Each morning we look out into the world, and wonder why no one seems to be able to do anything to check our accelerating descent towards a frightening future. We ask, “why doesn’t someone do something, issue an order, change a rule, or amend the law”. And then we wait, nothing changes, and the dark clouds on the horizon grow.
The same discouraging process is at work here in the Salt Lake Valley, dramatically in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The traffic jams get bigger, the runs get more crowded, lift lines get longer, and parking disappears, and the ski experience is ever more diluted. The canyon “powers” keep arguing, and nothing changes.
It’s time that the community of people who genuinely care about the canyon realize that they are the solution, and that no order from on high is required.
All that is required is that every canyon driver pledge to follow a simple rule; drivers with license plates that end in an odd number use the highway only on days that end in an odd number, drivers with even numbered license plates on even numbered calendar days.
Certainly, there will be selfish individuals who will refuse to follow this simple rule, because “it’s all about them”. Who they are will be immediately apparent
I grew up at the base of the Wasatch, and have skied LCC for 60 years. I’m taking the pledge, and I hope that the world-wide community of people who have found inspiration, meaning, and adventure within its walls will join me.
Scott Berry, Salt Lake City, Torrey, Boulder
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