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company of the Rappahannock ski area, and found it clean and well-run.
She noted that Camelback’s access road was also narrow but that this didn’t seem to cause an) problems or prevent skiers from coming and leaving in an orderly fashion. She added that she had stayed overnight at Camelback and had not found the noise from the snow-making machines disturbing or offensive.
Mrs. Adamson concluded that she thought the Rappahannock ski area’s proposed year-round operation would be an asset to the county.
Admiral Gardiner asked Mrs. Adamson if she had been at Camelback during the ski season or during the Alpine slide season.
She answered that she was only there during ski season but added that the Alpine slide was in place and it was not “an eyesore.” In answer to another question, she agreed that Camelback was located only two miles off a four-lane highway. She also acknowledged that she lived in Warren County although she was a native of and owned property in Rappahannock.
Ski Area Poll
Libby Snead, who conducted a poll of county residents regarding the ski area last year, said she sympathized with the objectors and was also skeptical about the Alpine slide at first.
In conducting the poll for Moore, Chairman Gardiner asked Miss Snead if she’d questioned residents about the slide or just skiing. She replied that she “went into detail about the slide if the person displayed interest.” Wesley Harris asked for a rough percentage estimate on the number of people who asked for detail but Miss Snead was unable to hazard a guess. However, she later volunteered that 11 persons polled on Harris Hollow Road had been in favor of
81.5%