Forums Splitboard Talk Forum Bunny Flat Winter Access in Serious Jeopardy Viewing 18 posts - 1 through 18 (of 18 total)Author Posts June 21, 2012 at 10:28 pm #577059 shasta 143 PostsLocal news is access to Bunny Flat will be gone next winter:http://www.mtshastanews.com/top_stories/x1049598524/Budget-cuts-may-lead-to-unplowed-Everitt-Memorial-Hwy4 of 5 Supervisors on the board think ranching is the only economic engine in the county and likely will vote that way. Any public input that opens their eyes to the fact that Bunny Flat access brings in tourism will help. Please send a note to these 4 supes that need enlightenment:1) Jim Cook=jimcook@snowcrest.net2) Michael Kobseff=mkobseff@co.siskiyou.ca.us3) Grace Bennett=gbennett@co.siskiyou.ca.us4) Marcia Armstrong=marmstrong@co.siskiyou.ca.usI’m not a totally wired guy like many who visit here so if anyone wants to cross post this on any other sites feel free.Thanks,Andy MarxP.S. I really want a sled but don’t want this to be the reason I have to get one. June 22, 2012 at 1:48 am #657374 802smuggler 369 PostsRaise some funds and get your town the biggest baddest plow the world has ever seen!! I’ve seen a lifted subaru this summer, now lets see a splitboard super-mod plow truck! :rock: June 22, 2012 at 1:33 pm #657375 shasta 143 PostsBuying a plow is one option I’ve heard. A toll for the road or parking fees at Bunny Flat might fund it. Bitch is you also need a rotary blower$$ because a plow cant deal with the snow amounts and wind drifts up there. Some dedicated system to clear Everitt would be great as many times in winter after a big dump it takes days or weeks to open Everitt. With no funding source right now Winter 2012-13 is off the table if the county quits clearing the road.If this happens Bunny will be inaccessible until well into Spring: no more Trinity Chutes, Casaval shots, Avy Gulch corn, Giddy, Powder Bowl, Sun Bowl or Ski Bowl snowmobile runs: you get the drift. 😥An onslaught of input from those who rely on Bunny for fun is the best way to make the politicians realize they need to keep the road open. June 22, 2012 at 2:27 pm #657376 802smuggler 369 PostsI’m an east coaster so the most intense we get is just a really big plow. I can imagine the kind of equipment you’re talking ain’t cheap! I wish you the best of luck as I’ve read of bunny flat here on SB. Good luck and stick it to the man! June 22, 2012 at 11:10 pm #657377 silver 167 PostsI sent the above supes a note explaining that I go to Shasta a couple times a year and spend money there from out of town. And that I won’t if that road isn’t open. June 22, 2012 at 11:20 pm #657378 shasta 143 PostsAwesome Silver: Shasta access is too precious to give up without a fight! June 23, 2012 at 2:14 am #657379 schedler 46 PostsThat would really suck. I just sent a similar letter. June 23, 2012 at 2:08 pm #657380 jibmaster 446 PostsSounds like a business opportunity for you shasta. Get that sled and charge a minimal ski-bum fee for towing folks up the road… June 23, 2012 at 5:49 pm #657381 ShastaG 4 PostsThanks Andy, this is too important to not spread the word. Maybe we should ask those supes why they are funding a campaign to fight the Klamath dam removal project?? So far $.5M of public funds wasted by an unnecessary lawsuit over an issue that the public supports…The county budget to plow the road is 125 grand, a drop in the bucket compared to the economic benefit that it brings to Siskiyou County, not to mention the reason many of us chose to live and visit here…And btw, freshies today, powder riding in late June! June 23, 2012 at 10:51 pm #657382 SchralphMacchio 474 PostsQuestion: are most of the economic benefits of mountain access conferred to the city, over other parts of the county? I typically only spend money in Tehama Cty or Shasta City itself when I’m out there (not very often), and I wonder how it is for other visitors. Is this one of those “people in Yreka don’t care about Shasta” kind of things?For the County to not issue a bond and get the necessary capex, O&M, and administrative expenses to keep the road access funded is stupid – that road accesses the single most iconic landmark in the county, let alone within 150 miles in any direction.Lemme see if I can write these thoughts more clearly to the supes. June 23, 2012 at 11:07 pm #657383 SchralphMacchio 474 Postsletter written, thanks for raising the issue, Shasta. June 24, 2012 at 3:29 pm #657384 shasta 143 PostsThanks for the emails, keep them coming. :clap:Schralph I’m sure many like yourself only spend $ in Mt. Shasta City while visiting the mountain but those dollars benefit the county several times over. Between sales tax, hotel tax, keeping shops open (who doesn’t hit the Goat for a bubbly refreshment :guinness: after a climb), Shasta G hiring guides who live and spend $ here…the ripple effect from Everitt Memorial is huge and the powers that be will only know that if they get a pile of letters.Aside from the $ issue is the fact that winter/early spring Bunny Flat access is a stoke factory we can’t afford to lose without a fight! June 25, 2012 at 3:27 pm #657385 SchralphMacchio 474 Posts @shasta wrote:Thanks for the emails, keep them coming. :clap:Schralph I’m sure many like yourself only spend $ in Mt. Shasta City while visiting the mountain but those dollars benefit the county several times over. Between sales tax, hotel tax, keeping shops open (who doesn’t hit the Goat for a bubbly refreshment :guinness: after a climb), Shasta G hiring guides who live and spend $ here…the ripple effect from Everitt Memorial is huge and the powers that be will only know that if they get a pile of letters.Yeah apart from the economic effects, I mentioned that the county defunding access via the road is like Mariposa county defunding access to Yosemite. Mount Shasta is the single most iconic figure in Siskiyou County and limiting access would be stupid and disastrous. NFS climbing records can determine the minimum number of tourists that would be affected by this proposal … why hasn’t someone asked to look at their records yet to even get an idea of what is on the table here?I already got a response from one of the county supes this morning. According to him the issue is linked to re-approval of SRS, which I’m not sure I agree with. However, he did ask me to bitch to Jerry Brown’s office about their proposal to remove plows from Caltrans inventory, which sounds like complete nonsense to me. June 25, 2012 at 4:01 pm #657386 shasta 143 PostsAny response is good, even if its dipped in B.S.: CalTrans only plows the highways (I5, 89…) as far as I know. SRS is a funding issue but the bigger problem is, as Shasta G observed, the funds spent on litigation to preserve ancient dams that provide no real benefit to the county.15,000 average # of summit bids a year. The number does not include day trips where no summit pass is purchased. I’m sure I’m alone on this but there are a few outlaws who end up above 10k on a day trip without purchasing a pass :thumpsup:Thanks again for the support. Good to hear you hit up Brewer I was tempted that weekend but the warm temps sent me to the lake instead. June 25, 2012 at 10:11 pm #657387 SchralphMacchio 474 Posts @shasta wrote:Any response is good, even if its dipped in B.S.: CalTrans only plows the highways (I5, 89…) as far as I know. SRS is a funding issue but the bigger problem is, as Shasta G observed, the funds spent on litigation to preserve ancient dams that provide no real benefit to the county.15,000 average # of summit bids a year. The number does not include day trips where no summit pass is purchased. I’m sure I’m alone on this but there are a few outlaws who end up above 10k on a day trip without purchasing a pass :thumpsup:Thanks again for the support. Good to hear you hit up Brewer I was tempted that weekend but the warm temps sent me to the lake instead.The supe mentioned that Jerry Brown is asking Caltrans to defund plowing – don’t know if that is for specific regions or not or statewide. I asked him to forward me more specific information so that I could follow up with my state senate and assembly reps (Sen. Hancock and Assy. Swanson).As far as # of summit bids, they can see from Nov through mid-July exactly how many are launching from Bunny or the ski resort and take that as a bare minimum number and inflate it by a multiplier (let’s say 1.5) to estimate day trippers. It’s not that hard to take 1 day and send an intern down with MS Excel to go through the records and come up with an estimate.Temps were warm on 6/16-18 and riding was decent, not epic, not bad. Such an easy fast walk to get to snow, and such a straight shot up the mountain, from Brewer. So much more direct than Avy Gulch or West Face! November 28, 2012 at 8:26 pm #657388 schedler 46 PostsThings are getting wild up in Norcal, any update on this? November 28, 2012 at 8:42 pm #657389 schedler 46 Postsvia twitter:Chris Carr@shastaguides: County Supes approved budget authority for plowing the Everett and Castle Lake access roads. Big ups for human powered recreation! November 29, 2012 at 4:56 am #657390 iriecoyote 291 Posts @schedler wrote:via twitter:Chris Carr@shastaguides: County Supes approved budget authority for plowing the Everett and Castle Lake access roads. Big ups for human powered recreation!addendum: Big ups for human powered recreation facilitated by heavy machinery!haha, just breaking yer balls. Happy to hear the roads will be open this season. Viewing 18 posts - 1 through 18 (of 18 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.