Group asks Forest Service to halt Snowbird project

Published July 19, 2014 3:03pm ET



SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An environmental group is asking the U.S. Forest Service to stop underway construction of a restaurant atop the 11,000-foot Hidden Peak.

The group Save Our Canyons says Snowbird Ski Resort has made significant changes to the plan since the Forest Service approved the project in 1999 and a new study is needed to review the possible environmental impacts before the project continues.

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