Saturday, September 12, 2009

Fort Worth Glacier Peak Bearfire Resort Vision

Earlier today I blogged about Seattle's cruise ships. That somehow had me remarking that Fort Worth should add a fake mountain to go along with its fake lake as part of its very clear Trinity River Vision.

Then Steve A commented about the mountain idea by pointing out that there have been plans to build a mountain in Fort Worth called Bearfire. It was supposed to open in fall of 2009. However, ground was never broken on this ambitious project. I believe it was to be located out by the Texas Motor Speedway and Cabelas.

Bearfire was to have toboggans, bobsleds, a mountain called Glacier Peak, gondolas, ski lifts, ski and snowboard slopes.

An Alpine Village called the Villages at Bearfire were to have shopping, restaurants, ski shops, all in a romantic hamlet at the base of Glacier Peak. In the center of Bearfire Village you would have found Bearfire Ice Creek, using some sort of synthetic ice that has the properties of the real thing, except for not being really cold, the Ice Creek trail was to meander through the village.

I'm thinking skating on fake ice in the Texas summer heat might not have been too fun a thing to do. Maybe a lot of misters were to have been used. The snow on Glacier Peak was also to be a synthetic that replicated snow.

With Bearfire Resort and Glacier Peak not likely to happen, another group of visionaries is seeing the possibility of building a ski resort and mountain near Lake Grapevine. That would seem to be a much better location for such a thing than out in the Fort Worth Alliance area. A fake mountain and ski resort would be a nice fit with Gaylord Texan, where all of Texas is under one giant glass atrium and Great Wolf Lodge, where you can pretend you are staying a cabin in the wild north woods.

Now if only the brilliant visionaries, who saw the Trinity River Vision, could convince someone to build one of these fake mountains and ski resorts on the banks of Little Fake Forth Worth Lake, why then you'd be really having yourself something to have a vision about, that would have towns far and wide really super green with envy.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

So you're back with the tired old Seattle good and Fort Worth bad shtick. Oh joy.

Durango said...

Yes, Anonymous, if that is your real name, I am. I like shooting fishing in a barrel. It's easy. And the fish are just asking for it.

Cheap Tricks and Costly Truths said...

Let's see...drive 5 hours to Ruidoso and/or Cloudcroft, New Mexico for real snow and real mountains OR drive 6 hours for fake snow and fake mountains. Wow, I'm really torn.

Anonymous said...

Let me guess, Bearfire was to have a TIF too.

Anonymous said...

Go back to Seattle....or change your medication.
I know the cloudy days in Seattle may bring you down...wait you like that feeling... Perfect...enjoy!

Anonymous said...

personally, I agree with this blogger. And I think people in the metroplex are way too sensitive. dont you DARE diss Fort Worth! how dare you??

Obviously, these are people who have never left the area. Redneck losers. Drink your beer, morons!

Anonymous said...

Obviously, this blogger has never been to Texas. Yes its hot, and yes there are conservatives, but Texas , as a state and a place to live is the best!! No state income tax, prop taxes are low, real estate is cheaper, and we have CHL!! People who talk bad about Texas are just jealous they dont live here

Jason Cox said...

Ummm, I spent 23 years in Texas and 13 in Colorado. I can tell you hands down that other than Tex Mex and football that Colorado kicks the heck out of Texas in darn near every other way, especially in liberality and tolerance. You can keep things the way they are down there and I'll happily visit family for two weeks a year and stay the rest of the time away. I would try the skiing, though. ;-)

Steve A said...

So far, it doesn't look like Grapevine's got skiing yet, either!

BUT, tell Anonymous that what Texas REALLY needs is "open carry for cyclists." CHL is of no use to a cyclist with a moron in a car behind that has no way to know that things are more equal than he/she imagines...