue, it’s easy to rope it intothe big mess. What we’re ocusing on, and what is goingto be lost i we let ourselves get into that mess, is the op-portunity to get our kids up there and do great things.”In contrast, Ms. Duncan rom Wildsight said, “Wedon’t ofcially have a stance on athlete training. In thiscase we have had extensive conversations with people who are involved in Camp Green, and everyone is tellingus that this [training acility] isn’t necessary.”Ms. Duncan said she was not at liberty to reveal hersources. Wildsight is taking action towards this issue becauseas citizens, they have the public responsibility to overseepublic lands, Ms. Duncan said.“We are engaging in the democratic process,”she added.“I think Glacier should not be permitted to runcommercial activities on one o the glaciers they are pro-posing to build the larger Jumbo Glacier Resort on un-til a decision about the Jumbo Glacier Resort has beenmade.”She also added that a more thorough consultationprocess should have happened with First Nations andthe public when the current Licence o Occupation wastranserred.However, that responsibility does not belong to GlacierResorts; it belongs to the government, Mr. Costello said.“With a Licence o Occupation, the proponents arenot required to consult. Tat is the province’s responsi-bility. Te question could be ‘did the province consult when they granted the licence [to CODA]?’ but it hasnothing to do with us. We just took over an existing Li-cence o Occupation.”Regarding the claims in Wildsight’s press release thatGlacier Resorts built an unlicensed road into the area in2008, Mr. Costello said they were “absolute, bald-acedlies.” An email conversation between the province andGlacier Resorts conrms Glacier Resorts was given thego-ahead to build the road.Glacier Resorts plans to begin summer operations onFarnham Glacier sometime during the next ew weeks.
“We are engaging in the democratic process.” 
 
Robyn Duncan,Purcell Mountains Program Manager and SouthernRockies Program Coordinator, Wildsight 
 
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Hiking in the Bugaboos, 1953 
 A group o Columbia Valley men spent this sunny day in 1953 hiking near Bugaboo Provincial Park. Te amous  peaks are visible behind the men. Back row: Ian Weir, Bud Coy, Jack Mackill, Alfe Laird, George Torton, and twounnamed engineers rom Nelson. From row: Bev Harris, two unnamed engineers rom Golden, Gordon Lake, LeoRicher, and Hank Newcomen. I you have any more inormation, e-mail us at ino@cv-pioneer.com.Photo courtesy o Nancy Ballard, daughter o Ian Weir 
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 T auh  a hugh, uwhy w y huld b abl  bak u h  h am wh. Ta  h xa w a T p ahld , ad huld b h xa ald  ayublhg ad dbug a w la.’m u h wk’ w y  pag 5 gadga  Faham Gla wll u a w ah.Hw, h   h al wa h d ul ah d’ — Gla  Ld. ad Wldgh’ —ably  ably  bak u h bl ad lam wh had . ga bh Gla  ad Wldgh h -uy  xla h u ad  d m ay y  dum ha wuld u h d  hy.Gla  wa abl  du, wh a hu my qu, y gl   ug d akd : l, mal, am, ma, h, adla. xludg h hgah, ah  h du-m wa da amd ad had gau  ama m gm al. ak a, h a m Wldgh whm  wd wa uabl  ll m a gl - u ha wuld u h   lagadg Faham Gla ha wa ublhd  Wld-gh’ wb. sh aguly d “gm ula-”, “du”,  ld m, m ha , ha h wa  a lby  al u.  akd  am ad d h ma  ubaag aw y.  akd  h w ay ug du-m m Wldgh’ l ha uld  m  h uh  h am  h  la. sh wauabl  d m wh ayhg.’m wg abu h bau  bl  h -gy  h w bu. A my ab xdma, l-lamd “wahdg” gu uha Wldgh a gg away wh h w qual  mud. Dbug ma  a had w ma— makg  ally  h w — wh hama ha b dd, lly qud m,  uud by ay agbl d, huld blabl. A lawy wuld  b md  ma  aum  h mad wd lam ha uld  bhw uhul hugh . A ah wh mad uh w u uulum wuld b d m hlam.   mad u qu  a w y  my w w,  wuld  b wg h.s why, h, a mal gaza hld  h am adad? Judgg by h ably xla h lgmay  h w w la, Wld-gh m  hld l  a df   ul mh mda, Gla , ad  h gm.   Wldgh w a all uu abu ay  h am h “w” la, h  huld  ha bd  ulad.pl wh d’ ha h ably, m,  u a Gla , h gm, W,ad h al  ga h lgmay  uham a ukd  h y  agada, admay ak h al lam  b uhul. Wha a l-y l bw uh ad d. Wldgh ha adly alld  a aay  ma ad  m Gla  ad hgm.  h a, h ga y  Wld-gh’ ably  dl h y hg  dmad.
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