Jumbo Glacier Resort Project

Synopsis

The project would include 23 ski lifts, crisscrossing 4 glaciers, over 6,500 bed units, and a full townsite (minus the necessary waste, police, fire, etc. services). It would have an impact on 6,000 hectares of wild public land, adjacent to the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy and 55 km from Invermere. The Jumbo Resort proposal has been strongly opposed by the local community for the past 15 years. Approved in 2004 by the province, and approved in August 2009 by the regional district.

Category Development

Type Resort

Prov BC

Region Southeast

Posted 11Sep09

Updated 12Oct09

Status

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

JumboWild,www.keepitwild.ca

Wildsight, John Bergenske, Wildsight program manager, john(at)wildsight.ca, www.wildsight.ca, 250-489-9605

PROVINCIAL
REGIONAL

Regional District of East Kootenay, info(at)rdek.bc.ca, www.rdek.bc.ca, 250-489-3498, 888-478-7335

District of Invermere Area Director, Gerry Taft, taft.gerry(at)gmail.com, 250-342-9281

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

BC Environmental Assessment Office project review site

ABORIGINAL
GROUPS

Ktunaxa Nation, Kathryn Teneese, Chair, Garry Slonowski, Communications Officer, Ktunaxa Nation Council, gslonowski(at)ktunaxa.org, www.ktunaxa.org, 7468 Mission Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7E5, 250-489-2464

PROPONENT

Glacier Resorts Ltd., Oberto Oberti, info(at)jumboglacierresort.com, 604-662-8833 (Pheidias Project Management)

More information

Location

In 2004 the EAO completed its review of the Jumbo Resort project, and the Ministers approved it, but left the decision up to local government. On August 7, 2009, the Regional District of East Kootenay in an 8-7 vote decided to ask the Province to legislate the proposed Jumbo Resort site as a Mountain Resort Municipality, skipping over the rezoning and public consultation processes.