After winning a key court battle, the Jumbo Glacier Resorts Ltd., in the Purcell Mountains of the east Kootenays, continues to push forward on what would be the only all-season ski resort in British Columbia.
Last month, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an application by the Ktunaxa Nation Council to quash the master development agreement between Glacier Resorts and the Province of B.C for the Jumbo development.
“The Supreme Court’s decision is welcome,” said Grant Costello, senior vice-president of Jumbo Glacier Resorts. “This project has undergone 23 years of comprehensive public consultations – more than all the other new B.C. ski resort proposals combined. To quash over two decades of work on a project that has been declared to be in the public interest would further the injustice done to project proponents and supporters.”
Glacier Resorts is continuing with its construction plans for this summer, with the cooperation of the Shuswap Band, who are the nearest First Nation to the resort site, Costello said.
The resort will be located in an abandoned sawmill site in the upper Jumbo Valley and will provide access to four large glaciers for year-round skiing. The resort is being designed by Vancouver architect Oberto Oberti.
There is no word as yet on the marketing of real estate at Jumbo.
