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Show Pape Four Utah Gives Skiers A Run (or 300) For Their Money Skiers, if youve got the will, Utah has the way everything from chutes, powder and moguls to gentle, wide open spaces. Utahs famous snow makes the difference. From Thanksgiving to May, nearly 400 feet of light powder, fluffed and dried as it crosses the desert, blankets Salt Lake Citys Wasatch front. It also packs into silky smooth runs and almost half of all the slopes are groomed daily. Visitors to Utah spend less time traveling and more time on the mountain, since Salt Lake City is only 45 minutes from five of the states 12 ski areas. Six airlines, three interstate highways, buses and ski trains provide easy access to the states capital. Ski packages are designed with variety in mind. Their built-i- n flexibility . enables skiers to ski more than one resort so any skier can find a favorite area, a challenging run or that special instructor. More than 300 runs, plus open areas, are served by 52 uphill lifts. Utalriing ia do to night Hie. too. Besides the mghttune enter- - S, SW oeS7ye restaurants and night clubs, plus professional ice hockey, a nationally acclaimed symphony orchestra and renowed ballet and modern dance companies. All Utah ski areas offer dependable snow at ski bum prices. And there's a resort to suit every personality: ALTA The granddaddy of Utah ski resorts and one of the oldest in the for its nation, Alta is world-famodeep powder. Ski Magazine Travel Editor Abby Rand says, Alta has some of the world's coziest ski lodges where you east into conver-sation with fellow and it has a secret stash of endearingly unoverwhelming inter- mediate terrain. And an pass is only $7.50. BEAVER MOUNTAIN In the early 1800s this mountain in Northern Utahs Cache Valley supplied fur trappers with enough to make a living, beaver the Today bounty is snow of it primarily for novice plenty intermediate skiers. Its locat- ed 27 miles east of the college town of Logan, home of Utah State University. BLUE MOUNTAIN This hometown ski hill, open on Wednesdays and weekends, is operated and maintained by donated labor. Its just four miles west of Monticello in southeastern Utah, on a clear day a skiers vista indudes the Colorado Plateau, Shiprock, New Mexico, Colorado's LaPlata Mountains, Utahs LaSal Mountains and Dead Horse Point. BRIAN HEAD This southern Utah ski spa is right next door to Cedar Breaks National Monument and 35 minutes from Cedar City. There', no other Dlace in the nation where skiers can spend the morning on the slopes, the afternoon on a sunny golf course in St. George and the evening at exciting casinos and night dubs in Las Vegas. And with a base elevation of 9,700 feet, Brian Head has a higher base than many resorts have summits. us yarn-spinner- s, all-da- y, all-ar- THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1976 ea BRIGHTON Two mountains make up the Brighton Bowl in Big Cottonwood Canyon, just 20 miles east of Salt Lake City. Its a family resort the place where Salt Lakers learned to ski with only 25 and a beginadvanced runs percent ners' chair lift with a specially trained crew to assist novices. MT. HOLLY This growing resort 17 miles east of Beaver serves central Utah with a double chair lift, and surface T-b- ar base Back to Basics, But How Far? Theres a term were hearing and more these days among more day restaurant, people discussing the schools. That room. For term is back to basics." snowmobile Everybodys talking about basrentals. icss," but there is no complete CITY PARK agreement about what the basics Home of the U. S. Ski Teams are. One educator puts it this way: National Training Center, Park It depends on how far back we City is an old silver mining town to go to the basics. If we go want now cashing in on the ski boom. It back to Socrates, for instance, we boasts the Wests longest gondola his idea of basics was art, find that ski lift and the longest night skiing and music poetry." si0pe in the nation. The 1 A mile think of readAmericans Many been as featured run hay pay Day and arithmetic when 0ne of the top ten runs in the ing, writing for day or night skiing they're asked for a definition of the country by Sports Illustrated. Stein basics. When this happens, techers wonEriksen is director of suing and der that people want to go back" new facilities this year open lofty basics. to the Jupiter Bowl to expert and powder never left the basics," Weve skiers. Salt Lake City is just 27 miles down Parleys Canyon on teachers say to me. Certainly reading, writing and arithmetic are fundamental to proPARK WEST in schools. How could a Just three miles down the road gress do well on a social studies student from Park City, Park West has 32 test if she couldnt read her textmiIe?ot. r00nfi 1P book? How could a high school student figure his income tax if he "alUtude, wder-fille- d hadnt yet mastered the times tables? K-od &sty- - Educators will continue to stress er Bob Theobald offers Get Hot such basics, and you as a parent freestyle classes here year-rouncan help teachers with this. Here A new complimentary lift speeds are some ways: skiers directly from parking lot to word games with your Play the lifts. young children. Have them look for POWDER MOUNTAIN indoors or during walks objects Some of Utahs finest night ski- or rides whose names begin with and ski 400 of acres the same sounds. ing, touring When maintenance and repair packed and powder runs are featured at this resort, located 17 activities are going on at home, as miles northeast of Ogden, Utahs your children to help take and second-largerecord measurements. Work with dty. SNOWBASIN them to make certain they know' Theres plenty of powder and a the importance of accuracy. Encourage young people to recvariety of terrain at this Northern Utah resort, located 19 miles east ognize the relationship of good of Ogden. Snow Basin has been the ' writing to dear thinking. They site of a numer of national and should know that even on such a talk" medium as television, writinternational races and a training ground for many top racers and ing is an important factor in the production of a program or movie. freestylers. Such lessons can be very imSNOWBIRD tow, and a 9,000-foo- t tion. The Mt. Holly includes an excellent lounge and recreation s, there are eleva- lodge non-skier- -- 0. " d. st -- snowbirds striking architecture. portant. basic. Theyre aerial tram speedy and challenging powder-fille- d bowls made have it a legend in its five years of operation. And its all 26 miles from Salt Lake City. A new double-chairlif- t, expanded con-an- d vention facilities and three covered tennis courts have been added, enhancing what ski writer Abby Rand calls the development of the The Information Center, a servdecade. ice SUNDANCE designed to help Salt Lake Sundance is situated 60 minutes County residents locate needed from Salt Lake City on and 15 services or information, officially miles northeast of Provo, Utahs opened the October 1. Director of the new service, third largest dty. Dont be sur-an- d J. Smith, announced that Tommy prised if you see Robert Redford the Information Center will be there the Sundance Kid owns calls at Center from 9 the the resort. There are 28 smoothly taking 6 p.m. a.m. to groomed runs (the longest is three The Information Center is locatmiles), plus excellent dining and ed at 349 South 600 East. The overnight accommodations. The Utah Ski Fact Rook, listing public is invited. A phone call to 0 the Center at will put all Utah resorts, rates, transportain contact with specialists tion options, etc., can be obtained people . will refer people to any one of , who chrge fm: Utah Travel Councl1 Council HallCapitol Hill, hundreds of agendes which can assist them with problems concerng lt Uk City Uuh g4114 ing day care, child abuse, housing, health care, family and personal counseling, drug abuse, alcohol, and many other needs, said Mr. Smith. Direct phone lines will provide immediate access to twelve agendes in case of crises such as drug and mental health problems, he said, adding that the service is free 120-passeng- er jur Information Center to Open 1-- 363-630- County Transient Room Tax Shows Gain Again The vital tourism industry in Salt TVp County took another step forward during the second quarter, of this year (April through June) according to the Transient Room Tax collection figures released this week by the Salt Lake County Development & Promotion Board. Tax collections for the period totaled $177,591.89, a 69 percent increase over the same quarter of 1975. One catch, however, is that the 1976 collections were made at 2.5 per cent of the total amount spent for lodging, while the 1975 collection rate was 1.5 per cent for April and May and 2.5 per cent for June. When the figures are adjusted to similar collection rates, the increase is 23.96 per cent, still ahead of the six year average increase for that quater of 14.4 per cent, Fran W. Haun, Chairman of the Salt Lake County Development & Promotion Board said this week during the Boards monthly meeting. Chairman Haun also noted that the Transient Room Tax is paid by visitors not residents, and that all taxes go back to the individual county where it was collected for use in supporting promotional organizations and programs. The tax is collected on all hotel and trailer and motel rooms 60 for courts days or less renting in Salt Lake County. It is one of the most consistent and accurate guages of the health of the visitor . revenue producer for Salt Lake County since it includes part of the ski season as well as the beginning of spring motor vehicle travel. Thr same period also includes the prime business travel season. During the same quarter other statewide measures of the visitor industry also showed increases: highway traffic was up an average of 6.5 per cent on measured interstates and state highways, sales tax collections were up 16.1 per cent, motor fuel tax collections were up 5.0 per cent, and aircraft fuel tax collections increased 13.9 per cent. The transient room tax collected for the entire state made an unadjusted increase of 56.7 per cent over the same period in 1975. Since the transient room tax is a percentage of the total dollars spent on rooms and trailer space by visitors assuming, of course, that the majority of those renters the amount spent in are visitors Salt Lake County during the quarter for other goods and services can be exrapolated. The tourist dollar is split into six major areas when it is spent in Salt Lake County, with housing getting an average of 28.06 per cent of the dollars. Using the tax collections, the amount spent for housing was roughly $7,286,000. Bear River Compact Could Cost UP&L Customers $8 Million Modifications on the Bear River Compact, currently under consideration by Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, could cost Utah Power & Light Co. customers up to $8 million per year. The Bear River Compact modifications could eliminate most of electric power generation on the river. The impact on Bear River hydro generation depends on the location of the new storage projects. The modifications, in their first draft. go to public hearings in October and November in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. However, Utah Power & Light Co said this week, modifications of the Bear River Compact would prevent the hydro generation on the river from being available to carry the heavy power loads in the summertime and would have to be replaced by the installation of much more expensive coal-fire- d generation, thereby the costs and requiring that the utility request increased rates for its customers in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming amounting to about $8 million annually. Utah Power & Light since 1928 has operated five hydro Diants on ng the river with total generating capacity of more than 100,000 kilowatts. Key to the hydro genera- tion is the use of Bear Lake as a storage reservoir. Water released from the lake, used primarily for irrigation, is also utilized at the utilitys five down stream hydro generating plants. Utah Power & Light has long standing rights to Bear River water. The Bear River originates in Utahs high Uintahs, and its meancourse passes in dering, 500-miand out of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming before it dumps a small portion of its water into the Great Salt Lake, just 90 miles from its place of origin. The river and the lake is one of America's first comprehensive reclamation projects. The project was conceived and initiated by a UP&L predecessor and built by UP&L without cost to farmers of the area or to the federal government. The project provides water for irrigation; minimizes flood of downstream farm lands; furnishes boating, fishing and other recreation for thousands of people; and makes possible the generation of electrical power. le WHAT DO PEOPLE EXPECT FROM YOU? Quick Service Confidentiality Professional Attitude to the public. The Information Center is a service of the Salt Lake County Department of Social Services and is a department of the United Way of the Great Salt Lake Area. We've already had calls about services that are available for hyperactive children, day care centers for adults and even some about where to pay traffic fines and take driving tests," said Mr. Smith. industry in the county. The April through June quarter is traditionally the second largest Desire to help Availability You can expect the same from us. For professional photography service call Neil Eschenfelder 1446 East 2700 South or lYe Specialize In Big Enlargements - 467-45- 61 466-882- 4 |
