Do Mountain Bikes Belong In Alpine Meadows?

More than a million visitors have ridden the chair lifts at the famous Whistler resort in British Columbia. That figure doesn’t count skiers or snowboarders; it’s just the number of mountain bikers there.
The brisk business at Whistler Mountain Bike Park has inspired ski areas from Stevens Pass in Washington to Mount Bachelor in Oregon to build their own summer bike parks.

But some environmental groups say mountain biking isn’t an appropriate activity in alpine meadows — a contention that’s playing out on Oregon’s Mount Hood.

For the whole article go to: http://earthfix.opb.org/land/article/do-mountain-bikes-belong-at-mount-hoods-timberline/

Categories: Advocacy, Lifestyle