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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, December 17-20, 2016 The Park Record B-2 Figure skaters to put on holiday show rec report Event will feature club members, coaches and pros PARK CITY MOUNTAIN As of Friday morning, Park City Mountain Resort had 26 of 41 lifts and 158 of 336 runs open. The Quicksilver Gondola and the Iron Mountain Express are scheduled to open over the weekend. The resort reports eight inches of snow in the last 48 hours and 77 total inches of snow this season. The base depth is 35 inches. Go to ParkCityMountain.com or call 435-649-8111 for more information. GRIFFIN ADAMS DEER VALLEY RESORT The Park Record As of Friday morning, Deer Valley Resort had 16 of 21 lifts and 47 of 101 runs open. The resort reports 14 inches of snow in the last 48 hours and 78 total inches of snow this season. The base depth is 41 inches. For details on the resort’s winter activities and season passes, visit DeerValley. com or call 435-649-1000. With Christmas just around the corner, the Figure Skating Club of Park City -- the second-largest figure skating club in Utah -- aims to spread the holiday spirit with its annual A Holiday Extravaganza on Ice. The club has nearly 80 members and they are all ready to showcase their skills on Saturday in front of a crowd at the Park City Ice Arena. “All of the club members, all of the figure skaters in the club, perform solos and duets and trios and it’s all to fun Holiday music,” Coach Stephanie Bass said. Members of the club have been working on the show since Nov. 1, with some of them opting to come to the ice rink as early as 5:30 a.m. in order to practice. “As soon as Halloween is gone, then we start hearing the Christmas music playing at the ice rink,” Bass said. “The members have put in a lot of hours into this. … They are training before they go to school because there’s typically a lot of other programming going on.” The event will include performances from all the skaters in the club, from the lowest levels (as young as 4 years old) to the highest ones (18 years old). It will also feature a number of the club’s SOLITUDE MOUNTAIN RESORT Solitude Mountain Resort opened for the season on Dec. 2. For information on discounted lift tickets and season passes as well as details on the resort’s winter activities, please visit skisolitude.com or call 801-534-1400. WHite pine nordic center White Pine operates a Nordic ski center on the Park City Golf Course. The White Pine Nordic Center has its 3-kilometer, 5K and Farm Loops open for skiers. All of the trails have classic tracks set and ready for use. For more information, visit WhitePineTouring.com. soldier hollow Soldier Hollow’s golf courses are closed for the season. The cross-country ski trails are scheduled to open on Dec. 17. For more information, call 435654-2002 or visit www.soldierhollow.com. GORGOZA PARK Gorgoza Park opened for the season on Dec. 3. The normal hours for the park will be 12-8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and 1-8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Tubing costs for those 42 inches and taller are $10 for a single ride, $28 for a two-hour ticket and $40 for a four-hour ticket. For more information, call 435-658-2648 or visit www.gorgozapark.com. utah olympic park Museum tours are available every day of the week. The Winter Comet Bobsled opened on Friday, Nov. 25. Adventure activities will reopen Dec. 26-Jan. 1 for the holiday season. For more information and availability please call 435-658-4200 or visit UtahOlympicLegacy.com. MOUNTAIN TRAILS Mountain Trails Foundation maintains trails in the Round Valley area, at Park City Mountain and Deer Valley, on the Rail Trail, and other areas around Summit County. Mountain Trails have begun grooming for crosscountry skiing, but are limited to four-kilometer courses until they receive more snow. Trails are good for snow biking. For updates, visit MountainTrails.org or Facebook.com/MountainTrailsFoundation. For any trail maintenance concerns, email Rick at rick@mountaintrails.org. Continued from B-1 BASIN RECREATION Sports briefs There is no offseason for the trails in the Snyderville Basin. Basin Recreation maintains a busy trail maintenance schedule during the winter months, grooming over 17 miles of trails for cross country skiing, walking, biking, and more. Crews also plow 13 miles of the bike paths for safe routes to school, alternative transportation, and other recreation needs. Trails are always open to non-motorized use. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Phares Gines, at phares@basinrecreation.org. To receive Basin Recreation’s grooming notifications, email trails@basinrecreation.org. As of Friday morning, the avalanche danger level was high. For more updates, go to utahavalanchecenter.org or call the advisory hotline at (888) 999-4019. Do you need a little help getting your body right for the New Year? Join Basin Recreation’s Body Right Fitness Program. This program will run from Jan. 3 through March 9 every Tuesday and Thursday at The Fieldhouse. Choose either a 6:30 a.m. morning session or 6 p.m. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. The Mirror Lake Highway is officially closed for the season. Grooming on the Beaver Creek Trail has begun, but is not yet finished. For more information, go to FS.USDA.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. The Lili LaMar and Chris Obzansky go through their routine during last year’s A Holiday Extravaganza on Ice at the Park City Ice Arena. coaches, as well as a couple professionals in Lili LaMar and Chris Obzansky. One highlight of the show will be Samantha Bray, a member of the club who recently qualified for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. This is the first time in the club’s history a skater from Park City has made it this far. While most of the action will be on the ice, there will also be a Christmas boutique set up in the lobby of the ice rink for anyone looking to do some last-minute shopping. The Holiday Extravaganza is perfect for families, even if figure skating isn’t at the top of one’s interests, Bass said. “Even if you’re not a figure skating fan, it’s still a really interesting event to come to,” she said. “The little ones come to these skating shows and you can see them in the stairways just dancing to the music. This is a great event for families and it’s a fun thing to do.” Admission for the event is just $5 and all the money raised goes toward supporting the club. It will use the money to purchase ice time for members, provide scholarships and covers costs of performances such as this one. The event is free for kids who are five years old or younger. The Holiday Extravaganza is scheduled to run from 5-7 p.m. from the Park City Ice Arena. For more information about the Figure Skating Club of Park City, visit www.figureskatingclubofparkcity.org. evening session.Cost is $250 for 20 sessions. Space is limited to 10 participants. To register and for more information, visit basinrecreation. org or call 655-0999. Park City Curling Club season, this program will help them prepare for the competition. Youth Sports Conditioning will be run by certified, professional sports and conditioning coach Kevin Johnson on Fridays from Jan. 13 – Feb. 17 at Ecker Hill Middle School and is only $100 for six sessions. Space is limited. To sign up and for more information visit: http://www.basinrecreation. org/youth_sports_and_conditioning. html#top. PCHS Cross-Country and Track & Field meeting Body Right Fitness Program – Basin Recreation UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER Photo courtesy of Deborah Hickey The Park City High School crosscountry and track & field teams will be holding a meeting for the upcoming calendar year on Jan. 4 at 2:45 p.m. The meeting will be held in the cafeteria of Treasure Mountain Middle School and is open to all eighth and ninth graders interested in either sport. The team is looking for anybody who might be interested, no matter your sports background. Even if you are just looking to learn more about the sports, this meeting is the place to do that. For all of you who have been eagerly looking forward to curling in Park City, the moment is here. There will be a LEARN TO CURL on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.We welcome people of all ages and abilities. Fun for the whole family. .....Come down to the Park City Ice arena and give it a try! For further information and registration go to www.parkcitycurlingclub.com or email: pccurling@ comcast.net Youth Sports Conditioning Program Are you looking for a leg-up on the competition? Athletes ages 10-16 join Basin Recreation’s all new Youth Sports Conditioning program and improve your speed, endurance, agility, technique, and power. No matter which sport your athlete plays this Weather SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Clouds and sun, a snow shower; colder Cold with clouds and sun Partly sunny Cloudy, a little icy mix in the p.m. Sunshine and patchy clouds Winds: NW 4-8 mph Winds: WSW 3-6 mph Winds: SSW 3-6 mph Winds: SSW 4-8 mph Winds: NW 3-6 mph 17°/0° 19°/1° 27°/12° 36°/18° 32°/19° Temperatures: High for the week ................................ 49° Low for the week ................................. 17° Precipitation: Total for the week .............................. 1.03” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Ogden 22/10 Elko 21/3 Salt Lake City 24/13 SUN AND MOON Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Monday ............ Tuesday ........... Wednesday ...... Sunrise 7:44 a.m. ......... 7:45 a.m. ......... 7:45 a.m. ......... 7:46 a.m. ......... 7:46 a.m. ......... Moonrise Saturday .......... 9:30 p.m. ....... Sunday ........... 10:34 p.m. ....... Monday ........... 11:35 p.m. ....... Tuesday .................. none ....... Wednesday .... 12:34 a.m. ....... Sunset 5:00 p.m. 5:01 p.m. 5:01 p.m. 5:02 p.m. 5:02 p.m. Moonset 10:42 a.m. 11:21 a.m. 11:55 a.m. 12:26 p.m. 12:55 p.m. New First Craig 6/-6 Park City Provo 26/11 Price 27/6 Ely 28/0 Richfield 23/2 Moab 35/15 Cedar City 25/4 Dec 28 Jan 5 Grand Junction 27/10 Farmington 34/13 Page 44/24 Full Shown is Saturday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday’s highs and Saturday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 33/6 Dec 20 Aspen 21/-7 Cortez 31/5 St. George 43/23 MOON PHASES Last Evanston 9/-3 17/0 Wendover 25/9 Jan 12 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Saturday Hi Lo W 35 29 i 36 19 sn 65 60 c 49 45 r 36 35 sn 42 33 sn 53 50 c 27 3 sn 55 26 r 48 29 r 51 29 r 72 19 c 5 -4 sn A much colder day will prevail across northern parts of the region Saturday with varying amounts of clouds and a couple of snow showers, especially over the higher elevations. Areas farther to the south will generally have a dry day with a partly to mostly sunny sky. Another cold day is in store for Sunday with intervals of clouds and sunshine. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 17/5 Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Shown is the highest value for each day. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 High; 11+ Extreme. Adult Lunch Bunch is held on Wednesdays at noon at the Park City Ice Arena. This class is for the adult skater who wants to enjoy some social time on the ice with other adults, learn some new skills and get a great workout. Beginners and more advanced skaters are welcome. Register today at ParkCityIce.org or call 435615-5707. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Dec. 15 Adult Lunch Bunch City Aspen Boulder Butte Colorado Springs Elko Ely Evanston Flagstaff Gallup Grand Canyon Grand Junction Gunnison Idaho Falls Jackson Hole Mesquite Missoula Ogden Page Pocatello Provo Pueblo Reno Rexburg St. George Salt Lake City Spokane Sun Valley Tahoe Twin Falls Yellowstone Saturday Hi Lo W 21 -7 sn 9 -1 sn 4 -6 c 10 -2 sn 21 3 pc 28 0 c 9 -3 pc 34 8 pc 33 7 sf 33 6 s 27 10 pc 23 -6 sn 8 -4 pc 0 -15 pc 46 26 s 4 -3 pc 22 10 pc 44 24 s 12 -1 pc 26 11 c 14 -4 sn 37 14 pc 4 -6 pc 43 23 pc 24 13 pc 9 -2 pc 11 -7 c 38 7 pc 17 6 c 1 -16 pc Sunday Hi Lo W 15 -5 pc 28 12 s 15 10 pc 27 6 s 23 8 pc 29 5 pc 12 1 s 35 12 s 36 4 pc 34 10 s 27 12 s 14 -11 s 8 0 c 5 -6 pc 47 27 pc 18 14 sf 24 11 pc 39 22 s 13 4 pc 26 10 pc 28 2 s 38 15 c 8 -1 c 43 22 pc 26 15 pc 19 16 c 10 -2 pc 34 14 pc 20 7 pc 4 -7 c Interstate 80: Spotty snow showers can briefly slow travel Saturday, mainly over the higher passes. US-40: Some slower travel can occur over the high passes Saturday with a snow shower. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travelers across the higher passes of Utah can have some brief slower travel periods Saturday with a snow shower. Travelers heading east into the Colorado will experience more numerous snow showers and more delays. WEATHER HISTORY An ice storm in Illinois on Dec. 17, 1924, caused more than $21 million in damage. Ice accumulation was almost 2 inches. Wires snapped and trees cracked. The last of the ice stayed on the ground until Jan. 4. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 WORLD CITIES Sunday Hi Lo W 47 16 r 33 19 sn 63 33 r 62 26 r 56 20 r 34 13 sf 68 35 t 3 -14 s 27 9 sn 29 11 sf 30 8 sf 34 19 s 27 5 s City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Saturday Hi Lo W 17 -11 sn 36 18 sn 51 46 r 81 38 c 78 70 r 49 31 s 58 41 s 84 76 pc 7 -22 sn 61 57 pc 78 60 pc 43 42 sn 63 58 pc Sunday Hi Lo W 6 3 s 21 -4 sf 62 29 r 46 31 s 79 69 sh 50 31 pc 62 43 pc 85 75 pc -7 -11 s 66 44 t 61 38 t 58 27 r 74 37 r City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Saturday Hi Lo W 36 7 sn 85 67 s 46 44 i 59 37 s 50 38 r 42 37 sn 48 7 r 79 34 pc 61 42 s 51 37 s 33 29 sf 81 69 s 52 49 r Sunday Hi Lo W 22 9 s 87 67 pc 60 29 r 62 41 s 39 16 sf 58 23 r 14 4 s 43 26 s 64 44 pc 51 39 s 40 40 r 83 70 pc 63 31 r City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Saturday Hi Lo W 71 56 s 84 71 pc 86 79 pc 48 21 s 37 32 c 93 71 s 44 38 c 40 33 pc 69 66 pc 53 43 pc 51 37 pc 21 19 sn Sunday Hi Lo W 73 61 c 89 73 pc 85 78 pc 48 22 s 42 35 c 79 59 t 47 38 pc 42 35 c 74 69 s 49 39 sh 46 37 c 35 -4 sn City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Saturday Hi Lo W 24 22 sn 31 24 c 48 36 c 84 71 t 55 34 s 87 78 pc 49 37 pc 90 66 s 56 42 s 37 29 sn 32 24 s 38 25 pc Sunday Hi Lo W 30 24 sn 34 30 c 43 35 c 86 73 t 55 35 s 86 77 pc 50 41 pc 72 64 pc 56 45 s 30 7 sf 35 32 sf 37 28 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |