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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 27-30, The Park Record B-6 200£L • Continued from B-2 REC REPORT PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT As of Dec. 26, 14 lilts are open, servicing 69 runs, 3 I of which are groomed.There are two bowls, three parks and one pipe open.The base depth is 40 inches. Hours are 9 a.m. to A p.m. For up-to-date information and ticket prices, please visit www.parkcitymountain.com or call (800) 222-PARK. THE CANYONS RESORT As of Dec. 26, 14 lifts are open, servicing 92 trails, 40 of which are groomed.There are six natural halfpipes and cwo bowls open. The mid-mountain base depth is 49 inches. Hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please visit www.thecanyons.com for more information. DEERVALLEY As of Dec. 26,21 lifts are open, servicing 82 runs.There are six bowls open.The base depth is 44 inches. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. For more information, call (435) 649-1000 or visit www.deervalley.com. GORGOZA PARK Special holiday hours for Gorgoza Park (operated by PCMR) are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, from Dec. 20 to Jan. 4. For more information on the tubing hill, miniature snowmobile track and. Fort Frosty kids' play area, please .call (435) 6582648 or visit www.gorgozapark.com. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK Winter adventures await ac Utah Olympic Park.The park is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Take a ride on the Winter Comet Bobsled,Tuesday through Friday 5:30-6:30 p.m. or Saturday 5-7 p.m. The Xtreme Zipline, Snowzone, and rides on the K120 Chairlift operate Tuesday through Friday noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday I I a.m. - 5 p.m. Expert guided tours are offered daily at the top of the hour from 10 a.m. - 4p.m.; Olympic Tours offered Wednesday through Saturday 2-4 p.m., starting Jan. 7. 2009. Free admission to Utah Olympic Park includes self-guided tour of competition sites, A!f Engen Ski Museum and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum. For more information, please call (435) 658-4200 or visit olyparks.com. WHITE PINETOUR1NG White Pine Touring operates 3k, 5k and I Ok groomed loops for classic and skate .skiers.As of Dec. 26, the 5k and the 3k have been groomed; and the cat set classic lanes on both.The Farm has been packed for a future set, but it is not yet open. For more information, visit www.whitepinetouring.com o r call the Nordic Center at (435) 649-6249. SOLDIER HOLLOW The tubing hill is open Monday through Friday noon to 8 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4 p.m.Tubing sessions are two hours long and start on the even hour (i.e. 10-noon, noon-2. 2-4, etc.). As of Dec. 26, there are 14 cross country skiing and snowshoeing trails open (30 kmsJJ'the base depth is 25 inches. For more information, call (435) 654-2002 or visit www.soldierhollow.com. PARK CITY ICE ARENA The Park City Ice Arena offers public skating, drop-in time slots for different age groups, speed skating drop-in, Learn-to-Curl classes, Adult Skills & Drills classes and Stick & Puck sessions. The monthly schedule is available online at www.parkcityice.org. UTAH SKI RESORTS Alta. Beaver Mountain, Brian Head, Brighton, Powder Mountain, Snowbasin. Snowbird, Solitude,: Sundance and Wolf Creek resorts are open. For more information and a full snow report, visit www.skhjtah.com. UOP offers hands-on experiences school involved." Nelson says the best part of the program is meeting the athletes and coaches. The interaction component was added recently to bring a new dimension to the program and get the kids excited about the sports offered at the Park. "It's important to bring out that the Park is about sport," Nelson said. During December, children from both Trailside Elementary and the Park City Academy look part in the experience. They The committee received visits from elite-level Education. skeleton and ski-jumping consists mainly of teachers in athletes and then watched them grades 1-7. Nelson said the compete the following week in curriculum and corresponding stations at the museums are all international competition. Nelson said that she marvels designed to keep with the Utah when parents admit that they Grade 4 Core Curriculum. d i d n ' t "We found realize that teachwhat the ers would "We want everyone to Park had to be more offer. learn this, because it's our own apt to "They come up to say. V backyard." the mijsdidn't know eum for a this was up - Connie Nelson field trip-if here,"" she said. i^^^^^m^mmmm^m ^••i^™^""^^^^" they could T h e Ijnk in UOP program, like most field lessons that they already have Ho trips, is an entertaining break cover," Nelson said. "The from the rigors of the classroom. But with public schools receiving interesting thing about our field pressure from "No Child Left trip is that it is not only Behind" to keep to a strict educational, it is also interactive academic schedule, the education and fun for the students, parents component may the best part of and teachers." the experience. The six-year-old She added that.everyone who program is monitored by Nelson participates in the program has and an education committee to commented on the wellensure that is on par with the organized mix of education and needs of today's students. The fun. committee is headed up by For more information about Barbara Engen. wife of Alta director of skiing Alan Engen. the program, schools may call who worked in the head office of Nelson at 658-4240 or e-mail her the Utah Department of at connie.nelson@olyparks.com. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE UOPJ Students take part in some hands-on fun at the Utah Olympic^ Park museums and sports facilities. 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