BASE Jumping in Snow Canyon State Park

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BASE Jumping in Snow Canyon State Park

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Proposal to be presented to the Board of Utah State Parks and Recreation from the Snow Canyon State Park Management:

"Snow Canyon State Park Management Team requests the park be added to the prohibition current in place at Dead Horse Point State Park, rule number R651-633-1 prohibiting BASE jumping within the State Park. The reasons for the prohibition are as follows:

The BASE jumpers, because of their landing sites, are violating the parks 'stay on designated trail' rule.
The only area suitable for BASE jumping is located above the main technical climbing wall in the canyon and as such creates a very unsafe condition.
There is also a heavily used walking trail below the area where the BASE jumping occurs also creating a hazardous situation.
The request for a rule prohibiting hang gliding/Paragliding except by special use permit comes out of the Snow Canyon Resource Management Plan (page 56).
Snow Canyon has now become, as always predicted, an urban park. We are constantly faced with new and ever-increasing recreation demands on the resource. Most of these demands can be met with a little thoughtful planning and be accommodated with our special use permits. However, BASE jumping in the only area within the canyon suitable for the sport, presents issues that we cannot easily solve and therefore prohibition is the step we feel must be taken in this instance."

Pilots would need to obtain a permit and approval directly from the park. ( specialusepermit.pdf (49 KB))





If you have any additional questions, please contact:

Deena Loyola
Utah State Parks and Recreation
deenaloyola@utah.gov
(801) 538-7347 - Work
(801) 554-5199 - Cellular

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Please see:

http://www.backcountryparachutists.org/utah.php

The ABP is currently working with the Utah State Parks Board to work out a plan for backcountry parachutists at Snow Canyon.

The notice you posted is an agenda item that is not an action item; it is an informational update to the Utah Parks Board relating to this issue. There is not going to be a vote on the matter at this meeting.

Thanks,

[yexotay 0]

didn't know if this was old/new or unknown news. It was sent to me from a Paraglider and thought I would share this to see if it was known.

Thanks,
you guys are on it.