FIRST TRACKS PUPPY LOVE The airport
TRAX line started service spring of 2013. This link connects you to bus lines that venture all the way up to your favorite ski resort.
LIFT LINES
Find Your Ski Groove Before arriving to your DREAMY UTAH ski vacation, take a minute to sift through the local (true) lore. You’ll be glad you did. By Melissa Fields e
Both Snowbird and Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) recently welcomed brand new search and rescue puppies. At Snowbird is Marty, a Czech German Shepherd named after Marty Hoey, a Snowbird ski patroller who passed away climbing Mt. Everest. And over at PCMR is Lilly, a Labrador-Pointer mix.
EMeet Lilly on page 74
NJOY THIS COLLECTION of local tips. Don’t laugh, but there’s a right and a wrong way to tackle stairs in ski boots. And did you know that resorts across the country are teaming up? If you’re lucky, your season pass might double here in Utah, too.
Avoiding the Off slope Yard Sale: Rather than using the spill-prone side step technique to navigate stairs in ski boots, use what Snowbird public safety equipment specialist and ski instructor Mark Riley calls the Hangover. “Stand on the top step with your toes hanging over the end of the tread. Begin down the stairs, allowing your toes to hang over each tread with every step. Walk with a steady gait and enjoy a solid descent down stairs,” Riley says.
Deer Valley’s No Man’s Land: One of the best places to bag fresh inbound turns days after a storm is Deer Valley’s Ontario Bowl. To get there, take the Quincy Express chairlift and ski the Ontario ski run. Just past the Hidden Treasure trail sign on the left is a sign for Ontario
Bowl. From the sign, make the very short, groomed hike to the top of the bowl. Click back in and rip it up!
Winter on the Rocks: Though you may think snow and southern Utah are unlikely bedfellows, each year during President’s Day weekend, Ruby’s Inn hosts the Bryce Canyon Winter Festival. Events include cross-country ski clinics, snowshoeing, geology talks, archery clinics, yoga, kayaking demos in Ruby’s indoor pool, ski races and a photo contest—most of which are free and open to the public,
rubysinn.com.
Getting Around Just Got Easier: Last spring the Utah Transit Authority completed its latest project, a new TRAX line
from Salt Lake City International Airport to downtown Salt Lake City. This new line not only provides streamlined transit to Utah’s urban core but, with a quick transfer at the 500 West FrontRunner Station, to Ogden and Provo as well. (Quick fact: Salt Lake City is developing public transit faster than any other city in North America,
rideuta.com.)
It’s a Big, Big World: Utah’s 14 mountain resorts span a whopping 29,229 acres. That’s almost 5,000 acres bigger than Disney World, Florida.
Taking the Show on the Road: Resorts are teaming up and it’s possible that your local season pass might be worth something in Utah. Season pass holders at Powdr Corp. resorts ski/ride
free at Park City Mountain Resort,
parkcitymountain.com. Alta-Snowbird is part of a similar collaboration with seven other western resorts, dubbed The Mountain Collective,
mountaincollective.com. Snowbasin joined the Powder Alliance, with 12 other western resorts,
powderalliance.com. Canyons Resort now welcomes Epic Pass holders,
snow.com.
Olympic Legacy Alive and Well: Utah hosted the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and today boasts the most active ongoing Olympic venue use in the world. See page 30 for a list of 2014 Olympic Winter Games qualifying events. From ski jumping events to the naming ceremony for the fi rst-ever U.S. Olympic Freeskiing Team, the road to Sochi starts in Utah.
28 SKI UTAH WINTER 2013–14
ACHRIS PEARSON
AMATT CRAWLEY/SNOWBIRD
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