Bridger Canyon Partners

MISSION LOCATION GOALS / OBJECTIVES DIRECTORS BACKGROUND OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS

PHOTO GALLERY PROPOSED SITE PLAN PROPOSED ARCHITECTURE

CONTACT REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES

Goals And Objectives From The Bridger Base Area Zoning Plan

GOAL: Encourage quality year-round recreational activities within the Base Area.

OBJECTIVES

1. Develop an economic base for overnight accommodations.

2. Encourage diversified recreation as a partner to the existing economic base of agriculture and cottage industry in Bridger Canyon.

3. Maintain a balance between recreational and residential traffic.

4. Support the establishment of recreational uses consistent with the natural setting.

5. Set limits on areas of high intensity recreational use based on access, sensitivity of surrounding uses, water quality, fire hazard, and environmental effects.

GOAL: Help control traffic within the limits of two lane Bridger Canyon Road.

OBJECTIVES

1. Encourage the development of up to 1,500 parking spaces for Alpine day skiers (Bridger Bowl has met this goal).

2. Encourage the development of up to 800 units for accommodations in the Base Area, except for bonus for hotel and motel units. (The total number of accommodations has been reduced to 623)

3. Encourage ride-sharing programs.

4. Allow the expansion of recreational facilities to their ultimate capacity without exceeding vehicular capacity of two-lane road.

5. Develop the Base Area for overnight accommodations.

6. Encourage the provision of employee housing.

7. Encourage the development of services needed for recreationists, while limiting the B-2 Commercial area to five acres.

8. Allow the construction of bus parking as needed.

9. Encourage the development of up to 200 parking spaces for Nordic skiers.

GOAL: Conserve the natural resources within the Base Area and Bridger Canyon in general.

OBJECTIVES

1. Provide for the preservation of stream areas and wetlands, and protect the water quality of Bridger Creek.

2. Encourage the eventual provision of central water and sewer systems.

3. Minimize soil erosion by requiring erosion control plans for all construction.

4. Maintain as much of the natural environment as possible by encouraging cluster development.

5. Require that all signs be designed in accordance with the guidelines in the Bridger Canyon General Plan.

6. Direct development to those areas most suitable for development in accordance with the Base Area Plan.

7. Develop a transit system to take those staying in overnight accommodations to the ski area.

8. Encourage non-motorized recreation.