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It was the texinvolved the two-lane journey over Parley's Summit and down into the western environs of the Sugar ture and the taste House neighborhood. It became an oft-repeated pil- of the smooth, sweet coldness grimage. The target was a slowly-spinning giant double ice when the frozen cream cone sign located in the 800 block of East 2100 dessert first encountered the tongue that so captured South that advertised "Snelgrove: This is America's hearts and minds among these tribesmen from Park Finest Ice Cream Store." A better place to bring City. All tastes that went before were instantly forgottogether the seemingly opposing viewpoints of both ten. In fact, a neighbor then working on a paper toward existentialists and Mormons could not be imagined, her graduate degree in Comparative Religion down at I really thought I was on to something. I figured if "Canadian Vanilla" and "Burnt Almond Fudge" the "U" went through a full gallon of "Burnt Almond couldn't smooth the waters between the discordant Fudge" as a flavor modifier while researching the use factions of "make love not war" and "love it or leave of peyote in Yaqui religious ceremonies. To this day she insists she owes her Ph.D. to the quality-control it," well, the future didn't bode very well, indeed. These were the days of "Mama Eddy's Right On bunch down at Snelgrove's. The end of the 1980s saw the company hand over Beanery" down on State Street, the "Terrace Ballroom" over on Main, and the "Mr. Lucky Club" its name brand, factory, and ice-cream parlor to just off Redwood Road. There was "Round Records" Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Company. Then came the on "9th & 9th" and "Cosmic Aeroplane" at a few dif- closure of the parlor itself during the early summer of ferent locations. The rotating cone, however, figura- 2002 when Dreyer's decided to expand its manufacturing operation. tively at least, held fast. The following year, in an You could be sitting attempt to mollify growing there snuggled in a The powers that be haven't yet fig- unrest among the underSnelgrove's booth with ice-cream-connoisa stack of Kerouac, ured out what they're going to do ground seur community, Dreyer's Vonnegut, and Neruda while waiting for your with the iconic double ice cream cone announced an expansion of the Snelgrove line. Visions of extra large double-thick chocolate-marshmallow sign. Possibly, in a nod to the Christo Canadian Vanilla Brownie, malted to arrive. Redentor statue high atop 'Corcovado' Cherry Chocolate Chunk, Strawberry Cheesecake and Salvation itself was at hand, with whipped overlooking Rio de Janeiro (also art- Silky Chocolate danced in their heads. cream and a cherry on deco), they could plant it on the summit top. Without a comfortable clubhouse in which to carry The service was so of Mount Olympus." slow you required at ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ on secret and highly caloric ^ ™ " " " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™ rites, however, the distincleast two backups in tion began to fade. Picking reading material. That was all right, though. One wouldn't have rushed up a gallon at the market and taking it home for priPicasso while he applied the finishing brushstrokes to vate consumption just didn't pack the same punch. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, now, would've one? Bringing together diverse cultural mindsets for a comAnd whether the young white-bloused innocents munion of the spoon seemed much more profound. knew it or not, they were serving nothing short of So, when news began to filter down recently that heresy and decadence straight up in a tall glass. Dreyer's, who had already stopped production on Pleasure at the level that Snelgrove's parceled it out some Snelgrove flavors, had thrown in the towel comhad few peers. It made you want to give testimony. pletely on the entire line, it proved rather anti-climacAnd the more often you dragged your rock-n-roll tic. Final batches will continue to roll off the producself across their field of vision, the more accepting tion line until later this month, and then the longbecame the environment as a whole. Once, a banana familiar logo will disappear through attrition. split from heaven arrived with a tiny Book of Mormon The powers that be haven't yet figured out what and a wide wink-infested grin. they're going to do with the iconic double ice cream Snelgrove's flaunted a comfortable period art-deco cone sign. Possibly, in a nod to the Christo Redentor sensibility within both its decor and architecture. A statue high atop "Corcovado" overlooking Rio de few years down the road, Otto Mileti's "Zephyr Janeiro (also art-deco), they could plant it on the sumClub," another shrine to under-stroked pleasure cen- mit of Mount Olympus in such a way that it would be ters, would add a more sophisticated, yet similar, take visible to the salivating believers down below. on Salt Lake's historic modernism. It's not that an end to an era is at hand. That horse There were times at Snelgrove's, to be sure, when a has been out of the barn since they closed that clubtroop of nondenominational secular types would house of an ice-cream parlor next to the sign on 21st parade through the front door in various stages of South. But the search is on for substitute cross-culturdress and deportment and cause spoonfuls of Bear al communion media now that Canadian Vanilla will Lake Raspberry and English Butter Toffee to become no longer be an option. There are always green Jell-O suspended in mid-bite. shots with Cuervo, I suppose. With the parlor having served as headquarters for the Ezra Taft Benson brigade over the years, this Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and a free-lance writer infestation of free-spirited ice-cream aficionados with a background in commercial and community oftentimes proved unsettling. Especially the way some radio, among other pursuits. He has been a columnist of these greenhorns exchanged high-fives with the and feature writer for various Park City publications help and seemed more familiar with the menu than going back to 1973. WANDERING THE WEST BJORN STOVA STEIN ERIKSEN By Larry Warren L O D G E Mid Mountain Deer Valley * Sun Valley without the Idaho STARTS MARCH 6TH Ski in for the Finest in Ski Fashion & Function for the Whole Family Open Daily 8:30 - 8:00 649-2787 Selected Clothing & Skis 658-0680 Here^s a quick trip to two parallel universes: the glitzy chairs that look Sun Valley of today and the funky Sun Valley I remem- like museum ber from the early 70s when I snuck out of college for pieces, a highthe weekend. You can access both in a little more than speed quad, a an hour without crossing the Utah-Idaho line. snowcat, and even I'll admit that the last thing a Parkite needs is a ski a fleet of buses. vacation. We live one every winter day. And with world- Powder is the class destinations tike Park City Mountain, Deer Valley name and powder is the attraction. One area called and The Canyons, it seems kind of pointless to hit the Powder Country has a lift up to an access point, but no road for skiing that at its best can only come close to lift at the bottom. The wide-open skiing ends at the what's in our front yard. But I'm suggesting there's a val- Powder Mountain Road, where a bus gathers skiers and ley close by with two resorts that reflect the Sun Valley boarders for a quick trip back to the lift. Another path of today and the Sun Valley of my college days. Both are to the powder is via the Lightning Ridge Snowcat, which worth a visit, and an overnight stay in the Ogden Valley makes laps into another wide-open drainage devoid of makes it feel like a real getlifts. (Cat rides are $10 away instead of a quickie Powder is the name and powder is fPJf": °" t0P ?.f lou\m day trip. r ticket). With light skier An hour's ride on 1-80 the attraction. ... With light skier traffic and so much space East and then 1-84 West gets you there. Look for the . re_i , /.., .. (it's the size of The Snowbasin exit and check traffic and so much space (its the size canyons but without out the '30s-era Utah ski resort that was radically of The Canyons but without nearly as nearly as many lifts), pow7 7 upgraded for the Olympics der here lasts days after a and the future. Snowbasin is many lifts), powder here lasts days storm. owned by Utah oil tycoon . ti If you can stay awhile, Earl Holding, who happens a SWrm. there are condos, bed and ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ millions ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Lodge, ^ ^ ^ ^ and ^ ^ ^one ^ ^ new ^ ^ ^hotel, ^ ^ ^ the breakfasts like Snowberry to own Sun Valley as well. He's been dropping Red Moose. Don't miss into it, building elegant day lodges, not one but two beer and burgers at Huntsville's Inn Shooting and Jackson Fork Star Saloon, high-speed gondolas plus a beer-can-shaped tram, with my favorite watering hole in the whole state. Don't bring a few high-speed quads sprinkled into the mix. the kids, as they're not allowed. One look in the men's When you clomp into Earl's Lodge or the Needles graffiti-covered bathroom will tell you why. (The Star is Lodge at the top, you might just chuckle at the opu- closed Monday and Tuesday). lence. Antique furniture pieces, crystal chandeliers Under Holding's ownership, Snowbasin is positionoverhead, and fancy carpets underfoot reflect today's ing itself to become a major destination resort. Powder Sun Valley elegance, all for the benefit of a crowd of Mountain was purchased last year by an investment largely local skiers who'd be just as happy in an A- group, which also is planning big things. Ogden Valley is frame. growing fast but still reminds me of 1970s Sun Valley - a The skiing matches the facilities. It's big-mountain place that's still small-town friendly - against a backdrop skiing with lots of long cruisers running top to bottom. of big mountains and memorable skiing. You can ride the Olympic TYam to a narrow ridge that drops down to Ogden on the west slope and the Free-lance writer Larry Warren has been wandering the Olympic men's downhill course on the east. The sign in West covering news stories for tele\ision and magazines the tram reassures passengers that there's no shame in since he landed in Utah in the mid-1970s. In this column riding back down if the drop is too intimidating, and for he writes about the favorite places he goes back to when many it is. he can. The only towns in Ogden VaJley are tiny Huntsville, scenically surrounded by the waters of Pineview THE VITALS: Reservoir, and even smaller Eden. Park City to Huntsville: 68 miles On the opposite side of the valley from Snowbasin, a Web sites: www.ovba.org, www.snowbasin.com, short windy road takes you past rising condo projects www.powdermountain.com and home sites to Powder Mountain. Insider tip: Get the Shooting Star's Starburger Powder, PowMow to the locals, is more like the Sun a heart attack on a sesame-seed bun. 1 Valley o f the 7 " '•?> ' '• ' nv • |