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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 6-8, 2005 The Park Record B-6 Recreation Report Deer valley Resort , . _... *__ _- . n'ii i^'WVrir i*':'ii-ft' -"..'"H " - - - • ' ' Deer Valley Resort has 90 emails open with 6 bowls and 21 lifts. As of Tuesday April 5, the base was 144 inches with 2 inches of new snow, Closing is April I Oth. For more information or a list of events, log on to www.deervalley.com. or call 1-800-424-3337. Park City Mountain Resort Park City Mountain Resort has 100 trails, 7 bowls, 4 terrain parks and one pipe open with 13 of 14 lifts operating. As of Tuesday April 5, the snow base was 146 inches with 7 inches of new snow. Closing is April I Oth. For more info, call 800-2227275, or log on at www.parkcitymountain.com. The Canyons The Canyons has 121 trails open with 12 life operating. As of Tuesday April 5, the snow base was 123 inches with 6 inches of new snow. Closing is April I Oth. For more info, call 649-5400 o r log on to www.tnecanyons.com. Utah Sid Report Ski conditions as of Tuesday, April 5: Alta - 192 inch base, 15 inches of new snow, I I 5 of I f 5 trails open. 7 of 7 lifts operating; Brighton- - I 85 inch base, 14 inches new, 66 of 66 trails, 6 of 7 lifts; Snowbird - 188 inch base, 14 inches new, 85 of 85 trails, I 2 of 12 lifts; Solitude - I 92 inch base, n I 4 inches new, 64 of 64 trails open, 8 of 8 lifts; Sundance Closed for the season. Additional information on ski conditions is available by visiting skiutah.com i-Cache National rorest In the Uinta Mountains, campgrounds are closed and water systems have been shut down. Mirror Lake Highway (SR ISO) is closed at milepost 10 for bridge construction. North Fork and Upper Provo River bridges are closed. The avalanche danger is low (for details call 800-648-7433).The Beaver Creek ski trail is being groomed as conditions require.The ranger reminds visitors not to leave valuables in their vehicles, and that dogs are allowed' on odd numbered days only. For more information about camping and hiking, call the Kamas Ranger District at 435-783-4338. Utah Avalanche Forecast The Utah Avalanche Center reports that as of Tuesday, April 5 the fresh snow and strong winds have created wind slabs and produced some loose slides.The warm temperatures and abundant sunshine will produce increasing danger of wet avalanches.The avalanche danger is moderate in most areas, but will rise to considerable. 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. Wfell-armed teams the most dangerous with Bronson Arroyo, a waiver starters." claim. The Twins, meanwhile, Every general man tiger, M eel in News Group News Sen-ire whether Ryan or Colorado's Dan grabbed ace Johan Santana, the (FORT MEYERS. Flu.) O'Dowd from the smaller mar- reigning AL f'y Young Award Silling behind I lie desk in his kets or the Yankees' Brian winner, from the Rule V draft unpretentious but roomy spring ("ashman or Boston's Theo and made nice sell-off trades lo training office, Terry Ryan Epstein from the well-funded acquire Carlos Silva (for Eric leaned back and swivclcd his sector, agrees the ideal rotation Mi lion) and Kyle Lohsc (for chair to where he could ycl an would be comprised of at least Rick Aguilera). Free agency optimum view of llie big hoard three skirting pitchers developed comes in,to play over the winter Up there were dcplh charts through the farm system, ideally for teams that believe they are from all 30 major-league rosters. with two at the top of the rota- one front-end starting pitcher away from contention. Dealing Widely considered baseball's lion. most underrated general managThis is why the Chicago Cubs, for front-line pitchers is usually er, Ryan has built the Twins into with Mark Prior, Kerry Wood at the core of the July 31 trading three-lime defending American and Carlos Zambrano, and the period. League Centra I chain pious Florida Marlins, with josh "When you study pitchers, despite meager payrolls ranking Beckell. A..1. Burnett and whether prospects or free agents. between 18th and 27th overall. Dontrelic Willis, have perhaps there is such a high risk but a The 'Iwins may be the model the two most appealing rotations high reward." said Josh Byrnes, most revered by Colorado in Hie game. the, Red Sox's assistant OM. "If Rockies owners Charlie and "With most starting pitchers. they perform, they can put you in Dick Monforl. Whenever some- as you get into the free-agent a pennant race. If they don't perone criticizes the Monforls lor market there's a risk because form, you can unravel." being cheap, all they have lo do you don't know enough about Byrnes knows from experiis say, "Look M the Twins." the person mentally." Cashman ence. He was with the Rockies Money helps, no doubt. The said. "Unfortunately for us. following the 2000 season when New York Yankees and Boston growing our own has been the they signed Mike Hampton and Red Sox prove that almost every mosl difficult. We have not been Denny Neagle for a combined October. But when it comes lo able lo develop pitching for quite $175.3 million. Neither pitcher building a rotation, the backbone some lime. We're very good at performed and the Rockies have of every team's success, [here are developing position players, but been an on-field mess since. ways lo do so without an ample we have not been so good at This year, the Rockies don't checkbook. developing pitchers." figure.to have much chance for a "Every team is always looking Fortunately for the Yankees, winning record so they are profor starting pitching," Ryan said. they have options. If they need a viding big-league experience "There's no disparity between starter, they just go out and over- opportunities to their farmsmall and big markets. Starting pay for one. raised pitchers. pitching is the toughest commodWhere the Rockies may have No other team is that fortuity in the game lo come by. nate. Even the Red Sox. who to be careful is with rookie Jell That's why you saw the (free- have the game's second-highest Francis. Should something go agent) market explode this win- payroll, have filled out their sideways with Joe Kennedy or ter, everybody's looking for rotation the past two seasons Jason Jennings. Ihe Rockies' top By MIKE KLIS Salzburg voters approve of 2014 Winter bid SALZBURG. Austrin (AIM Salzburg residents approve of the area's plans to bid lo hosl the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to initial results from a referendum Cross Country Skiing Jewelry The White Pine Touring Center tracks are closed for the season. The Soldier Holiow nordic tracks and trails are closed for the season. LANNY 5ADNAQLX Coming soon - Mountain Trails report 'Public GolFCourses Soldier Hollow Golf Course is open. For tee times, call (435) 654-7442. two starters, Francis would be next in line for 'the toughest pitching matchups and increased innings load. "'Hie ideal way is to ease them in and have a couple veterans at the top end and a couple other guys in the three and four hole." Ryan said. "We have brought some guys along a litlle quicker than we would have liked - Milton for instance and a little bit with (Brad) Radke - where they had to face the other team's No. 1 and 2. Those were some lean limes for us." There's one oilier thing teams don't like lo do as they break in young pitchers: break them in at altitude. Among baseball's 30 teams, only the Rockies are unable in avoid this potential pratfall. "1 think the Rockies have done a belter job than most with their young pitching," Byrnes said. "It's lough for them because they're measured against the atmospheric conditions there. But you look at Jason Jennings. Aaron Cook. Chin-Hui Tsao, Jeff Francis, Jason Young, (Shawn) Chacon, (Ubaldo) Jimenez, that's a pretty good group. " •'Looking at what I see from Colorado." Ryan said, "it looks like they have a pretty good group of starling pitchers. That's a pretty good rotation they're going to send out there." There may not be a more authentic stamp of approval. Sunday. With almost two-thirds of voles in the regional referendum counted, the support for the bid was at 65 percent. Austrian state broadcaster ORF reported. Voters in the city of Salzburg can vote until Saturday, while people living elsewhere in the Salzburg province had lo vole Sunday. Turnout by Sunday afternoon was ib1 percent, ORF reported. Austria's national Olympic committee has endorsed Salzburg's bid to host the games. The referendum result could 435-658-3130 577 SOUTH MAIN STREET, PARK CFTY W W W affect the Alpine region's chances. as the International Olympic Committee looks al popular support among other issues as it selects a host. Supporters say the games would develop the area and boost tourism, while others say the event would cos! too much and give the area too little benefit. A total 367.l/77 people were eligible to vote, the Austria Press Agency reported. Salzburg failed in a bid for the 2010 games, placing behind the winner - Vancouver. Canada - and Pyeongchang, Sou in Korea. The South Korean Olympic Committee has endorsed a bid by Pyeongchang to host the 2014 games. Other cities considering bids are: Ostersund and Are, Sweden; Sofia, Bulgaria: and Harbin. China. Bids must be submitted to the IOC by July 2S. with the host selected in 2()O7. 'Hie next Winter Olympics arcin Turin. Italy, in 2006. The western Austrian city of Innsbruck hosted the Winter Olympics in 196.4 and 1976. r k r e c o m Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course is open. For tee times, call (435) 654-0532. The Park City G o l f Glub public course opening w i l l be announced s o o n . Utah Olympic Park The Utah Olympic Park is open for activities Friday through Sundays including Freestyle and Adventure Camps, and the new Extreme ZipRider. Guests can still visit the Joe Quinney W i n t e r Sports Center/Alf Engen Ski Museum daily. For more information, call 658-4200 or visit www.olyparks.com. 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