| Show DAZE rBy By Joe Hilbers For the next month competitive skiing will mean the world championships championships championships cham cham- at Aspen Colo to most people but Utah racers will be he I kept busy during the same period at home Competitors from Utah county and points south will enter the southern Utah way four-way meet to tobe tobe tobe be held this Saturday and nd Sunday and junior racers from the Salt Lake area will take over Brighton for the Salt Lake Telegram-Salt Telegram Lake Lale Ski club slalom Saturday Biggest race in the intermountain tain tarn area will be the Eccles cup giant g slalom slated for Snow Basin either Feb 5 or 19 This race Will ill be the only major event at al Snow Basin this season and officials are arc hopeful that there will be a large turnout Busy Timo Tinto Collegiate skiers of the University University sity of Utah will also have a busy time as the Redskin slat board riders are the host team at nt a n three day invitation meet to be beheld beheld beheld held at Alta Alla Jan 28 27 After fter this four way affair the Ules Utes will wilt journey to to the thc fourth annual International Collegiate ski meet at Banff's Mt It quay qua in Alberta Canada The University of Utah is one of 12 American colleges invited to the event along with teams from the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta Rough h Course The Intermountain downhill and slalom championships an event ent without a site or sponsoring club up to now no may be held at the new v fabulous ski sId area rea in Ephraim Officials Officials Officials Of Of- from the Bluebell Ski club have already asked for the meet and if the they do get the annual affair affair affair af af- af- af fair racers will be tre treated to courses that would do justice to toa toa toa a national event Along with the Elko ElIw Ski howl l giant slalom 1 Feb 12 11 and the Utah Ski SId clubs club's invitational ill jump giant g slalom and slalom I In February th the intermountain combined should give gi i e plenty plent of cum competition petition Overnight trips t to Utah's touring touring touring tour tour- ing huts arc are becoming more poPUlar popular lar laras as the winter progresses' progresses and I several Salt Lake ski groups have I already planned trips to the huts Last week 15 members of the University of Utah Ski club started for the Snake Creek Creel hut but from Brighton Saturday afternoon but high h winds forced them back so that the whole party ended up I at Alpine Rose Pose lodge LOll Long Ride I Generally the biggest disadvantage disadvantage disadvantage vantage to touring touring- is that by the time tine the top of the mountain is reached the skier sIder is too tired to enjoy the ride back But with a n good nights night's rest in a cozy ski sd hut but the ride back to the canyon floor is an experience not soon to tobe tobe tobe be forgotten This week weel the Wasatch Mountain Moun roun- Mountain tain lain club is planning a trip to the Snake Creek Creel hut but with the agenda including supper a and n d I breakfast at the hut but and then a I i long ride from the top of Great Greats I Western Vestern back to Brighton Sunday I I. I |
