Colorado Ski Area Proposes Four New Lifts
Ski Cooper, a small Colorado mountain known for its affordable lift tickets and laid-back atmosphere, has wide-ranging plans for the future.In its draft 2025 master development plan (MDP), which was first shared by Lift Blog, the ski area outlined numerous prospective upgrades, including the installation of four new lifts and one carpet conveyor.Ski Cooper's previous 1999 MDP proposed converting the 10th Mountain Double Chair, which delivers skiers from the ski area's base to its summit, into a 'convertible' quad.Instead of pursuing that plan, though, the new MDP describes building a separate fixed-grip quad lift that would run alongside the existing double. If the new lift is built, the double would serve as back-up during busy days or in the event that the quad breaks down. This 'will allow vastly greater efficiency in out-of-base transportation and will remove the strain from the double chair,' the MDP notes.Additional lift improvements to Ski Cooper's frontside area, detailed in the draft 2025 MDP, include replacing the Buckeye platter lift with a t-bar and the installation of a new, shorter conveyor lift to the south of the existing EZ Street Magic Carpet.Another new, fixed-grip two-seater lift, dubbed the Sawmill, would add 250 acres of inbound intermediate and advanced terrain in the Chicago Ridge area. The fourth proposed lift, Hoyt's, is a second fixed-grip double that would travel up a meadowed slope and finish atop Cooper Hill, serving about 60 skiable acres geared predominantly towards intermediate skiers.Want to keep up with the best stories and photos in skiing? Subscribe to the new Powder To The People newsletter for weekly updates.
The 77-page draft 2025 MDP also proposes the construction of a 12,000-square-foot addition to Ski Cooper's base lodge, a new 1,000-square-foot patrol headquarters at the top of Cooper Hill, and the replacement of the Ridgeview Café yurt with a permanent lodge, among numerous other improvements.Lift Blog reports that Ski Cooper plans to submit the draft 2025 MDP to the Forest Service for acceptance in July.What Ski Cooper's draft 2025 MDP doesn't do, even if the Forest Service accepts it, is guarantee that the projects that it describes will be started or completed. Instead, the proposed projects will still be subject to a review process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).The ski area is currently accepting public comments on the MDP.
Vertical: 1,200 ft.Skiable Terrain: 480 ac.Average Snowfall: 260 in.Lifts: 5Trails: 64Snowmaking: NOMega-Pass: NO
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Local doctors aim to make infant spinal taps more successful, less stressful
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — This week in 12 Health, Shannon Hegy spoke with the CEO of Smoltap, a company that makes a 'positioning stabilizer' for infant spinal taps. Spinal tap procedures are used to test the spinal fluid in instances where meningitis is suspected. Shannon's son, Carter, contracted E. Coli meningitis eight years ago at just two months old, so she knows how traumatic these procedures can be for patients and their families alike. Normally, a nurse holds the baby on its side in a 'C' position to expose the vertebrae, while the doctor works to insert a large needle between the L3 and L4. The creators of Smoltap claim 38% of spinal taps are unsuccessful. 'It is incredibly stressful for everyone involved,' Cooper said. 'For the baby, for the nurse, for the doctor, the parents that are in the room … it is an awful experience.' The Smoltap positioner, which was invented by two local doctors, allows the baby to be face-down in a sitting position. It tips the baby's pelvis to expose the vertebrae and keeps the baby stable with soft straps around the back and the head. 'I've been in dozens of these procedures now,' Cooper said, describing the environment as 'so much calmer and so much more relaxed' when a Smoltap positioner is used. 'The fact is, we're getting a first stick in most babies at [a success rate of] 65%, where we used to be in the 30% range [without Smoltap],' he continued. Smoltap is now used in 60 hospitals across the U.S. and Canada, including locally at Southcoast Health, Boston Children's Hospital and Mass General. More from 12 Health Download the and apps to get breaking news and weather alerts. Watch or with the new . Follow us on social media: Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Rocket Companies Announces Pricing of Senior Notes due 2030 and Senior Notes due 2033
DETROIT, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RKT) (the "Company" or "Rocket Companies"), the Detroit-based fintech platform including mortgage, real estate, title and personal finance businesses, today priced its private offering of $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due 2030 and $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior notes due 2033 (collectively, the "Notes" and such offering, the "Offering"). The Notes will initially be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by Rocket Mortgage, LLC ("Rocket Mortgage") and each of Rocket Mortgage's domestic subsidiaries that are issuers or guarantors under Rocket Mortgage's existing senior notes. Upon the consummation of the previously announced proposed acquisition of Redfin Corporation ("Redfin" and such acquisition, the "Redfin Acquisition"), the Notes will also be guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by Redfin. Upon the consummation of the previously announced proposed acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group Inc. ("Mr. Cooper" and such acquisition, the "Mr. Cooper Acquisition"), the Notes will also be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, by Mr. Cooper and each of Mr. Cooper's subsidiaries that are issuers or guarantors of existing senior notes of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.'s, a subsidiary of Mr. Cooper ("NMH"). The Offering is expected to close on June 20, 2025, subject to certain customary conditions. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering to (i) on the closing date for the Mr. Cooper Acquisition, redeem NMH's 5.000% senior notes due 2026, 6.000% senior notes due 2027 and 5.500% senior notes due 2028 at redemption prices equal to 100% of the principal amount of such notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date (the "Redemption"), (ii) pay fees and expenses related to the Offering and the Redemption, (iii) at the Company's discretion, redeem, purchase (including, if required, in a change of control offer) and/or amend NMH's 6.500% senior notes due 2029, 5.125% senior notes due 2030, 5.750% senior notes due 2031 and 7.125% senior notes due 2032 and pay fees and expenses in connection therewith and (iv) after the consummation of the Mr. Cooper Acquisition, repay secured debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (including Redfin, Mr. Cooper and their subsidiaries). The Offering is not contingent on the consummation of the Redfin Acquisition or the Mr. Cooper Acquisition. The Notes will be subject to a special mandatory redemption if the Mr. Cooper Acquisition is not consummated by September 30, 2026, and a partial special mandatory redemption 45 days after the Mr. Cooper Acquisition for any of the Notes proceeds that are not, within 45 days of the Mr. Cooper Acquisition, used in the Redemption or the repayment of other secured debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States, to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes and related guarantees will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," "would" and, in each case, their negative or other various or comparable terminology. All statements other than statements of historical facts, including statements regarding the Redfin Acquisition, the Mr. Cooper Acquisition, the collapse of our Up-C structure, our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans, objectives of management and expected market growth are forward-looking statements. As you read this press release, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 3, 2025, as amended by the Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 28, 2025, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2025. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this press release. We expressly disclaim any intent, obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this press release. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Rocket Companies, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
E&E News
3 days ago
- E&E News
Lessons in Forest Service regs await nominee
The Trump administration's nominee to oversee the Forest Service may soon be faced with navigating the agency's environmental regulations from both sides: as an affected property owner and as the boss of the employees enforcing them. Mike Boren, the Trump administration's pick for undersecretary for natural resources and environment, will likely have to work through the Forest Service's environmental procedures to resolve a disagreement about a geothermal stream that one of his ranches in Idaho tapped for heating purposes, if he's confirmed by the Senate. That's the assessment of current and former Forest Service employees who described the rules to POLITICO's E&E News, granted anonymity because they're not authorized to speak with reporters or still work with the agency in other capacities. Advertisement The stream diversion is the latest in a series of dust-ups Boren has had with the Forest Service over land use, which isn't uncommon where large landowners in the West coexist with vast stretches of federal land. As much as two-thirds of land in Idaho is federal property, Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) told the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee at Boren's nomination hearing Tuesday. Boren's situation became unusual, however, when President Donald Trump in January nominated him to a post that solely oversees the Forest Service. Boren's wealth also attracts attention, as he's a founder of a billion-dollar tech company. The water issue involves the West Pass Ranch, a Boren family property adjacent to the Sawtooth National Forest, which includes the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The agency warned the ranch about a water diversion from a nearby geothermal stream on national forest system land, with a line running to the ranch property. A Forest Service law enforcement employee noticed it on a routine visit this spring, according to an employee closely familiar with the details. The Forest Service and USDA haven't responded to messages seeking comment on the specifics. The ranch has water rights and a water permit from the Idaho Department of Water Resources for a diversion, but current and former Forest Service employees said that they've seen no indication of an additional permit the Forest Service would typically require. These employees, as well as other people closely familiar with land use regulations involving national forests, said the agency can issue permits after the fact in such situations, possibly through a routine categorical exclusion from the National Environmental Policy Act and some public notice. The Forest Service would conduct a pared-back NEPA review to ensure that endangered species, for instance, aren't harmed, as well as to determine whether the land is of any cultural significance to local tribes, they said. 'A landowner can't just go onto national forest land and start digging things up,' said Ed Cannady, a retired backcountry manager on the Sawtooth who worked for the Forest Service for 31 years. He retired in 2019. While Cannady said he couldn't speak to the specifics of Boren's situation, he said the requirement to follow both federal and state permitting laws is clear. Water rights entitle property owners to 'reasonable access' to federal land, he said. The Idaho Department of Water Resources in 2023 approved a water permit for a groundwater diversion at the West Pass Ranch, according to records at the state agency. That permit, which is based on the ranch's decades-long water rights, also noted in the records, comes with several conditions including to monitor and report the volume of water taken. The permit describes the proposed work, including that the ranch 'shall install or construct a straight length of conduit or ditch suitable for installation of a device for measuring the entire flow of water being diverted in connection with this right.' A sign for the Ketchum Ranger Station stands in the Sawtooth National Forest. | Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images 'A license to run roughshod'? Boren, at his nomination hearing Tuesday, didn't address the specifics of the work that's caused disagreements. But he suggested that a heavy-handed approach at the Forest Service is to blame and that he favors negotiations that satisfy both sides when land-related disagreements arise with the agency. He also said he'd follow the advice of USDA ethics lawyers in determining whether he should recuse himself from Forest Service matters involving his or his family's property. The federal government, representing the public, has property rights just like private landowners, said Andy Stahl, executive director of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, an Oregon environmental group. 'The only reason that water rights have any meaning on federal lands at all is because Congress has passed laws giving them meaning,' Stahl said in an email. 'But for those federal laws, the state's water rights scheme would be meaningless on federal lands.' He added, 'Federal laws respecting water rights do not give the holders of those rights a license to run roughshod over federal lands. Water rights holders have to obey the Forest Service's rules when it comes to using their conveyance rights, e.g., they have to get a special-use permit.' Cannady, the retired backcountry manager, said his greater concern is preserving the Sawtooth Valley's vast undeveloped stretches and its endangered species, which would rest in part on how Boren oversees the agency, if confirmed. Four federally protected fish populate the area, Cannady said, including chinook and sockeye salmon that swim hundreds of miles from the ocean to spawn — some of the longest stretches on Earth for salmon. Along the way, they travel through public and private land, including on the river that runs through Boren family property, he said. Many areas of the Sawtooth, including on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area administered by the Forest Service, are covered by easements that occupy or cross private property. Cannady said Boren is known locally to dislike easements, which have been at the root of some of his disagreements over the years, as with other property owners around national forests. The nominee also doesn't have much patience for public criticism, according to several people in the area. After residents complained publicly about a grassy airstrip he built on one of his ranches, he sued them for defamation. That case has bounced between courts, most recently awaiting resolution in an Idaho district court. Cannady said he worries Boren, in a position of public authority, may 'do great harm' to the Sawtooth if regulations are loosened or not enforced — and that he's a little reluctant to speak out about the nominee. 'Knowing his M.O., he might sue my ass because he's got billions of dollars, and I don't,' Cannady said. Contact this reporter on Signal at hellmarcman.49.
