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Show Page 6-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, 8 - 21 events. This year the Super é structure. The infrastructure Bowl commanded a million keeps the costs low. Most other Olympic cities used the dollars for a thirty second spot. The trend appears likely Olympics to replace aging Se te om March 1995 is 90,000, with 10,000 of Food Review: ski the S in What?’ those belonging to media. This is by no means a stretch for the Salt Lake and Ogden as bum’s pocket? by Felicia Olivera eat in them too often. I’ve got ten bucks in my pocket and a Snickers. I’m going to spend three bucks on pizza and a spinach ones and Capricorn came like a revelation.” A coke; the other seven is going bagel fits well into the pocket to beer after skiing, and I’m living large!” This young of a ski jacket, holds up well man’s point is well taken. For cious at any temperature or shape. In general the Mystic is not discriminating in his choice of bagel type, although he shows a tendency toward garlic. More often than not he many of us, it is unaffordable to eat in the canyon restaurants every time we go skiing. I conducted a little research, therefore, and discovered some of the many food philosophies and practices of frequent skiers and boarders. This column is devoted to what they eat, where they get Sacramento. the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. There you will find the essential types of bagels “I’ve been com-. BREAKFAST LUNCH At Alta you don’t have to . leave the slopes for great food. Watson’s Cafe offers a deli bar with huge sandwiches and two salads with every order. All food made fresh daily! Always available | - ESPRESSO AND CAPPUCCINO. Also visit our SKI & GIFT SHOP All located at the base of GERMANIA LIFT ALTA Ut. | (801) 742-3037 the. “Cottonwood canyons should be negligible. No official events are located in the canyons. For the most part the canyons are at a saturation point for much of the winter. Alta regularly closes off public access when weekend or holiday crowds reach unacceptable levels. The largest considered threat to the canyons is the heightened world-wide awareness of the Cottonwood canyons that is - sure to come about as a result of the intense media scrutiny. This is a threat to the undiscovered secret in which we finest powder skiing in the United States, and yet lack the recognition they deserve. The Solitude expansion plans mesh nicely with the Olympic timing. The real estate in Big Cottonwood should also be boosted by the Olympics. For the most part the Olympics promise to bring world class sports to Salt Lake City. Hand in hand with the athletics is the influx of business that the Olympics promises to bring. It is esti- Cottonwood and a minor detour from Big Cottonwood. In keeping with most Salt Lake area grocery stores, it is. huge and probably supplies most of the Cottonwood Canyons ski resort employees with their essentials: produce, bulk foods, canned food and weak beer. For those who are living seven to a 3-bedroom mated that the local economy ' apartment and still just scrapwill see a total of close to one ing by, look for the shopping billion dollars. The downside cart of overripe bananas, 10 live and play. The total antici- will be increased traffic, pated crowd for the Olympics increased exposure, and a slight degradation of the quality of the ski bum’s life for a cents a lb. Forget the 7-11 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood (unless of course the three for a dollar hot dog deal is in short time. A small price to effect and you need a wicked 290 M STREET SALT LAKE CITY UTAH .84103 801 595 0413 pay to have the wonder of the Olympics in our own back- yard. THIS IS THE END. SNOWFLAKE HERE 986 WORDS ***, 3% dose of sodium), just up the hill you can get some real food. Profile #2: Brackman’s. - and the Alpine Astrologer soups a day. Brackman’s also _ sells good brewed coffee and makes espresso drinks Just across from Brackman’s is Beans and Brew if you want an even larger coffee selection or sweeter baked goods. Profile #3: Energy bars a i Serving on seit everyday. .impact~ (e.g. poppy, time every year and ski at a sesame, cinnamon raisin cream cheese, chive cream different resort every day. We stay in a condo in Sandy. It’s cheese, etc. as well as some > close to Smiths and we do all innovative creations (tomato herb, spinach parmesan our shopping there. What do jalapeno cream we eat skiing? Pretty basic. . bagels, cheese) and some odious Meatloaf sandwiches, apples, examples (blueberry bagels, Oreos.” strawberry cream cheese). In Smiths Food and Drug Store on Bengal Boulevard is addition to the simple bagel and . cream cheese, out of sight from Wasatch Brackman’s makes a variety Boulevard, but only a block from the route to Little of sandwiches and one or two RE Open 9:15 2M - 4:39 PM The and cream cheese from see Watson’s Cafe should increase due to the. increased attention. These two resorts contain some of the on 7200 So., a short jog down tt other bid cities is the -wellestablished modern infra- valleys. The areas that might benefit the most are Brighton and Solitude. Skier days lox cream cheese. There is a Brackman i tage that Salt Lake holds over sewage and water systems, and almost all the venues had to be built. The Salt Lake area has the advantage of having most of the venues completed in advance. ; out of the: la Ll to continue. The real advan- them bag, without accompaniment, but he is not opposed to an occasional dip of jalapeno or _ Brothers Bagelry said Sam my family,” Kalitzky. “We come out same on. consumes Profile #1: Smiths and the four person family from ing here for eight years with be held at Mountain Dell Park. against falls and tastes deli- $c U it, and why. The Cross-country, Biathlon and Nordic Combined would “Damn, he said last week,” I tried one of those Parmesan, and the rock-climbing snowboarder. What | can I say? She looked like she sounds here: “In the winter I wear all baggy clothes and in the sum- | mer all lycra, but both times I eat all Powerbars. Seriously, sometime try other kinds of energy bars, Cliff’s are pretty good, but usually just Powerbars. Two of my meals are those. They really work! OK, everyone says snow- boarding is so easy, but you still burn calories. Besides in continue on pg. 10 Spe said to me the other day,” but realistically, you don’t get to Perhaps there is something in the recipe that provides the Mystic with just the right electrolytes to do his thing. EL, ‘There are good restaurants up here,” a canyon local | |