Group decides that single yurt would suffice, save money for town and ski clubs
Polar Bear Ski Club representative William Hollister spoke to the Town of Webb Board last Tuesday at the board’s monthly meeting, to give an update to a presentation he given on the club’s behalf last month.
The Polar Bears had proposed that two yurts be erected at McCauley Mountain, which is owned by the Town of Webb.
That plan has changed, according to Hollister.
To ease costs to the participating ski clubs and to the Town of Webb, Hollister said the Polar Bear committee has decided to scale the effort back, at least initially, to a single yurt.
Hollister also said the town’s McCauley Mountain Committee is involved in creating a plan for the chalet, and that the Polar Bears felt it appropriate to take a modest approach and allow that committee to do its thing before proposing anything major.
“With the McCauley Mountain Committee working towards the development of the lodge, and helping the lodge get better, we all decided that we had better slow down and not try to rush into anything permanent at this time,” Hollister said.
“[We decided] that we should instead work with the McCauley Mountain Committee and the Town to better McCauley down the road, and to do it right… So we decided to team up and go with one yurt,” he said.
Through a donation of a heating unit, the Polar Bears are now capable of heating and maintaining the yurt on their own, which would effectively lower the overall cost to the town to no more than $3,000. Continue reading →