# "Criteria (The Ski Area Environmental Scorecard only considers projects that have been proposed, approved or implemented from 1999 to present, on a progressive basis with 100% points docked for proposals made or still in place, approved, or implemented in the last year (based on calendar year), 80% between one and two years ago, 60% between two and three years ago, 40% between three and four years ago, 20% between four and five years ago.)" Maximum Points 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort Score 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort Description 49 Degrees North Mountain Resort Documentation Crystal Mountain Ski Area Score Crystal Mountain Ski Area Description Crystal Mountain Ski Area Documentation Mission Ridge Ski Area Score Mission Ridge Ski Area Description Mission Ridge Ski Area Documentation Mount Ashland Ski Area Score Mount Ashland Ski Area Description Mount Ashland Ski Area Documentation Mount Bachelor Ski Area Score Mount Bachelor Ski Area Description Mount Bachelor Ski Area Documentation Mount Baker Ski Area Score Mount Baker Ski Area Description Mount Baker Ski Area Documentation Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort Score Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort Description Mount Hood Meadows Ski Resort Documentation Stevens Pass Ski Area Score Stevens Pass Ski Area Description Stevens Pass Ski Area Documentation The Summit at Snoqualmie Score The Summit at Snoqualmie Description The Summit at Snoqualmie Documentation Timberline Ski Area Score Timberline Ski Area Description Timberline Ski Area Documentation White Pass Ski Area Score White Pass Ski Area Description White Pass Ski Area Documentation zzz Score zzz Description zzz Documentation 1 "Maintaining Ski Terrain Within the Existing Footprint The ski area is not proposing, undertaking, nor has undertaken terrain expansion on currently undisturbed land, on a progressive basis with 100% points docked for proposals made or still in place, approved, or implemented in the last year (based on calendar year), 80% between one and two years ago, 60% between two and three years ago, 40% between three and four years ago, 20% between four and five years ago. The ski area has also not sought National Forest management prescriptions or local zoning for additional terrain expansion outside currently disturbed areas. Zoning requests are worth 25% of acreage values. No expansion:30 points, Up to 50 acres:25 points, 51-100 acres:20 points, 101-150 acres:15 points, 151-200 acres:10 points, 201-300 acres: 5 points, 301+ acres: 0 points" 30 5 Approved ski area expansion requires clearing forest vegetation in currently undisturbed areas of 257 acres. 49degrees14b.pdf 10 "Crystal Mountain proposed alternative for ski area expansion will increase the developed trail network by 239 acres, however, new trails in the Bullion Basin, Morning Glory Express, Silver KIng, Boondoggle and proposed for the East Peak areas would increase the ski area's footprint by approximately 190 acres." crystal1.pdf 10 Decision Notice signed in July 2003 authorizing 171 acres of new skiing terrain. mission1.pdf 20 DEIS for Mt. Ashland proposes 71 acres of new terrain. mtashland1.pdf 30 "Mt. Bachelor's Northwest expansion was approved and implemented before 1997, therefore full points have been granted." 0 30 No new terrain for recent Mt. Baker upgrades. mtbaker1.pdf 20 "An additional 95 acres of skiing terrain expansion was approved, but has not yet been implemented." mhmeadows1.pdf 25 Permit boundary adjustment request has been reduced to a 5-10 acre parcel adjacent to Highway 2 which is in a Late Successional Reserve Area (LSR). stevens14b.pdf 25 Proposal for a 41 acre adjustment to the SUP boundary including development in a Late Successional Reserve area. NOTE this does not include the Alpental Ski Area. summit14d.pdf 25 Scoping document for the proposed Timberline Express Chairlift would expand skiing terrain by 41 acres. Environmental analysis for this proposal is forthcoming. timberline1.pdf 0 "Scoping Notice dated November 10, 2003 for Proposed White Pass Expansion. The Proposed Action would add approximately 767 acres to the current Special Use Permit. The 1998 Record of Decision was struck down by a US District Court saying the Forest Service could not simply move the roadless area boundary to accommodate an expansion. A new analysis addressing potential impacts in expected to be released by the fall of 2004." whitepass14d.pdf 0 0 0 2 Preserving Undisturbed Lands from Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2a "Maintaining Development and/or Parking Lot Construction Within Currently Disturbed Lands, on a progressive basis with 100% points docked for proposals made or still in place, approved, or implemented within the last year; 80% between one and two years ago; 60% between two and three years ago; 40% between three and four years ago; 20% between four and five years ago. (None: 20 points, Up to 10 acres: 15 points, 10+-25 acres: 10 points, 25+-50 acres: 5 points, 50+ acres: 0 points)" 20 15 Approved expansion includes an additional 4 acres of new parking. 49degrees2a.pdf 10 Development of proposed parking areas will occupy approximately 16.5 acres of undisturbed land and approximately 11 acres of disturbed land. 0 20 Land exchange proposed for MR to gain ownership of the base area. Proposal was dropped for the present time. MR has expressed interest in re-visiting the land exchange. mission2.pdf 15 4.77 acres of proposed new parking is part of ski area expansion plans. mtashland2a.pdf 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 A total of up to 8 acres of additional parking has been approved as part of the base area expansions. mhmeadows2a.pdf 20 0 0 5 Planned PUD for 70 acres of primarily undeveloped SkiLifts property. New developments will impact 35 acres of previously undisturbed land. summit2.pdf 20 0 0 15 White Pass Proposed Expansion includes additional expanded parking in the base area. whitepass2a.pdf 0 0 0 2b "Avoiding Road Construction on Undisturbed Land. (Road widening projects are factored at 50%.) None: 8 points, Up to .5 mile: 4 points, .5-.9 mile: 2 points, 1 mile+: 0 points" 8 8 0 0 8 Proposal would result in a net decrease of roads. crystal2a.pdf 8 "1.3 miles of new road construction proposed for expansion, however, not all were approved. The Decision Notice states that an overall decrease of 1.2 miles of roads will result from this project." 0 4 "New road construction will total 4,245 feet." mtashland2b.pdf 8 0 0 8 0 0 2 "Construction of Lift 21 required 1,080 feet of temporary road and 2,190 feet of reconstruction of temporary road." mhmeadows2b.pdf 4 New access road needed for chairlift project. stevens2b.pdf 8 0 0 4 New service road authorized in Timberline Lodge Master Development Plan. timberline2b.pdf 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 "Protecting or Maintaining Threatened or Endangered Species and Their Habitat (The following determinations are found in government agency analysis documents.) ""Beneficial"" or ""No effect"": 22 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -one species: 20 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -two species: 18 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -three species: 16 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -four species: 14 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -five species: 12 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -six species: 10 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -seven species: 8 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -eight species: 6 points, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -nine species: 4 point, ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -ten species: 2 point, May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -eleven species: 1 point,""Likely to adversely affect population viability,"" or ""Jeopardy"" determination or ""May affect/impact individuals of a population"" -12 species+: 0 points" 22 0 "Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Revised Master Development Plan from March 2004 reports the following determinations 'may affect' for gray wolf and grizzly bear: 'may impact individuals or habitat' for Pacific fisher, wolverine, Townsend's big-eared bat, northern leopard frog and great gray owl; and 'Adversely affect' for Canada lynx." 49degrees3.pdf 14 "May affect, not likely to adversely affect' determination from Fish and Wildlife Service review 10/28/2003 for threatened bull trout, grizzly bear and gray wolf and the NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service gave a 'may affect, not likely to adversely affect' determination for Puget Sound chinook salmon." crystal3.pdf 12 "Approved expansion fostered 'may affect' determinations for the following 5 species; Canada lynx, Grizzly bear, Gray wolf, Bald eagle and Northern spotted owl." mission3.pdf 0 "DEIS proposed expansion from July 2003 reports a 'may affect - likely to adversely affect' Northern spotted owl and 'may impact individuals' of the following species, northern goshawk, Pacific shrew, great gray owl, California wolverine and Pacific fisher, Mt. Ashland lupine, Henderson's horkelia and nerved sedge. " mtashland3.pdf 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 "Mount Hood Meadows proposed alternative would result in an 'incidental take' of a pair of Northern spotted owls, loss of viability of the C. breweri plant species, 'likely to adversely affect' steelhead trout and 'may impact' redband trout, bull trout and caddisfly." mhmeadows3.pdf 16 "May affect, not likely to adversely affect the northern spotted owl, gray wolf and lynx as per the decision memo for Jupiter, Daisy and Brooks chairlift upgrades 6-9-00" stevens3.pdf 0 "Section 16, the Late Successional Reserve, is a critical north-south wildlife connectivity corridor. Loss of this connectivity corridor would not be offset by corridors at lower elevations due to differences in species use. Maintaining connectivity corridors is critical for the viability of subpopulations. (Source: Substantive Issues for Snoqualmie MDP, 4-15-99). Clearing old growth may affect the viabilty of the lichen Hypogymnia duplicata." summit3.pdf 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Preserving Environmentally Sensitive Areas 0 0 0 0 4a "Protecting/Preserving Wetlands. (No disturbance 9 points, Up to .25 acre:6 points, .25+-1 acre:3 points, 1+-1.99 acres+:1 point, 2 or more acres: 0 points)" 9 6 Ski area expansion impacts approximately 0.2 acres of wetlands. 49degrees4a.pdf 1 Proposal will impact 1.5 acres of wetlands. crystal4a.pdf 9 0 0 3 July 2003 DEIS for Mt. Ashland reports .83 proposed effects to wetland areas. mtashland4a.pdf 9 "Mt. Bachelor's Northwest expansion was approved and implemented before 1997, therefore full points have been granted." 0 9 0 0 6 Two lift tower foundations for Lift 21 are located within riparian reserves. mhmeadows4a.pdf 9 "Daisy chair lift extension has been denied; lift will be upgraded in existing condition, no effects to wetlands expected." stevens4a.pdf 6 Concerns over effects to wetlands as reflected in the revision of MDP alternatives. summit4ab.pdf 6 Timberline's proposed road construction would impact less than .25 acres of wetlands. timberline4a.pdf 9 0 0 0 0 0 4b "Protecting or Preserving Mature, Late Successional or Old Growth Trees. (Trees and stands with some of the following attributes are included in this criterion: large or old tress for species and site, variation in tree sizes and spacing, standing and down dead trees, decadence, multiple canopy layers) None: 9 points, Up to .25 acres: 6 points, .25+-1 acre: 3 points, 1+-1.9 acres: 1 point, 2 or more acres: 0 points" 9 0 Five acres of old growth are being cleared for approved ski area expansion. 49degrees14b.pdf 0 Proposal will remove 28.1 acres of mature forest. crystal4b.pdf 0 20 acres of old growth proposed for removal in EA for MDP Improvements 8/00. mission4b.pdf 0 Expansion proposes clearing 32 acres of late successional forest. mtashland4b.pdf 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 "Mount Hood Meadows proposed expansion alternative would impact 50-70 acres of old growth forest. The Lift 21 project requires clearing of .2 acres of slow-growing, high alpine krummholz trees." mhmeadows4b.pdf 0 Request to expand into 5-10 acres of Late Successional Reserve Area for future expansion plans. stevens14b.pdf 0 Over 22 acres of old growth is proposed to be removed as a part of MDP expansion of the SUP into the Late Successional Reserve area of section 16. summit4ab.pdf 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4c "Protecting or Preserving Unique Geologic Formations. (None: 9 points, Up to .25 acres: 6 points, .25+-1 acre: 3 points, 1+-1.9 acres: 1 point, 2 or more acres: 0 points" 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4d "Protecting/Preserving Unroaded or Roadless Areas. (None: 9 points, Up to 1 acre: 6 points, 1+-10 acres: 3 points, 10+ acres: 0 points)" 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 DEIS proposed expansion will impact the McDonald Peak Roadless Area. mtashland4d.pdf 9 "Mt. Bachelor's Northwest expansion was approved and implemented before 1997, therefore full points have been granted." 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 0 6 The Summit's draft Master Plan proposes to expand into a Late Successional Reserve area that is unroaded. Details are expected to be revealed in the EIS stage of the MDP. summit14d.pdf 9 0 0 0 "White Pass is seeking to expand into the Hogback Roadless Area, which is adjacent to (and formerly part of) the Goat Rocks Wilderness." 0 0 0 0 5 "Conserving Water and Energy by Avoiding New Snowmaking. (None: 20 points, Up to 50 acres: 15 points, 51-100 acres: 10 points, 101-200 acres: 5 points, 201+ acres: 0 points)" 20 20 0 0 0 Proposed Alternative for snowmaking expansion will increase coverage by 224 acres. crystal5.pdf 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 mountbachelor5.pdf 20 0 0 15 April 2005 letter from the Hood Ranger District indicates Mount Hood Meadows' desire to install a 1-million gallon water storage tank and implement snowmaking on 31.5 acres of skiing terrain. In addition the Forest Service is attempting categorically exclude the project from public input and detailed analysis that would be part of an Environmental Analysis. 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 6 "Preserving Water Quality. (No violations: 12 points, One violation: 6 points, Multiple Violations/Repeat Offender: 0 points) " 12 12 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 Letter from EPA indicates degraded water quality from sedimentation and other ski area impacts mtashland6.pdf 12 0 0 6 Diesel storage tank for motors to run ski lifts overflowed into containment. Containment must have cracked as diesel has contaminated soil and some reached Razor Honed Creek. Total volume of spill was 1300 gallons with 700 gallons recovered from inside the containment and 600 gallons in the soil. There is a sheen on the creek indicating that some gallons of fuel got into the creek. mtbaker6.pdf 12 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 "Forest Service analysis of the Zigzag Watershed states, 'Salting appears to be causing increased levels of Sodium and Chloride in Still Creek, with the potential to affect the biological, physical and chemical integrity of the system.'" timberline6.pdf 12 0 0 0 0 0 7 Opposing/Supporting Environmentally Sound Policy Positions 0 0 0 0 7a Not opposing any environmentally progressive government policies 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 Mount Hood Meadows opposed the Clinton administration's roadless area protection initiative. mhmeadows7ab.pdf 0 Stevens Pass opposed the Clinton administration's roadless area protection initiative. stevens7ab.pdf 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7b Actively supporting environmentally progressive policies 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 "While Mount Hood Meadows requested credit for supporting the Northwest Forest Plan's Aquatic Conservation Strategy, however, their expansion proposal conflicts with the ACS. See also 7a." mhmeadows7ab.pdf 0 Stevens Pass opposed the Clinton administration's roadless area protection initiative. stevens7ab.pdf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 "Promoting and Implementing Recycling, Water & Energy Conservation" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8a "Utilizing wind and solar generated power (1-2% of annual electricity use:3 points, 3-4%:6 points, 5% and up:9 points)" 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mission Ridge participates in the Green Tags program. Green Tags are created when wind power or other renewable energy is substituted for traditional power. 0 9 "Mt. Ashland's purchase of approximately 50,000 kwh of wind generated energy represents approximately 7%-9% of the ski area's annual energy purchases." 0 3 The Pine Martin Express chairlift uses some wind generated power. 0 0 0 0 9 "The Shooting Star Express Lift uses wind power, which equals 6.5% of the resort's total energy consumption." 0 3 Stevens Pass uses solar and wind generated power at the resort. 0 0 0 0 3 Timberline is purchasing wind power for lifts. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8b "Purchasing recycled office and food service paper products (1-33% of use by weight, volume or cost (via purchase orders):1%, 34-66%:2 points, 67-100%:3 points" 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8c "Recycling non-customer use products (cardboard, oil, etc.) (1-50% of waste stream:1 point, 51-100%:2 points" 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 timberline8cg.pdf 0 0 0 0 0 0 8d "Using non-disposable, or compostable products for food service: 1-33% of use by weight, volume, or cost (via purchase orders):1 point, 34-66%:2 points, 67-100%:3 points" 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8e "Using recycled or re-refined motor oil: 1-50%:1 point, 51-100%:2 points" 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8f "Employing water conservation and use minimization measures: in 1-33% of facilities:1 point, 34-66%:2 points, 67-100%:3 points" 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Water saving plumbing fixtures implemented with EA. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 summit8fg.pdf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8g "Recycling customer use products (bottles, cans, aluminum, plastic, newspaper, trail maps, etc.): 1-33% of waste stream by weight or volume:1 point, 34-66%: 2 points, 67-100%:3 points" 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 mtbachelor8g.pdf 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 summit8fg.pdf 1 0 timberline8cg.pdf 0 0 0 0 0 0 8h "Employing energy efficiency retrofits, including restaurant, lodging, lift and other facilities, as well as replacement of older energy inefficient snowmaking guns: 1-25% of facilities and snowmaking guns:3 points, 26-50%:6 points, 51-75%:9 points, 76-100%:12 points" 12 10 "Minimizing Traffic, Emissions and Pollution" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9a "Addressing climate change through official policy statement in support letter of the Kyoto Agreement, or Climate Stewardship Act:5 points" 5 5 "Participated in a resort sign-on letter to support Senate Bill 139 - The Climate Stewardship Act, sponsored by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman." 0 5 0 0 5 "Participated in a resort sign-on letter to support Senate Bill 139 - The Climate Stewardship Act, sponsored by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman." 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 "Participated in a resort sign-on letter to support Senate Bill 139 - The Climate Stewardship Act, sponsored by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman." 0 5 "Stevens Pass contracted with the JISAO/SMA Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington for a specific study of the likely effects of predicted climate change on Stevens Pass. Models from the 1999 study ""Impacts of Climate Variability and Change: Pacific Northwest"" were refined for a resort-specific study of climate trends." 0 5 "Participated in a resort sign-on letter to support Senate Bill 139 - The Climate Stewardship Act, sponsored by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman." 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9b "Promoting or sponsoring commuter buses and shuttles from off-mountain sites to the ski area. (Intra-mountain shuttles traveling between parking areas, base areas and lodging areas are not adequate for this criterion. ""Off-mountain sites"" include down valley destination towns and park-and-ride areas." 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 Mission Ridge bus programs described in EA. mission9bc.pdf 2 0 0 2 0 mtbachelor9b.pdf 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9c "Providing incentives for carpooling and/or use of mass transit, such as lift ticket discounts or free or reduced parking," 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 mission9bc.pdf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9d "Using biodiesel fuel in snowcats and/or other diesel equipment. (Percentage total annual biodiesel use = .05*(B5 gallons)+.2*(B20 gallons) + (B100 gallons)/total consumption: 1-10% of total annual diesel use:2 points, 11-20%:4 points, 21-30%:6 points, 31-40%:8 points, 41-50%: 10 points, 51-60%: 12 points, 61-70%:14 points, 71-80%:16 points, 81-90% 18 points, 91-100%: 20 points" 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 MHM is conducting a pilot test of biodiesel on its shuttle buses. 0 2 Stevens Pass is testing biodiesel at the ski area. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 218 96 83 124.8 100 159 143.2 107 143 98 153 105 0 Percentage 0 44.0 38.1 57.2 45.9 72.9 65.7 49.1 65.6 45.0 70.2 48.2 0.0 Grade 0 D F C D A B D B D A D 0