THE SNOWBOWL EFFECT Part #2 of 7

A mountain in Northern Arizona sacred to 13 tribes.
A ski resort proposal to expand and make snow with wastewater.
When recreation and culture collide, who pays the price?

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[georgert]

@witkonamu

No. The problem is the tribes want the ski area to fail, regardless. That makes their little ski area the only option for skiing in the state.

[zhoni2004]

@sessionsclothing well those are not sacred places and if they are the poeple there dont care about them as we do.

[witkonamu]

@mxridingbass Jaa'ii diigis

[witkonamu]

@sessionsclothing It's making snow from reclaimed, supposedly "Drinking Quality" water that's the problem.

[aperfectcircle1400]

sunrise is not a sacred place.

[sessionsclothing]

It's weird that the indian tribes are totally fine with making snow at the resort they run but they don't want Snowbowl to make any. Almost all ski resorts in the US make snow and don't have any problems. I'm pretty sure that making snow like the tribes do at sunrise won't ruin Flagstaff.

[mxridingbass]

hippies

[skaten06]

Here is an interesting excerpt from the New York Times if you want to know a bit more about the work and words of Jones Benally if you are unfamiliar. Just add a "com" after "nytimes." query.nytimes./gst/fullpage.ht­ml?sec=health&res=9906E7DF123D­F933A2575BC0A961958260