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Show Late November - WASATCH RESORT BY JOHN The resorts in Utah have the greatest advantage in the ski world: epic bottomless snow. However some Utah resorts, comparing them to the mega-resorts of Colorado, and even the absurdly large Killington Vt. As 2002 approaches the ski resorts of Utah are making huge strides to rectify this situation. Within the next few years Utah will not only have the finest snow on earth, but access to this snow will be via an unparalleled network of the most efficient and modern resorts anywhere in the world. Park City Park City’s new six-person chairlift is one of only two in the nation, and will prevent the irksome troubles of last year, when the Prospector lift was not running at peak efficiency. The lift now called Silverlode is the backbone of the skier system at Park City. The Silverlode chair whisks rid- opreent plan that calls for 530 bedrooms, it is clear that the Village — at Solitude is going to become quite an interesting area. Scheduled to open pass. The cost for this club is $12,500 this December 1s the Inn at Solitude, a personal/$20,000 46 room full service hotel. This European styled hotel has much of the antiquated charm of a village in the old country, with the benefits of modern luxury appointments. Solitude is at the leading edge of — the industry as far as ticketing goes. The Solitude Access Ticket System is the perfect plan for skiers who seek flexibility. You make a one-time fourdollar purchase of an access card, and then load it up with as many rides on the card as you desire. (Rides must be purchased in increments of 10.) Each time you ride a lift, one ride is auto- matically deducted from your card. For those faster skiers who about running through too worry many rides, there is a maximum of ten rides is a smoother, a day deducted from your pass. You can even purchase a Swatch watch with the pass built in...no more hassling with digging out a ski pass from under all of your clothes. What seemed a bit technologically frighten-. less weather affected chair lift. “Now Park City guests will have to put on their goggles for the ride up!.. Simply tastic pass plan for the local or out-oftown cae pe An all day lift put it means pass is $34 ers up the mountain at a 1000 feet per minute. The six person chair is eleven feet wide, and very heavy. The advan- tage of a heavier chair, says general more skiing and less the lift.” City continues to improve an great mountain with fantastic season deals. Through December 20 PCSA offers free lift tickets with any one of 19 different participating Park City lodging facilities. This is part of Park City’s “SKI FREE” promotion. For more information call 801-649-8111. Solitude | Solitude is the resort with the most exciting future. With a master devel- ing at first has turned out to'be a fan- and is _ lifts...and... well, that’s about it. The one of a kind in the ski industry. that Gad 2 chairlift will have snowboard access this year. For the first — time in three years Snowboarders have access to the entire resort. Snowbird rated number one in Snowboard Life magazine by a collection of professional and amateur riders from around the world. An all day tram and lift pass is $46. Alta — Alta is possibly the most reassuring aspect of an otherwise crazy world. Regardless of wars, recessions, alien invasion, Alta remains the same. Bottomless snow, and tremendous terrain for a bargain. The price of a day pass creeps slowly up...$27 Alta employees spent a feverish summering sprucing up, and doing pre- © ventative maintenance, so that the grand Alta experience can remain the same for years to come. As always Alta is a strong supporter of the Utah Transit Authority ski bus fleet operating in Big and: Little Cottonwood Canyon. This year marks the thirteenth year of partnership with the UTA. Alta has also been very involved _in the ongoing process of documenting and preserving the amazing history of the town.A great deal of historical skiing footage is now available on VHS format, and a new videotape is available this season: “This is Alta.” For more information call 801- inevitable, and this summer Alta has assent ‘The big news at Sinbad isshe timeshare plan at the Cliff Lodge. _ The entire 162 room west wing of the famous Cliff Lodge will become luxury timeshare condominiums. The rooms in the East Wing will _ remain hotel rooms. Owners of these timeshare condominiums will have access to all of the luxury amenities at Snowbird, including: Snowbird Racquet Club, and the Cliff Spa. at wou is $29. CLOTHING TO MATCH YOUR ATTITUDE turde-gurde farthware creates homegrown batik dothing impired Y nature. Are designs indude eHigh bandwidtth connectivity. eThe best support Xcom provides the very best in World Wide Web homepages and total website development. 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