Eagle County Commissioners voted 3-0 this afternoon in favor of a Vail Resorts plan to construct an alpine slide at the Beaver Creek ski area.
At one point in the highly charged hearing, commissioners got up and left the room as an attorney for homeowners opposed to the plan shouted to be put on the record.
At issue was whether the alpine slide was permitted under county regulations adopted in 1994, even though it was omitted from the original list of accepted uses included in the earlier 1988 regulations.
Vail Resorts officials contended that the alpine slide was an accepted use for the prominent “Hay Meadow” slope just above the village because the latest version of the regulations allows for “all recreational uses.”
A collection of area homeowners, including former president Gerald Ford, had voiced opposition to the plan.
