Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-17 | Page 13 | City Backs Winter Sports Center

City Backs Back Win Winter er Sports Center tit Full FuJI cooperation of the city Inthe Inthe in inthe the development of ot an outstanding winter sports center near Salt Lake City was pledged Tuesday by Mayor Louis Marcus at a meeting in the city and county building Members of ot the Wasatch recreation recreation recreation tion comm committee met With with the Mayor and George Wilson superintendent of city parks to discuss ways ways says and means means' of de developing el winter sports projects In Big Cottonwood canyon Development ot of S Salt lt Lake City as as' one of U the e leading wInter sports centers in the country was practically practically ally assured Gus Gus P P. Backman executive secretary of of the chamber of ot commerce said I Full details remain to be cleared up but i when they are completed work can go ahead Mr Backman pointed out that the weather conditions ns' ns and topography topography topography raphy of ot the Big Cottonwood canyon canyon canyon can can- yon area those of ot other winter sports cent centers rs such as Lake Placid and St. St Moritz Merits The forest service has already established established established es es- es- es a camp and nd plans to build a ft lodge near Brighton Bighton and ski and ski runs and ond toboggan chutes in various parts of the tho canyon F. F C. C Koziol assistant supervisor of the Wasatch national forest said Others Others' present at nt the meeting were were- Stewart Cosgriff chairman of the recreation committee and Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- neth Maughan recreational assistant assistant assistant as as- of 01 the Wasatch forest S t r i s I I r 5 4 8 S'S z g 9 i SS 5 A y S' S 1 iP 4 S I 5 5 5 r F. F FC C. C Kozoil standing as assistant t supervisor Wa Wasatch atch national forest and Kenneth l ait recreational assistant assistant as as- sj l nt scan the thc map of oC the pr proposed posed winter sports sport area in Big canyon