This is a retched idea and the way that Talisker and the Canyons have gone about trying to grease it by the public is shameful. We all love skiing, but imagine this as one exclusive country club being joined to another via a forced sale of beautiful and coveted public lands so the county clubs could build a road between them and charge the public to use it. It has nothing to do with transportation and everything to do with raising Talisker's real estate values. The proposed tram would originate in the middle of an ultra exclusive multimillion dollar housing development (gated, no trespassing), would cross over a historic scenic trail (Wasatch Crest Trail), cross over a scenic highway (Big Cottonwood) and create a donut hole of public land encircled by private holdings, which would effectively limit or deny access to this area. To make matters worse, Talisker/Canyons bypassed the public process by making contributions to Utah legislators, most of whom are not even in the district this is supposed to be built in, and slipped it in as a bill to be decided by Congress. This land was never for sale in the first place, so Talisker/Canyons is effectively stealing it from the public. Proposals like this are an embarrassment to the skiing culture in general and to the Canyons in particular.