A proposal by the private Sea to Sky Gondola to build a $20 million gondola up Mount Habrich next to Squamish's Stawamus Chief rock face is expected to be approved and built according to Sea to Sky Gondola principal Trevor Dunn.
The Squamish Nation has approved Dunn and partner David Greenfield's proposal to build their people-mover on traditional Squamish Nation land. The District of Squamish followed with its approval for the duo to use the base of Mount Habrich.
Dunn expects the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to also approve his application to use Crown land for the project.
The next step would be to get BC Parks to reclassify more than two of the Chief park's 517 hectares from parkland to being a protected area. Sea to Sky Gondola plans to install 12 towers and other apparatus in September so the gondola could be operational by summer 2013.
"Startup costs are high with gondolas compared with other businesses," Dunn said. "But the cost to operate these things is very low."
from Western Investor July 2012
