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The Rappahannock Ski Corporation has decided to fight to reopen the twice bankrupt ski area in Harris Hollow as an all year recreation center revolving around a snowless Alpine slide.
On Tuesday, attorney Douglas Baumgardner filed a petition in circuit court asking for a reversal of the Rappahannock Board of Zoning Appeals denial of the ski area’s special use permit application. The petition filed March 7 also seeks ‘costs and reasonable counsel fees.”
Following two long and heavily attended public hearings, BZA members voted unanimously on February 9 to turn down the Rappahannock Ski Corporation’s request for a permit to operate 300 acres as a commercial ski area. The permit application included rights to a snowless slide, rental space for the sales of arts and crafts, a farmers market, miniature golf course, tennis, swimming, hiking and facilities for dancing and musical entertainment. In addition to
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