Colorado Ski Village Gets Permitting Approvals Endorsed by Court

The Tenth Circuit on Friday overruled a lower court and reinstated federal agencies’ authorizations for a right-of-way easement to develop a ski resort village in Colorado.

A federal district court had sent the approvals back to the agencies, saying they were based on the same deficient documents as previously vacated authorizations—but the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said that decision was wrong because the agencies proposed different options for the project.

The heart of the dispute is a 300-acre parcel of land—acquired through a land exchange with the US Forest Service—within the Rio Grande National Forest in ...