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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 23-25, 2017 The Park Record B-2 rec report PARK CITY MOUNTAIN The Park City base area is open for the summer. Summer activities include zip lines, an alpine slide, an alpine coaster, lift-served mountain biking, hiking and more. Canyons Village is scheduled to close on Sept. 4, but will remain open on weekends through Oct. 1. The base area will remain open daily through Oct. 1. Go to ParkCityMountain.com or call 435-649-8111 for more information. DEER VALLEY RESORT Deer Valley Resort is open for the summer. Activities include mountain biking, hiking, concerts and more. The resort is scheduled to close its summer activities on Sept. 4, but will remain open on weekends through Sept. 17. For details on the resort’s activities and season passes, visit DeerValley.com or call 435-649-1000. SOLITUDE MOUNTAIN RESORT Solitude Mountain Resort, owned by Deer Valley, is open for the summer. Summer activities include lift-served mountain biking, hiking, disc golf, fishing and more. The resort is scheduled to close its summer activities on Oct. 1. For more information on the resort’s activities, visit SolitudeMountain.com or call 801-536-5730. PARK CITY GOLF COURSE The Park City Golf Course is open for play. For residents, the 18-hole rate is $35 ($17.50 for nine holes). For non-residents, the rate is $50 for 18 holes. Carts cost $15 for 18 holes. For more information, call 435-6155800. soldier hollow golf course Soldier Hollow’s Silver and Gold courses are open for play. Rates are $50 for 18 holes with a cart on the Gold Course and $45 for the same on the Silver Course. For more information, call 435-654-7442 or visit SoldierHollowGolf.com. wasatch mountain golf course Wasatch Mountain State Park has both Mountain and Lake golf courses open. Current rates are $47 for 18 holes with a cart on weekdays and $50 for 18 holes with a cart on weekends and holidays. For more information, visit WasatchGolfCourse.com or call 435-654-0532. Taylor Fletcher finishes as top American, nearly cracks top 10 The event was the first of the Summer Grand Prix series Submitted by USA Nordic Taylor Fletcher had a strong start to the Summer Grand Prix series over the weekend, finishing 11th in the first individual event of the summer. Fletcher started the day solid on the hill, jumping to 33rd position in the single round of competition on the K95. Content with his jump, but not with his bib, Fletcher set out in the cross-country race with a single focus -- clibing up the results page. After turning in the second fastest time of the day, Fletcher crossed the finish line in 11th place. The race capped a strong performance by the veteran, whose focus throughout the Grand Prix series will be building momentum. “This weekend was a good step forward,” said Fletcher, who added that he was “excited to continue to build.” Austrian skier Mario Seidel took home the first individual title of the summer series. Seidel had a competitive jump of 106 meters, sending him out in first place. A smart race by the Austrian allowed him to finish the day unchallenged at the top of the podium. Second and third place were claimed by Germans Eric Frenzel and Fabian Riessle, respectively. The podium finishes were the second of the weekend for the two German skiers, who had finished second place a day earlier in the 2x7.5km team event that was held in Oberwiesenthal on Saturday. Other American finishers included Bryan Fletcher in 20th, Ben Berend in 33rd, and Jasper Good in 34th place. A day earlier, the U.S. had fielded two squads in the team event. U.S. Team I, consisting Challenge to help him in those endeavors. “My family and I are so very grateful for the programs at NAC and the compassionate staff,” Ray said. “They celebrate my smallest accomplishments with me and all of those little accomplishments add up to a much more fulfilling life.” Registration for the Summit Challenge closes at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday night. Tickets are $75 -- free for adaptive athletes -- and there is no fundraising requirement. However, those interested in donating, registering or volunteering can visit the event’s website at summitchallenge100.org. Races begin at 7 a.m., with the Event Village opening at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Continued from B-1 Summit Challenge CANYONS GOLF Canyons Golf is open for play. The course features 18 holes of spectacular views and has more than 550 feet of elevation change. Current local rates are $55 for 18 holes with a cart. Season passes start at $750. For more information, or to book a tee time, visit ParkCityMountain.com/golf or call 435-615-4728. utah olympic park Museum tours are available every day of the week. Information on the Park’s summer programs is available online. Registration for the programs are open. For more information and availability please call 435-658-4200 or visit UtahOlympicLegacy.com. MOUNTAIN TRAILS Mountain Trails Foundation currently maintains over 150 miles of trail in the area. All trails are non-motorized and multi-use. For the latest updates, visit mountaintrails.org or Facebook.com/MountainTrailsFoundation. For any trail maintenance concerns, email Rick at rick@mountaintrails.org. BASIN RECREATION Basin Recreation keeps a busy schedule during the summer months, maintaining over 145 miles of trails for hiking, biking, dog walking and more. To plan your next adventure, please check out www.basinrecreation.org for a complete list of trails. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Phares Gines, at phares@basinrecreation.org. STATE PARKS AND RESERVOIRS For information such as water temperature and current conditions at Jordanelle and Rockport state parks, visit StateParks.Utah.gov. For information on the Echo Reservoir, please call 435-336-2247. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. East Canyon, Wolf Creek Pass, the Mirror Lake Highway and Guardsman Pass are all open for traffic. For more info, go to FS.USDA.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. Center for everything it’s done for him since his strokes, saying the Center’s staff has been there for him every step of the way. Learning to cycle has helped Ray in other aspects of his life, including being able to drive and being more sociable. He’s grateful for events like the Summit Continued from B-1 Sports briefs Cade Richmond gives a thumbs up after crossing the finish line of the Summit Challenge at the National Ability Center last year. Basin Recreation Adult Pickleball Mixer League free Yoga in the Park Kick off your August weekends in a peaceful way with Basin Recreation for free Yoga in the Park. Join us every Saturday during the month of August from 8 to 9 a.m. at The Woods at Parley’s Lane with Jenessa. Please bring your own mat to class. To register and for The Tanzi Propst/Park Record more information, visit basinrecreation.org or call 655-0999. Basin Recreation is a non-profit organization and proud KPCW supporter. Pickleball is one of the most exciting sports sweeping the country. Don’t miss out on Basin Recreation’s Fall Pickleball Mixer League. This doubles mixer league is for players ranked 2.5+ and players will play with a different partner each week! Paddles, nets and balls provided or feel free to use your own. The League runs Aug. 25 through Oct. 11. Sign up and find out more information at http://www.basinrecreation.org. Youth Tumbling program The PC MARC’s Youth Tumbling program promotes movement skills, balance, coordination and upper body strength for 2- to 7-year-olds. Choose between three age-specific classes offered on Thursday, Aug. 24, or Saturday, Aug. 26, at various times at the PC MARC. The fee is $45 per session, and scholarships are available. To view the schedule and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 435-615-5400. Basin Recreation’s Flying Dog 28K Whether you’re already a runner or you’re just starting to rack up some mileage, join Basin Recreation for a three-run series this summer! The series is designed to build your Weather Park City statistics for the week ending August 21 WEDNESDAY Temperatures: THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY High for the week ................................ 84° Low for the week ................................. 47° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.35” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Times of clouds and sun Partly sunny with a t-shower in spots Sunny Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: WNW 6-12 mph Winds: NE 4-8 mph Winds: W 4-8 mph Winds: NNE 4-8 mph 77°/56° 81°/57° 82°/59° 84°/59° 85°/60° A thunderstorm in spots in A shower or thunderstorm the afternoon around Ogden 84/61 Elko 87/51 Salt Lake City 88/66 Wendover 88/64 SUN AND MOON Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Sunrise Sunset 6:44 a.m. ......... 8:12 p.m. 6:45 a.m. .......... 8:11 p.m. 6:46 a.m. ......... 8:09 p.m. 6:47 a.m. ......... 8:08 p.m. 6:48 a.m. ......... 8:06 p.m. Moonrise Moonset Wednesday ...... 8:44 a.m. ......... 9:33 p.m. Thursday .......... 9:48 a.m. ....... 10:04 p.m. Friday ............. 10:50 a.m. ....... 10:35 p.m. Saturday ......... 11:51 a.m. ........ 11:06 p.m. Sunday ........... 12:49 p.m. ........ 11:39 p.m. Ely 83/48 First Full Last New Aug 29 Sep 6 Sep 13 Sep 19 Evanston 73/50 Craig 81/46 Park City 77/56 Provo 85/58 Price 83/55 Richfield 86/53 Moab 92/63 Cedar City 86/53 Aspen 73/46 Grand Junction 88/60 Cortez 84/51 St. George 97/69 MOON PHASES Page 92/69 Grand Canyon 80/49 Farmington 87/58 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 77 56 pc 60 52 r 91 72 t 84 62 t 80 63 t 72 53 sh 91 68 t 76 59 s 78 57 pc 78 60 pc 78 58 pc 90 75 t 87 57 c Movie in the Park Rogue One Basin Recreation’s third Movie in the Park of the summer is on Friday, Aug. 25, at Trailside Park. Grab your family and friends, bring blankets, chairs and snacks, and enjoy Star Wars: Rogue One at dusk. For more information, please contact Sam Schwoebel at 435.649.1564 x 25 or email sam@basinrecreation.org. Partly sunny conditions on Wednesday with spotty afternoon thunderstorms. Moisture moving north into the Rockies will fuel more numerous thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy across the region Wednesday night with showers lingering in the evening. Thunderstorms will once again develop across New Mexico on Thursday with less frequent storms in Colorado. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 83/55 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. 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. endurance, incorporate elevation climbs and challenge you to take your running to the next level. Finish the series with the Flying Dog 28K on Sept. 9 at 7 a.m. This run is the most challenging with runners completing 17.5 miles with a 2,200-foot elevation gain. This run will start at the East Canyon Creek Trailhead. Cost is $75. Wednesday, August 23, 2017 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC of brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher, was 12th overall. Meanwhile, U.S. Team II, consisting of Ben Berend and Jasper Good were 14th for the day. The event was won by teammates Miroslav Dvorak and Tomas Portyk, the top team representing the Czech Republic. Second place was claimed by the German team of Frenzel and Reissle, while third was claimed by another German team made up of Jakob Lange and Vinzenz Geiger. The next stop on the Summer Grand Prix tour will be another 10k Individual Gunderson this Wednesday, August 23, in Tschagguns, Germany. 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 Wednesday Thursday Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 73 46 t 75 44 t 84 59 t 82 57 t 84 49 pc 74 42 t 81 58 pc 80 55 t 87 51 pc 90 52 s 83 48 t 84 51 s 73 50 t 78 50 pc 77 50 t 76 50 pc 84 52 t 82 50 c 80 49 t 78 50 pc 88 60 pc 89 60 c 75 43 t 73 42 t 80 51 c 83 49 c 74 44 t 74 41 c 101 73 s 100 75 s 91 58 pc 82 47 t 84 61 pc 87 63 pc 92 69 t 92 68 pc 79 52 c 86 52 pc 85 58 pc 88 59 pc 90 60 pc 86 58 t 89 60 pc 91 59 s 81 52 pc 81 51 pc 97 69 s 97 69 pc 88 66 t 90 67 t 85 60 s 80 50 s 77 53 c 78 52 pc 74 44 pc 78 42 s 82 59 c 87 57 pc 71 41 pc 66 39 t Interstate 80: Mostly dry conditions on Wednesday with a couple afternoon thunderstorms that can slow travel in spots. US-40: Travel can be slowed in spots on Wednesday due to a few thunderstorms in the afternoon; otherwise, mainly dry. TRAVELERS FORECAST Mostly dry conditions, other than a spotty afternoon thunderstorm, will make for easy travel across the region on Wednesday. Storms in Colorado can slow travel through the Rockies due to lower visibilities. WEATHER HISTORY Hurricane Andrew roared ashore south of Miami, Fla., on Aug. 23, 1992. Andrew wreaked havoc from south of Coral Gables to the northern tip of Key Largo. A wind gust of 164 mph was recorded at the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 75 55 pc 57 51 r 88 69 c 81 62 pc 78 61 pc 69 54 pc 87 66 c 72 55 pc 76 55 pc 73 58 pc 74 53 pc 86 70 c 86 55 t City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Thursday Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 81 60 s 79 63 s 77 54 pc 72 52 pc 83 63 t 80 63 pc 96 77 t 91 76 t 88 74 pc 87 75 pc 98 78 pc 101 81 s 80 65 pc 79 66 pc 89 79 t 88 77 t 74 57 s 72 56 pc 87 74 t 80 72 c 89 76 pc 89 78 t 83 65 t 79 63 s 91 74 t 82 71 c Wednesday Thursday City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Oklahoma City 86 61 pc 86 64 s Orlando 91 75 t 90 74 t Philadelphia 85 65 pc 82 64 s Phoenix 106 83 t 105 82 pc Pittsburgh 76 58 pc 70 53 pc Providence 81 61 t 81 60 s St. Louis 81 61 s 82 61 s San Antonio 97 76 pc 94 75 t San Diego 76 67 pc 75 66 pc San Francisco 72 59 pc 71 57 pc Seattle 74 56 pc 70 53 c Tampa 92 79 t 91 78 t Washington, DC 85 68 t 82 67 s City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 60 45 pc 92 80 t 88 80 pc 90 71 r 71 51 pc 73 58 c 66 52 c 79 59 pc 86 81 r 85 68 s 71 55 pc 73 54 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 60 47 c 91 79 t 88 80 pc 87 66 s 76 56 pc 73 61 c 64 54 c 77 58 pc 92 82 t 88 71 s 69 53 pc 69 52 pc City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 77 58 r 67 50 c 81 57 pc 75 63 pc 84 65 s 89 77 pc 82 77 r 70 50 s 90 78 pc 73 52 pc 66 50 sh 83 60 s Thursday Hi Lo W 65 52 sh 64 52 sh 77 59 pc 75 63 pc 86 65 s 90 79 pc 81 70 r 63 49 sh 88 79 pc 67 50 pc 68 53 pc 81 60 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |