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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter, 22 March- 4 April 1 995 -Page 7 - The Cliff Spa: More than meets the eye. by Little Davey Peck it’s good for their skin and makes them look younger and healthier,” Kirsten whispered, not wanting to break me out of my reverie. “Some just do it because it feels good to be spoiled.” It certainly does, and while my ID account has not been (proud but empty) had exiled - me to a castaway land of spa virginity. I think most Cottonwood skiers will be as pleased and surprised as I was when they learn what the Spa has to offer. Massage, Webster unabridgedly describes a “spa” as a mineral spring of healing curative powers; the word is rooted from a watering place in eastern Belgium (where View from the Top: 10 Floor Pool & Sundeck with a terry-cloth robe and a locker key to change. As a gizes your whole body on the cellular level.” Different packages allow you to mix and match treatments as desired. Try a half-day “Refresher” package, or go whole hog with the six-hour “Renaissance” package. Package prices are 20% less than a la carte treatments, and while not necessarily on a lift-op’s (or reporter’s) daily budget, they do make for a terrific gift. The Spa also houses a full-service salon, the only one in the canyon. There they offer haircuts, scalp treatments, perms, make-up, clubs, I can earnestly say this gizing both. “Lots of our is one of the nicest locker rooms I have seen. An end- clients get a massage every -as does the Summit Cafe. Downstairs is a locker room, a full-service salon, a pro- _ shop and boutique, and myriad rooms for different therapies and treatments. The possibilities are endless here, ranging from a quick shower before work or a drink after skiing, to a full day of exhausting exercise or Orgiastic pampering. Just offer the ailment, and the Spa will provide the cure. The cure begins in the reception area, where you are signed in for your treatments. or activities. My assignment included a masSage and a facial, the former I knew I needed, the latter apparently my peers felt I needed. I was therefore sent health less wall of clean towels is the centerpiece, with spa-. cious lockers The showers come day of their vacation,” said. Heidi. “It can be addictive once you learn about it.” it. Most of Heidi’s clients are with Cliff guests on vacation; the residents and locals have not yet taken full advantage of the benefits of massage. Spa members and employees receive a generous discount all around adjustable Water-pik heads, the sauna is actually hot. enough, and there is even a machine to wring out your wet trunks. They must have mistaken my robe with that on all treatments, so be it of a pygmy or a jockey, but I ~ after a killer day of tracking was here to feel good and the goods in White Pine, or a not look good. Swallowing more aptly killer day lifting my pride, I padded down the heavy trays in the Atrium, a hall to the “quiet” room to ‘massage goes farther than a await my massage looking fistful of Advil. rather like Peter Brady in his After the massage, Heidi new velour leisure suit. handed me off to Kirsten for The quiet room looks a facial. One downside to out over Peruvian Gulch, a living up here in paradise is pleasant backdrop while you that your face takes a beatwait for your therapist. I did ing. Wind, sun, and deficient not have to wait long for sleep patterns start to take Heidi, who brought me to a their toll, and few if any of massage room, this one with us take proper care of our the same mountain view. Relaxing new age music added to the atmosphere. Therapy, informed me, lasted an hour and was soothing and ener- Spa comprises several facilities not fully implied by its diminutive three-letter name. of several Aroma and herbal wraps. You can get a Balneotherapy session, during which you marinate in a kelp and seaweed solution. This one “remineralizes, revitalizes, veteran hot-tub verify the wateringplace status. A workout room and aerobics room occupy the upstairs level of the pool, with Swedish technique as Heidi else?). Located on the ninth floor of the Cliff Lodge, this A large outdoor pool and checked more than its usual frequency since my facial, I highly recommend this treatment.There are many more treatments and services available, including Hydro skin. Kirsten scolded me like a mother hen as she exam- ined my face under a lighted and ener- and nail care. Members and canyon employees get halfprice on haircuts, bringing the price to an affordable <7 BA STREET SALT SAKE Cily UTAR B4105 SOL 893° O473 when you can get -coifed for under five bucks in the valley? “Half of the cuts I do are to fix Salt Lake budget cuts,” says Allana Fagergren the salon manager and winner of the Utah Nail Art and Sculptured Nail competition: While my schedule did not allow for it at the time, Allana has promised to fix my own five dollar special. . If your ski day does not provide a sufficient workout, you can pump it up in the exercise and aerobics rooms. There are Kaiser pneumatic exercise machines for all body-parts, which everyone but the serious bodybuilder - who needs free. weights will enjoy. A good variety of treadmills, stair climbers, and lifecycles will improve a face, “to loosen things up,” I wondered if this had been a mistake. Fears soon went to bed however, and with each new mask and layer of lotion the process felt better. “Some people get a facial because all they ever do in Vail is drink Pink Ladies and sit in the mud bath anyway.” Well, I am not here to compare Vail with the Wasatch, but Tather to share my discovery of all the excellent services and facilities found at the Cliff Spa. Whereas most Vail tourists are probably more spa-literate than the average American, my Vermont roots (proud but dumb) and ski — checking steep $12.50 for men and $12.50- geet me. “Let the Vail pretty-boy do the Spa story; bum $18 for women. Still a little relaxing, this room was dark and ethereal, eliciting images of x-rays and CAT scans. As AE a an _ Espeeraly at the Reporter naturally turned to the Vail expatriate, namely magnifying glass. Where the massage room had been Te on mere based ere Te massage, your VO2 max, as will an aerobics class. Finish your — workout in the outdoor pool and hot tub, then have a well-deserved pool-side microbrew and poach a few gamma rays, remembering sunscreen so Kirsten won’t lecture you at your next facial. If you prefer to eat at _ a table, the Summit Cafe just next to the pool offers a — good variety of healthy, yet tasty foods from noon to midnight. Soups, sandwiches, pizzas, chili, fruits, and salads should satiate all but serious carnivores, who, feeling so energized by their Spa day, can jog down to the Steak Pit. Acclaim abounds at the Cliff Spa. I couldn’t help overhearing comments such —as “This is unbelievable. Ten minutes ago my feet were killing me in my boots, and now I’m happy as a clam.” This from my Texan neigh- Spa continues on pg. nme ~ The nt, at OLE armed OI. sa rooms OT I locker | to the etcca When the time came to assign the horrible task of reviewing the Spa at the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, the powers-that-(wanna) be here |