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Show The Park Record B-6 Tues/Wed/Thurs, December 28-30, 2004 Recreation Report U.S. Ski Team back on slopes in Europe The "Canyons Races start up in Austria and Italy The Canyons has 127 trails open with 16 lifts operating. As of Monday Dec. 27, the snow base was 45 inches with no new snow. For more info, call 649-5400 or log on to www.thecanyons.com. Deer v Jley Resort_ Deer\^illey Resort has 81 trails open with 21 lifts operating. As of Monday Dec 27, the snow base was 52 inches with no new snow. For more information or a list of events, log on to www.deervalley.com. or call 1-800-424-3337. Park City ^of^^^lL&SQrt j Park Chy Mountain Resort has 85 trails, 7 bowls, three terrain parks and one pipe open with 13 lifts (including the Town Lift) operating. As of Monday Dec. 27, the snow base was 66 inches. Lifts will open at 8:30 a.m. for the holidays. Night skiing is available.The King of the Wasatch race Is on Jan. 8-9. For more info, call 800-222-7275, or log on at www.parkcitymountain.com. \Jtafi~Ski Report....I." Z'.Z'r ' I Ski conditions as of Monday, Dec. 27: Alta - 80 inch base, no new snow, 115 of 115 trails open, 7 of 7 lifts operating; Brighton - 71 inch base, no new, 66 of 66 trails, 7 of 7 lifts; Snowbird - 72 inch base, no new, 56 of 85 trails. I 0 of 12 lifts; Solitude - 72 inch base, no new, 64 of 64 trails open, 8 of 8 lifts; Sundance - 50 inch base, no new, 48 of 48 trails, 4 of 4 lifts open. Additional information on ski conditions is available by visiting skiutah.com Wasatch-CJachei"JNatjpj5at'J;orest 'Z'l.1'.'.». In the Uinta Mountains, campgrounds are closed for the season. All water systems have been shut down. Mirror Lake Highway (SR 150) is closed at milepost 16. Be prepared for cold conditions.The settled snow depth at Mirror Lake is 50 inches.The Beaver Creek ski trail is feeing groomed twice weekly as conditions rquire.The ranger reminds visitors not to leave valuables in their vehicles. For more information about camping and hiking, Including fire regulations call the Kamas Ranger District at 435-783-4338. Utah AvalancKe Forecast^"'" The Utah Avalanche Center reports that as of Monday, Dec. 27 strong winds have been eroding the snow depth at higher elevations and producing snow drifts on smooth aspects. This could produce minor slides. Generally, the danger of slides is low on most slopes. Additional information is available by calling the Avalanche Forecast Center at 658-5512 or by visiting their web site at www.avalanche.org.When you reach the site, click on Salt Lake City to get the latest information on conditions in the backcountry. By PAUL BOBBINS Special to the Record Christmas is already long time gone, and it shack to action-starling today for the ladies - on the alpine World Cup circuits in Europe. The women's tour makes what has become a traditional prc-Ncw Year's slop in Semmering. Austria, with a giant slalom today and slalom Wednesday. 'Hie men swing back into action Wednesday with a downhill in Bormio, Italy. Ski jumping and nordic combined resume Thursday while snowboarding, cross-country and freestyle are on hiatus until after the First.' Holiday snowstorms - not big but big enough - have helped ease some of the snow drought in central Europe. After these races, though, the skiers have down-time for more than a week - the men re-resuming Jan. 8-9 in Chamonix, France, with a Scott Macartney. downhill and slalom while the "It's a lough hill for a number of women rc-rclurn Jan. 8-9 in reasons. Its rough -ihe guys are conBerchlcsgaden. Germany, with stantly going over little bumps, and a another GS/SL lineup. major portion of the hill is in flat "'lTieres not much snow but the light...and the course just keeps comorganizers have done a good job with ing at you. Its normally somewhere it. Its a little softer on the bottom around-two-ten [two minutes. 10 secpart but the [weather] forecast is onds] and today it was 1:53. That's a favorable through the middle of Ihe long course...and it lakes a lot oul of week, so we should be okay." men's you." downhill head Coach John McBride Miller, who bought a home in reported Monday night after the first Park City after last season, remains of two training runs in Bormio, the major topic of conversation. He which takes a short break with the won six of the first 10 races this seadownhill in its preparations for the son and although he's cooled a bit alpine World Championships, which no one could maintain that pace - bei^in in another month, running Jan. he's still wcIJ in front of the pack. He 29-Feb. 13. has 858 points to 546 lor Austrian 'Hie lack of snow forced organiz- Benjamin Raich with teammate ers to lower the start, reducing the Hermann Maier. the defending course by about 15 seconds, accord- World Cup overall champ, in third ing to McBride, who was pleased place (482); Rahlves stands sixth at with the first training run as World 351. Cup leader Bode Miller was second Miller leads not only the overall behind Austrian Fritz Strobl with but the downhill and super-G standDaron Rahlves third. Park City's ings, too. and is second in giant Bryon Friedman and J.J. Johnson slalom. While Wednesday's DH is were farther back in the pack, as was front-and-ccnter for him. Miller will Women do well in last race before break ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (Dec. 22) Unheralded Tina Maze of Slovenia stormed past defending World Cup champion Anja Pacrson of Sweden on the final run of a giant slalom Wednesday to win the last women's World Cup race before the holidays break. Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) - one of only four women to have scored in all four disciplines this season - led three U.S. women into the top 20, finishing sixth. It was the second win of her degree weather. "Obviously. Julia skied well on that second run," said U.S. Head Coach Patrick Riml. "She had the fastest lime by more than half a second on the second run, and it's just a matter of time before she puts together two runs in the same race and she's on the podium. "We just has to keep moving forward," said Riml. "And I have to say I'm happy with where the girls are. Sarah has missed a lot of training career for Maze. Her winning time was 2:26.99 with Pacrson, the firstrun leader, timed in 2:27.11. Paerson moved past Finn Tanja Poutiainen, who was fifth, to reclaim the overall points lead after 11 races. Mancuso, 23rd in the morning nin. sizzled through the second run and had a total time of 2:28.52 with Sarah Schleper (Vail, CO) 15th, Caroline Lalivc (Steamboat Springs, CO) 20lh and Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) 25th in the 15- Give The Gift Of Choice The White Pine Touring Center is open. Both the 3K and 5K tracks are open at the golf course, with the Farm coming soon.The Touring Center will hold a Ski Free after 3 (p.m.) program on Mondays, a Free Ski on Tuesdays from 5 - 6 p.m. for ladies, and an open ski on Thursdays from 5 - 6 p.m. For information on season passes, call 649-6249. The Soldier Hollow nordic tracks and trails are open with 16 k's accessible and groomed for classic and skating techniques. For information, call (435) 654-2002. ' The Soldier H o l l o w t u b i n g hill is open f o r the season. For M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , call (435) 654-2002 Park C i t y M o u n t a i n Resort's t u b i n g hill at Gorgoza Park is open seven days a week o f f e r i n g lift assisted t u b i n g . F o r m o r e info, call 8 0 0 - 2 2 2 - 7 2 7 5 ; o r log on at www.parkcitymountain.com. UtahOlympic PaEk.^., The Utah Olympic Park is open for activities Friday through Sundays including Freestyle and Adventure Camps, and the new Extreme ZrpRider. Guests can still visit the joe Quinney Winter Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski Museum daily. For more information, call 658-4200 or visit www.olyparks.com. www. parkrecord. com www. parkrecord. com www. parkrecord. com www.oarkre Today's Rates Rate Improvement? 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