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Show vr EEQELEljNlSBpRISI Reflex-Journ- al DAVIS DECEMBER 31, 1985 REFLEX-JOURNA- SURERKLQURl X-coun- A great plan for a great TAKING FIRST place in both the Young Women's Stake and Region Volleyball tournaments were members of the Bountiful 49th Ward. Team members include, front row from left, Nancy Neuenswander, Jodi Buehner and Kim Draney; back row fiom left, Maegan McKay, Lynn Anne Burbidge, Cori Erickson, Alyssa Blosch, Jada Gillespie and Jennifer Harman. Not pictured are coach Dave Neuenswander, Stephanie Wilkins, Jenny Wilkins and Sudie Bullock. day on the Utah trails 7 &ULILINESJ day lor most skiers. John Rehmers idea of a nice sleeping bag. For shorter, tours. Rehmet sugAlta Bells from to recom'1 Rehmer Tour ski is a ski tour the Super trip. 0 REALLY plan or Willow Check cafork Beartrap gested "Wasatch ski the three mended map. things: Canyon. from Big Cottonwood CaTouts" and the appropriate U.S. Geological nyons. both starting for each route are loMarked (railheads and availin nyon. All are works WHO contour engineering maps. REHMER, Survey side of the highuuv just the north on cated mapping at the U.S. Forest Services Regional able at Recreation Equipment Inc., Wasatch before Solitude Ski Aica to how on safely Touring, Cosmis Airplane and other outdoors Office, shared some ideas explore the Wasatch Front on skis. shops. Alpen Tech sells the maps. OGDEN AREA: Experienced skieis will enski mounand he trips long prefers Although a to are ski skiing an old jeep road to the ridge east of joy The give advised people designed saving supermaps taineering ventures, he is really general idea of where to go and what they II get Ben Fomond peak. Take Highway 19 east to snow the when for spring, touring into." Rehmer said. The (geological survey) Pineview Reservou. turn left to Lihertv. turn stable. left and then immediately right, heading north maps will give you the more specific informaabout six miles to paik near Camp Utaba Take THE MARATHON Super Tour starts at tion you need. the westbound jeep road about 1.5 miles until Albion Basin near Alta, climbs to a pass abov e road turns sharply left. Go stiaight on this Avathe the Utah of ALSO HE the phoning skims suggested steep along top Secret Lake, and conturn; the road turns into the Ben Lomond-Cutle- r south ridge of lanche Center to find out what avalanche basins just below the Serv Forest the Ridge trail. mad a ditions are. Every morning, Little Cottonwood Canyon to end in recorded Rea Bells new, center to Lowet Bells gives Canyon swoop down If the snow is stable, you can climb all the weather and avalanche forecast for northern servoir on the east end of Sandy City. Rehmer said. II not. Ben Fomond. Avalanche hazard is fairly high now. and Utah mountain areas. Specific forecasts are way to the steep canyon climb still can skiers safely available for Salt Lake area at Rehmer is staying clear of his favorite, miles and get an exciting run. four or trail three Ogden, territory. So should other tourers. back down. He offered some of his favorite tours for bouncing over water bars, HE NOTED that tw'o skiers have been killed early winter: IF THE snow is plentiful in Ogden Valley try in an avalanche already this year. They died Nordic Valley Ski Area. SALT LAKE area: a car shuttle tour between the hilly area behind near Sunset Peak above Brighton. to Liberty . turn left and turn 39, Take Take Highway Mill Creek canyons. Thats one of my favorite areas," he said. Bie Cottonwood and Rehmer said skiers ski area. east towards Parleys Canyon, follow signs to the But those guys were really pushing it, going lnterstate-8subdivision at a can just south ot Noidic. paik turn off and left on 4500 turn south on on the steeper stuff. one of the ridges above their woik and up way one and drive left South, turn immediately subdivision to a scries ot ridges east of NOWS A good time for gentler, intermedi- block north to Mill Canyon Road; turn right. the is Peak. Lew ate tours. Rehmer said. Skiers can save the Take two vehicles up the canyon and leave one Snow Basin Ski Area also offeis some good w'here the road is closed. steep stuff for later in the year when the snow is at the parking area touring. Rehmer said. The and drive south to the Big Return to stable and avalanche hazard is low. Pond Loop trail, which n Green and down the Cottonwood Canyon intersection. Park here, Rehmer has skied it all-- up the of end at east starts upper parking lot. often ask and a costs bus buck) (it Front. He w'as one of several Forest Service catch the ski resort skiers. It's also a good other by off at Spruces Camp- is employees who helped Alpen Tech, a Salt the driver to let you hills east ot the ski for skiing open Ski point up starting Lake City firm, design the Wasatch Ski Tour- ground. about nine miles up the canyon. resort into Morgan County. the Mill D North Fork Trail, marked by a ing Maps. the from road campthe across sign BEGINNER TOIRS: For the novice skiei. THE MAPS, available at Utah ski and out- ground. Rehmer recommends the groomed tracks at doors shops, show ski routes, route difficulty PineTour-inclimb to Dog Fake, Brighton Ski Touring Center. White AFTER A and general avalanche conditions in the Salt area. in the in or. Park Ogden enter City, and lake of the Lake, Ogden, Stansbury (Deseret Peak' and skiers can cross the ridge north crossoffer also resorts The Mountain. Pow der ski Fittle Water Gulch, Big Water Gulch. Wilwestern High Uintas areas. ski instruction. There is a fee to use the country the all switchbacking even ski the or Creek son to longer contribution w'as Rehmers ski trails. Mill Creek. to groomed routes and help mark them on the maps. He Big Water Canyon Trail down For free, down gentle slope skiing, try Mountain all the downhill run a ski way You have used Wasatch Tours, a east from Take lnterstate-8course. Golf Dell hunand guide by Alexis Kelner and David Hanscomb. Mill, Rehmer said. Salt Lake in pass the the City, so interchange a on weekend, Mill Creek dreds of skiers use as his guide. seven about continue and interchange and fast. the road down is usually miles Canyon. Parleys up REHMER MODIFIED some of Kelners AT THE bottom, pick up the car and drive a tours. For instance, on the Super Tour, Kelner OGDEN-AREskiers will find mellow went straight through by moonlight, starting few miles south to retrieve the other one. The Snow Basin Ski resort, mile before a about on tour is about six to eight miles, depending at midnight and skiing 19 hours. he said. s starting at the Maples Campground. 1 did it as a tour and took my the choice of canyons down: a cross-countr- Why athletics are important By TOM HARALDSEN Sports Editor WhCn high Sch0l anew, the 8nd Wmn tura to athetic as spectators or participants, students and parents alike look forward with anticipation to football games played in crisp mountain air; basketball contests in hot muggy gymnasiums; or any variety of other sports from cross country to golf, baseball to soccer, volleyball to swimming. JomnehionUnF - T" e 82000 s,udents enS at Utah high schools, and many of them will participate in some sort of activity whe her it be academic or athletic competition. Yet there are some who say high school athletics in particular take too much time away from a student s real reason for being in education. The easiest way to counter that is by looking wifi face once he or she ' what a itudentSCho1 gradu and enters the feal world uv!? hgh t progress in hour-lon- g blocks' where we go from work station to work station and only need to follow instructions in order to We must tea books the knowledge to succeed but we must also learnnecessary how to apply it, and when. Athletics provides that school-classro- om f fm oppoVtunity SURE, A student can (earn in a lab how to mix compounds to create chemistry a new substance. He can learn how to solve a math lem, or use a library to research a term probpaper nLHf0k mea!' Ihose are alJ ilfs we each But a education needs to be more. We have all known someone in our Jives who went through high school with straight As Perhaps that person spent his or her Friday . nights m the library instead of the grandstands 1 here is nothing wrong with that, unless that person has missed out on the social skills she wilt need to take their place in the he or Jives of others. Not every football player who ever the chance to walk away from a fight does gets so, but he eventually learns he can. And more importantly, m athletics we learn the value of teamwork, and how cooperative effort as human beings can bring about a worthwhile No man is an island in sports, or in life, 'goal. well-round- - THERE IS a popular comedian as part of his routine on the state of the who, nation,' likes telling audiences the United States or any other country for that matter, doesn't need a President, it needs a coach. He may be right If we teamed in life, as we do in athletics, the importance of working together, we might be able to build brotherhood instead of bombs. It s never easy when the. parent of an athlete has to face his or herson's or daughter's team defeat. Everyone likes to be on the winning ilfe. sn always fair' an4 while high school athletics can't promise that everyone will emerge winning, its a safe bet that without them, all of us would be losing something very important in the lives of future generations. be8ns league al y halt-da- y te knife-edge- d ice-ru- n 364-15- 8 high-count- 621-236- 2. . 0 easily-accessib- le well-know- well-tracke- d trail-hea- d g two-mil- e cross-countr- y 0 Dog-sledde- rs hard-packe- d tei-rai- A three-fourth- two-da- y TTM nr SRORTSIEVENTS BENCHWAQME Since Tiger Stadium in Detroit was rebuilt into a double decker in 1938, only a few home runs have been hit out ot the ball park, who hit the first? basket-bal- l play in Region Four, for both boys and girls. The Clipper and e will special basketball previews in our issues of Jan, 8 and 9. Look for them. " ' ,f you are a fan or either the Utah Jazz or Salt Lake Golden Eagles, who might be interested to know that, as of December 26, the Eagles are averaging 2,843 paid attendance per game dates). Meanwhile, the Jazz are seeing attendance up 32 percent from last year, and have had six sellouts, including the Boston Celtics ast Saturday night. It seems clear thatgame Salt Lake fans have made their choice, but I still like watching the Eagles just as well. Reflex-Journ- skiing try pro-vid- 1 1 AM WfB 1! P'P suioiium P1 xS pay uoisog sqj joj a;ooj m II 0 U8HM 6C6t What baseball great was youngest to win the his Triple Crown ot batting, the age? MtWER UMOQ duj. ag uom qqo Xj ijOJtaq aq opouiuij 6o m JO '6061 U JO 'll in BounFOUR MEMBERS OF the Saltos Gymnastics team from U.S. A. Gymnastics in Center the at U.S. skills Olympic Tiaining tiful recently passed regional testing Brian Mitchell. are Bryan. Spencer men Casey Colorado Springs. The four young this week for the Junior National center the to will return Rob and They Kjar. Wright team tryouts, and are part of only 36 young gymnasts nationwide selected to try out. Should they make the team, they will stay in Colorado Springs through Jan. 4, to train is proud that all with Olympic coaches. Their local coach is Chris Leech, who said he honor. this four of his gymnasts were selected for V n |