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Show Page B4 Thursday, March 5, 1987 Park Record S 'II' --'f 7 V Park City's Brett Benson and Union. Think twice by DAVE SCROGGIN Snow Safety Director Park West Ski Area one goes hunting for an avalanche, avalan-che, he will eventually find one. Monty Attwater People are reluctant to retreat.. .they will only retreat if they are sure conditions are dangerous, not if they are unsure that they are safe. A friend was telling me about his recent ski tour. "When I called the avalanche forecast center this morning mor-ning and they said there may be some lingering hazard on northeast facing slopes, I dug a snow pit when I got to the northeast slope where I was planning on skiing." I asked him what he found. "Well, I found a good two-foot slab .V.-jyW vhsjjA - v.., u.....-.,;.,-,! -v. v tw7 - I Oil 3 -4f TOU CAITI TAKE Mil WITH TOU DUT I CAT! TOD WHILE TOU'RE vncnnon nMinoGAnnon flora f ' it 3 f A 4'. f 1KB V . Clint Weaver come up empty on before skiing that was sitting on top of that same old weak sugar snow. It seems like that sugar has been in there for a long time." I agreed and asked if he did a shovel shear test. "Oh yeah, the slab slid right over that weak snow before I pulled back on the shovel... pretty good shear." . I was not surprised, I told him that the control team at ParkWest had been doing battle with that layer all winter. Then I asked him what he had decided to do after he finished the pit. "Oh, we went ahead and skied it since we were already into it. It just didn't seem like it would slide. Wow! It was wonderful face-shot skiing." When pressed as to why he thought it wouldn't slide, he could only say that was how it "felt." m M M A&miW - " ' "r a block attempt against on questionable snow Hack Country Safety "It's funny. While I'm here talking to you now, I feel that I made the wrong decision, but it didn't seem that way at the time. I guess the powder just had me excited or something." The recent death of a Salt Lake City Ci-ty doctor in Big Cottonwood Canyon brings to heart the question of why these decisions seem so difficult. If the obvious signs of instability are glaring upon you and you still find it difficult to decide, ask yourself: "What if I die here?" or "What if I have to try and find my partner in an avalanche burial?" . You may reconsider those mellow sloping glades where you had fun . 1 --aw. I ttlm:i.. 43 HILLSIDE CALL 040-0010 MIME Miners bow out in region The Park City Miners basketball team officially ended their 1987 season after being taken by teams from Lehi and Union in the Region 9 tournament held at Lehi High School last week. Going into the event with a 3-11 record, the Miners were defeated by Lehi on Thursday, Feb. 26 by a score of 59-45. Lehi went on to beat San Juan on Saturday and capture the region championships. Paul Willard, head coach for the team, said despite the loss, he was proud of his team's effort. He thought they played well, especially considering Lehi went on to win. "We gave them (Lehi) a close game just like any of the other teams," said Willard. "We were playing really well and we just let them intimate us." The game against Lehi was fairly even during the first half of play. It was only in the final minutes of the half that the Miners started slipping behind. By the half the Miners were down by eight. "We missed four or five lay-ups in a row and lost our concentration," said Willard. "But we gave them a good shot." The Miners turned their game around Friday afternoon against Union, losing to the team they blasted off their home court just one week earlier. The Miners looked tough against the Cougars on the Feb. 20th matchup, mat-chup, beating them 65-50 in the final game in their regular season. But a different team showed up for the Feb. 27th game and the Miners lost pitifully to the Cougars 70-52. "Everything turned around," said Willard. "We shot such a poor percentage on Friday, 30 percent. The kids just did not play well." While Park City made 18 of 54 shots from the field, Union capitalized capitaliz-ed on 22 for 48 of theirs, shooting 46 percent. The Cougars shot 26 for 40 from the line, while the Miners hit on only 15 of 21 attempts. Although the Miners claimed the higher percentage of shots, 71 percent per-cent compared to 65 percent for the Cougars, it wasn't enough to give them the lead. Bruce Buckner, Jeff Keye, Brett Bensen and Brett Peretti all shot three balls through the hoop from the field with Larry Winterer, Clint Wea ver and Jason Schlenske wrapp- ing up the free throws for the Miners with three apiece. For the season, Keye scored the most points with 221, followed by Schlenske with 160, Buckner with 141 and Bensen with 128. Park City ended up with a 3-15 record with 953 points for the 1986-87 season. skiing safely the other day. The snowpack this year is shaky at best. Professional snow safety people peo-ple are enjoying an extremely challenging season. Years like this require some conservatism. If you are hesitant about skiing a slope, take that feeling as a clue and pick the safer way. You may be surprised when you still have a good time. And your touring partner still has someone so-meone to go skiing with. o i? 7j (T r- IPAI2K CIT ITEBT COMPLEX Open for Bowling NOON TO MIDNIGHT i , FRENCH CONTINENTAL CUISINE 1 In A Warm, Country French Atmosphere Escargot Provencale Rack of Lamb In a Crust with Duxelle and Wine Sauce 442 Main Street Downstairs Refreshments Hayes Brothers Official Car 2.9 Financing on selected models HAYES BROTHERS HBUICK0JEEP HAYES BROS BUICK JEEP 2280 SO. 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