Mediators from the Mount Ashland ski area and the city of Ashland met Tuesday in Ashland to try to resolve their differences over how to proceed with building new ski trails on the 7,500-foot mountain, but nobody was saying anything about what went on behind closed doors.

Under Oregon law, the details of mediation sessions are confidential. When the process ends, if there's an agreement, the terms are announced.

"Either we'll have an agreement or we won't," said Martha Bennett, Ashland's city administrator and a member of the city's mediation team.

Bill Little, a member of the Mount Ashland Association's mediation team, also declined to reveal any details of the session. Little did say the nonprofit ski area was "pleased with the results, and we will continue to move forward with our plans to begin construction June 1."

That work would include cutting trees for ski trails, he said.

Another mediation session has been scheduled for April 19.

The nonprofit association, which manages the mountain, contends its lease gives it complete responsibility for deciding when and how to add new ski trails and other improvements. The city of Ashland, which holds the special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service to operate the ski area, contends it should have a role in deciding how expansion should proceed.

The association wants to build 16 new ski trails and two new chairlifts on the mountain, and add about 200 parking spaces to the parking lot.