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Show lesft 4J-passm- geir enjoy the 50 mile view and lunch at the Summit House while they learn to ski. Night skiing is bpen 7 nights a week on the iy mile intermediate run, Payday, the longest lighted night run in the Rockies. In addition, beginner terrain on the First Time chair is also lighted for night skiing. All multi-da- y package tickets are good for night skiing, so package guests can keep on taking that last run until 10 p.m.! The old mine buildings scattered throughout the ski area not only provide a magnificent backdrop for ski vactions, but they also , make for interesting picnic sites. With superb skiing 13 hours a day and plenty of terrain for every ability, Park City and Jupiter Bowl are out of this world! The town of Park City offers a change of pace for the ski vacationer. A world without a traffic light, the towii of Park City provides a welcome relief from the World as we know it. Park Citys world takes the mining influence of the old West and mingles it with the newer elements of the ski world. An intra-citbus service provides transportation between the town, the ski area and the y lodges. The mine buildings with their distinctive woods, the shops, boutiques, saloons, discotheques and restaurants all combine into a unique impression. With 30 restaurants and 16 bars and night spots, it is a world of variety. Liquor is easily obtained in any of three ways: First is the State liquor Store of which Park and wine are City has four. Secondly, mini-bottlavailable at some of the restaurants and last, private clubs which charge a guest membership of $5 for two weeks serve mixed drinks poured from mini-bottl(1.6 oz.). From Sunday brunches and grand European dinners to fun restaurants with the Western flavor Park City appeals to families and singles alike. Innovative and unique. Park (Sty has things few areas can offer. The Lodge, the only on- - -mountain lodging in the Rockies, provides lodging facilities, dining room, sauna, game room, small meeting rooms and a large sundeck all at the of the gondola at 8,300'. The Park City es es in , mid-stati- PARK CITY SKI Arvo gondol 'a, and Hit's a dandy Racquet Club offers four indoor tennis courts, whirlpool, swimming pool and restaurant. Potato John's Video Bar and Restaurant films skiers, so individuals or group sequences of NASTAR races or ski club races can be shown in slow motion and instant replay. The Silver Wheel Melodrama Theatre has performances several nights a week complete with hisses and cheers, villains and heroes. The Kimball Art Center activities include: art classes, workshops, exhibits, film festivals, concerts and plays to fill die season. Park City Makes Changes While the leaves were beginning to fall from trees and only a thin blanket of frost for the morning sun to melt away, Park City Ski Area workers were still adding final touches to the mountains 1979-8- 0 winter changes. The mountain crews started working on the new changes as soon as the chairlifts closed down last May. ' The numerous small changes have added up to $700,000 worth of mountain improvements. One of the biggest changes is the addition of 18,000 feet of pipe that will double the coverage of existing snowmaking. Last seasons snowmaking equipment provided coverage for the lower Treasure Hollow area to the bottom of the Waterfall run, complete coverage of tiie IV4 mile Payday run, lower NASTAR . and the First Time runs as well as the Ski School meeting and practice areas. This year, with the addition of two new machines and the 18,000 feet of newly laid pipe,' snowmaking coverage will expand to include all of Clementine (where Park Citys NASTAR races are held every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday during the ski season), all the way to the top of Treasure Hollow, up Silver Queen run to the top of (descent, down Quarter Load run, down Claim jumper run to the bottom of the Prospector Chairlift and on down to the combustion run and the bottom of the Triple Chair. The system is designed to hit the high traffic areas and maintain them rather than to make the runs skiable from zero snow, said Area and Mountain Manager Phil Jones. No one is going to come here from New York to ski a few runs with artificial snow on them. Our snow here is consistent enough that the snowmaking equipment will supplement what we have at the high traffic areas. Another large improvement on the mountain is the addition of a new restaurant. The new restaurant will Snow Hut at the bottom of the replace the ski-u- p Prospector Chairlift. Hie new full scale restaurant is a 4,000 square foot log cabin construction which will have the capacity to seat 230 inside and the surrounding sundeck will seat 300 persons. The expanded Snow Hut facility is better for us than a new chairlift, said Jones. It will spread out the skiers and eliminate that 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. zoo on Prospector and at the Summit House restaurant located at the top of the Gondola Building. It will allow skiers to come to the mountain and sit down and have a nice lunch in one of the four restaurants without having to fight the crowds. Many of the existing runs will take on new look this season. Clementine and Crescent have been widened and the Face of Prospector is now 50 per cent wider, with the left side of the run between the chairlift towers becoming nearly the same width as the right side. A trail crew of four has spent the summer in Jupiter Bowl clearing out dead trees and widening those places that you used to need a pair of 110s to get to, Jones said. Some buildings at the resort have also gone through some structural changes. There will be additional package lockers at the top Gondola station as well as in the base Plaza area. The NASTAR run, Clementine, will have a new look for racing buffs. Not only will the snowmaking and trail widening add to the efficiency and professionalism of the race department, but a starters shack has been built at the top of the run. At the bottom, an elevated scoreboard platform has been installed and electricity has been hooked up to the finish shack so that the timers will no longer be battery operated. ski With all of the new improvements for the 1979-8season, Park Citys mountain should be even more pleasant to ski. nestled in tho Wosotch Mountain Rang is only a 40 minute drive from Salt Lake Citys International Airport via 0 Interstate 80. |