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Instead of agonizing in gridlock all the way up the canyons and dodging hapless flatlanders sliding sideways in Buick Regals, I could drive at full highway speed all the way up _ Parley’s. No matter that sixteen inch- es had fallen in the Valley; I-80 has three lanes and any two were clear enough to let my powder adrenaline leak into my right foot. | Arriving at Wolf Mountain in twenty-five minutes, free and clear of the usual teeth-gnashing frustration (versus the three hours and ten ulcers we spent last storm getting to Alta) I snaked into a million dollar parking spot fifty feet from the lodge. Another any ski resort, twenty-five dollars, the Rockin’ Mountain the at the base of | .°) mountain.” RY e was to contact the Utah NSAOSSOS OSS ue Sports Authority at 538- Os a ee YO 1118 or Oquirrh Park at BO% 366-5555 for ‘ information. “"® PRE Go) en | Iw @) CA CK Cx | NA S | wit PEAK communications a ee SAVE 65% OR MORE... 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Yes the coke and hot dogs were free, but the. a two compared with neighboring Park City and Deer Valley at half the price. The Crossroad’s Grill as The Oquirrh Speed Skating Park and Training Facility held a grand opening party to celebrate.its presence in the community on Friday January the 12th. - While the Salt Lake Olympic Committee may be advertising the slogan “The World is welcome here,” they might first concern themselves with providing welcome and adequate service to the local public first. The skate park had difficulties serving the 1,200 plus crowd that attended the facilities opening. Lines just to rent skates were in the neighborhood of 45 to 60 minutes. However it was the matter of not providing adequate rubber skate protection padding on the asphalt perimeter surrounding the rink that needs to be addressed. Here coke and hot-dog fed youths traipsed wily nilly in brand new skates, scraping and dulling missing a powder day excepting the larger and deeper Alta but a steal year. Regarding the snow depth, I never saw an Official figure from Wolf Mountain on that day. There appeared to be less new snow at the base than sure underwhelming, undercooked and undersupplied (out of: chicken, pasta salad, tomatoes / broken: soda & espresso/cappuccino machines). The lift operators were hardly rays of sunshine at one of the aforemen- f tioned lifties, that “the [™ only one we have is | first. Lift tickets are $25, the same as I’m come to Wolf Mountain expecting to be pampered. Our lunch experience at Thursday. I appreciated the difference - as soon with for local could show you where the real goods are hidden; my enthusiastic but green tour guide had only skied Wolf on two prior occasions. tis of the year remains unmolested. 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