The Whitewater Project

The objective of this study was to challenge the students, as a class, to think through a relatively complex planning problem, to identify its dimensions and to set a systematic course for the attainment of the prescribed goals. An important component of this challenge was for the students to gain some real experience in the presentation of their results for criticism at a public meeting. While reading this report the reader is advised to keep several factors in mind. This project was produced by a group of fifteen students, none of whom had any previous experience in ski area planning. As such, substantial research and thought was required to gain an understanding of the true dimensions of the problem. Every effort has been made in the writing of this report, to remain cognizant of the limits to our expertise. Hence, the reaer searching for detailed information, for example, on the precise location of proposed lift towers, along with engineering detail, will be disappointed. Matters such as these have been left largely to the professionals.