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Show B-2 Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 16-18, 2019 The Park Record Intermountain Division Alpine South Series comes to Park City Mountain Jc rec report WHITE PINE NORDIC CENTER White Pine Nordic Center’s 3K, 5K, farm loop, practice area and dog loop are open for cross-country skiing. For rental and course More than 200 alpine skiers competed information go to whitepinetouring.com. JEREMY RANCH GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB Jeremy Ranch’s Nordic trails have opened for the winter. For rental information, ticket prices and track conditions go to TheJeremy.com. PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Park City Mountain Resort has opened for the winter. For information on upcoming events and winter ticket prices go to parkcity- The Intermountain Division Alpine South Series, a ski race series for youth competitors, opened on Park City Mountain’s Payday run under sunny skies on Saturday. Nearly 270 youth skiers raced on Saturday and 230 on Sunday at Park City Mountain, competing in one giant slalom competition per day with a final time comprising two runs each per race. Park City Ski and Snowboard hosted the race, fielding 80 mountain.com or call 435-649-8111. DEER VALLEY RESORT Deer Valley Resort has opened for the winter. For information on winter activities and ticket prices go to deervalley.com or call 435649-1000. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK Utah Olympic Park has started its winter programming, including guided tours and bobsled rides. For a complete list of winter hours and rates, visit utaholympiclegacy.org. SOLDIER HOLLOW competitors across the U12 and U14 age groups. Mackenzie Meirowitz was Park City’s leader in Saturday’s girls giant slalom, taking third overall with a two-run cumulative time of 1 minute, 14.33 seconds. She was the only Park City skier to break into the top 10 on Saturday in a field of more than 100 racers. Sophia Hijjawi of Rowmark Ski Academy took first with a time of 1:13.58, followed by Talise Larsh of Snowbasin in 1:13.62. Park City’s Kiera Gallagher finished 11th with a time of 1:17.86. On Sunday, Meirowitz took fourth overall (1:14), followed by teammate Vivian Turner in sixth (1:14.13). Larsh took first (1:12.03), followed by Kira Thomas of Skykomish Ski Team (1:12.65) in second and Hijjawi in third (1:13.81). Eric Wilkinson, Park City Ski and Snowboard alpine U12 team manager, said Mierowitz and Turner had good races, with many other team members close behind. In the boys competition, Rowmark’s Jack Hoffman took first on Saturday with a time of 1:10.50, followed by PCSS athlete Lee Curtis (1:12.24), then Rowmark’s Cooper Percy in third (1:12.39). From PCSS, Tasman Rearick took fourth (1:13.91), Jack Morris took sixth (1:14.63) and Alexander Demers took seventh (1:15). On Sunday, Hoffman took first again (1:10.05), followed by Curtis (1:11.02), then Scanlan in third (1:12.19). f Morris took seventh (1:13.49), followed by Rearick in eighth (1:14.12). “Almost all of our athletes performed beyond expectations,” Wilkinson said. “As a group they were stronger than I initially thought they would be.” Colleen Jamieson, part-time program manager of Park City Ski and Snowboard’s alpine division, said the race was also the first for a number of athletes. “It was a great experience for them to be on the home hill, to engage in the race community and enjoy competition,” she said. The South Series will continue with races at Snowbasin, Snowbird and Sundance this season. For a complete list of results go to imdalpine.org/alpine. Soldier Hollow’s tubing hill is open every Monday through Thursday Cyclist joins team with infamous base starting at noon. Its Nordic skiing runs are also open. For programming go to utaholympiclegacy.org or call 435-654-2002. BASIN RECREATION Keegan Swirbul joins Floyd Landis’ pro cycling team Basin Recreation maintains a busy trail maintenance schedule during the winter months, grooming over 17 miles of trails for cross-country skiing, walking, biking, and more. A grooming report can be found at basinrecreation.org. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Phares Gines, at phares@basinrecreation.org. AUSTIN COLBERT The Aspen Times MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION The Mountain Trails Foundation grooms Round Valley for cross-coun- Not long after Keegan Swirbul wrapped up what was arguably the best performance of his professional career, taking seventh in the general classification at the 2018 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah in August, he had a bombshell dropped on him. His team of the past two seasons, Jelly Belly-Maxxis, wasn’t going to exist in 2019. And a cyclist without a team is more or less a cyclist without a job. “That night after the race was over they broke the news to us that the team wasn’t going to be around. There were all sorts of other teams folding at that same time,” Swirbul said from his Basalt, Colorado, home. “I was pretty nervous, but I was lucky that I had my breakthrough result at that time to help me get on the radar of teams. But definitely scary.” try skiing, fat bike riding and snowshoeing. For trail information, including maps and conditions, go to mountaintrails.org. UINTA-WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. Emergency assistance and road maintenance in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, may be impacted by the partial federal government shutdown. If you have scheduled activities within the forest’s boundaries, call ahead or visit fs.usda. gov/uwcnf for more information. ROAD STATUS Guardsman Pass, Wolf Creek Pass and the Mirror Lake Highway have closed for the season. For more info, go to fs.usda.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. For more information on seasonal road closures go to udottraffic.utah.gov. STATE PARKS AND RESERVOIRS For information such as water temperature and current conditions at Jordanelle and Rockport state parks, visit stateparks.utah.gov. For information on the Echo Reservoir, call 435-336-2247. The The Jelly Belly Candy Company had sponsored its U.S. Continental team for 19 years, run by manager and Olympian Danny Van Haute, until it decided to step away from the sport this past fall. A 2014 Aspen High School graduate, Swirbul was left searching for a new home, and it came via one of the most infamous names in the sport’s history: Floyd Landis. Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France before seeing that title and so much more taken from him after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, is largely known as being the whistleblower in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Last spring, when Armstrong and the federal government agreed to a $5 million settlement, Landis found himself on the receiving end of $1.1 million as part of the deal. With that cash, Landis created his own cycling team for 2019, one that now includes Swirbul. That team, being called “Floyd’s Pro Cycling,” is sponsored by Landis’ legal cannabis business in Leadville, Colorado, “Floyd’s of Leadville.” “It was a super fun ride on there, but I definitely think that a change will be good. It always seems like I grow when I move teams,” Swirbul said of leaving Jelly Belly for Floyd’s Pro Cycling. “There are some good riders they have signed on that team, so it will definitely elevate my game as well to be with some of their big hitters. So I’m looking forward to it.” The team, which formed from the now defunct Canadian Continental team Silber Pro Cycling, also will include American Travis McCabe, Romanian rider Serghei Tvetcov and Australian Jonathan Clarke, among others. They will start competing in March. “This project that Floyd’s team presented to me was pretty interesting, because we are going to be doing some gravel races and mountain biking, and then the traditional road series, as well,” Swirbul said. “It’s great. He’s doing American cycling a real deed. A lot of those teams were folding and he’s giving our 10 guys that are signed to this team or whatever another chance. That’s fantastic. He’s using his money and giving it back to the sport.” Weather Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Jan. 14 Temperatures: WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY High for the week ................................ 43° Low for the week ................................... 8° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.01” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Occasional rain in the afternoon Mostly cloudy with snow showers Considerable clouds Clouds and sun Increasing cloudiness Winds: SW 6-12 mph Winds: S 7-14 mph Winds: WNW 6-12 mph Winds: S 4-8 mph Winds: S 4-8 mph 38°/31° 41°/29° 33°/19° 33°/18° 39°/24° Ogden 37/33 Elko 41/33 Salt Lake City 40/36 Sunrise 7:47 a.m. ......... 7:47 a.m. ......... 7:47 a.m. ......... 7:46 a.m. ......... 7:45 a.m. ......... Sunset 5:24 p.m. 5:25 p.m. 5:26 p.m. 5:28 p.m. 5:29 p.m. Moonrise Wednesday ...... 1:34 p.m. ......... Thursday ........... 2:15 p.m. ......... Friday ............... 3:05 p.m. ......... Saturday .......... 4:03 p.m. ......... Sunday ............. 5:10 p.m. ......... Moonset 2:52 a.m. 3:59 a.m. 5:08 a.m. 6:15 a.m. 7:17 a.m. Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Last New First Jan 20 Jan 27 Feb 4 Feb 12 Craig 35/24 Park City Provo 42/33 Price 37/25 Ely 41/32 Richfield 44/30 Moab 40/29 Cedar City 43/31 Aspen 35/17 Grand Junction 39/26 Cortez 39/20 St. George 52/39 MOON PHASES Full Evanston 33/25 38/31 Wendover 39/29 SUN AND MOON Farmington 46/27 Page 44/34 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 43/25 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 38 11 sf 30 23 sn 56 36 s 41 23 pc 42 18 pc 34 11 sn 56 33 s 31 24 pc 39 32 c 37 21 sf 37 26 c 64 51 pc 47 28 pc A storm system moving into the West Coast will spread a mix of rain and snow across the Great Basin to the western slopes of the Rockies Wednesday. The Desert Southwest will be dry with mostly sunny skies. The unsettled weather will continue Thursday and Friday from the West Coast into much of the Intermountain West with rain and snow. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 33/24 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. The higher the AccuWeather UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Shown is the highest value for each day. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 High; 11+ Extreme. Swirbul was struggling with injuries and illness when Jelly Belly took a chance on him two years ago, and he admitted 2017 was a struggle because of a poor training routine. After a slow start, he bounced back in 2018 and finished the season as strong as he ever has in his young career. The 23-year-old is still striving to take that step up to the UCI World Tour. For now, he’ll continue to tackle many of the same Continental races he’s been competing in, such as the Tour of Utah. “My goal is to get to the top echelon of the sport, like Tejay van Garderen is on the World Tour teams. I’m definitely getting closer, I feel,” Swirbul said, making note of Van Garderen, a familiar name in Aspen. “I just need to put a couple more big results together and hopefully show a bit more consistency next year. HopefullyD that would get me on the radara of some of these bigger teams, and that’s where you can make an actual living and live like a real pro athlete. Right now I’m still relying on my parents quite a lot and not making that much money. But we are working toward it.” City Aspen Boulder Butte Colorado Springs Elko Ely Evanston Flagstaff Gallup Grand Canyon Grand Junction Gunnison Idaho Falls Jackson Hole Mesquite Missoula Ogden Page Pocatello Provo Pueblo Reno Rexburg St. George Salt Lake City Spokane Sun Valley Tahoe Twin Falls Yellowstone Wednesday Hi Lo W 35 17 c 48 33 pc 32 15 c 51 28 pc 41 33 c 41 32 c 33 25 sn 40 22 c 42 19 c 43 25 c 39 26 c 30 4 c 33 24 sn 29 21 sn 56 45 c 32 23 c 37 33 sn 44 34 sn 36 29 c 42 33 r 57 26 pc 50 42 r 33 29 sn 52 39 r 40 36 sn 37 29 c 33 28 c 41 38 sn 39 32 c 25 19 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 39 28 c 51 36 pc 30 17 sf 52 33 pc 43 27 sn 43 20 sn 37 25 sn 44 31 r 45 34 c 45 30 sh 40 30 sf 29 15 c 36 26 sn 31 22 sn 57 41 c 30 24 sf 43 31 c 45 36 c 39 30 sn 44 33 c 58 31 pc 48 26 r 36 29 sn 52 37 c 45 33 c 36 31 sn 36 25 sn 40 17 sn 42 30 sn 28 20 sn Interstate 80: The road will be wet and in some places snow covered with a mix of rain and snow falling at times. US-40: A couple of rain and snow showers Wednesday will lead to wet and in some places snow-covered pavement. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travelers across Nevada, Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming and western Colorado will encounter a mix of rain and snow. Snow-covered roads, especially in higher elevations will lead to slower-thannormal traffic. WEATHER HISTORY A mass of bitterly cold air surged into the United States on Jan. 16, 1977, dropping temperatures to record lows, including 19 below zero degrees at Chicago, Ill., and 21 below zero at Omaha, Neb. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 25 21 pc 28 20 c 56 49 pc 37 32 pc 28 25 s 28 24 sn 53 44 pc 34 20 sf 42 33 sn 36 30 sn 39 33 sn 63 46 c 52 31 pc City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Hi Lo W 30 23 pc 35 21 sf 41 25 pc 63 57 sh 82 69 sh 62 48 c 61 56 r 74 59 s 22 18 s 49 38 s 62 49 pc 42 25 pc 50 35 s Thursday Hi Lo W 32 16 pc 33 25 sn 36 33 pc 75 58 r 82 67 sh 62 48 r 61 49 r 77 61 pc 25 8 pc 46 43 s 70 59 c 32 29 pc 47 41 s City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Wednesday Hi Lo W 57 39 pc 67 45 pc 42 25 pc 68 48 c 35 18 sf 40 20 pc 40 35 c 62 48 sh 67 58 c 60 56 r 52 43 c 65 46 pc 44 30 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 54 40 pc 73 49 s 36 30 c 70 54 pc 36 31 c 30 23 pc 41 27 r 73 56 c 64 58 r 59 49 sh 53 46 r 72 50 s 39 35 c City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 76 65 pc 92 77 pc 84 78 sh 38 13 s 45 36 pc 87 62 s 44 32 c 43 37 pc 64 56 r 49 37 sh 52 39 r 32 -4 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 74 66 pc 91 74 s 84 77 pc 43 14 s 44 31 sh 71 55 r 41 35 pc 45 31 c 66 58 s 48 40 pc 41 33 pc 8 4 pc City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 22 17 sn 27 13 sn 45 40 c 97 80 pc 57 46 s 83 71 sh 32 25 pc 88 74 pc 51 37 pc 31 11 sf 39 36 r 40 30 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 30 27 sn 24 13 pc 46 31 pc 93 80 s 58 47 sh 82 71 sh 40 20 s 88 73 c 54 39 pc 25 22 c 41 33 c 43 30 sn Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |