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Show B-2 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 17-19, 2018 Lasting success ‘all about the people’ rec report PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City Mountain Resort is open for the season. On Monday, the resort listed 29 lifts and 107 trails open. Jupiter, Dreamscape and Peak 5 lift was scheduled to open on Tuesday. For more information, go to Parkcitymountain.com or call 435-649-8111. DEER VALLEY RESORT Deer Valley Resort is open for the season. For details on the resort’s activities and season passes, visit DeerValley.com or call 435-6491000. On Friday, the resort listed 20 lifts and 77 runs open. JEREMY RANCH NORDIC The Jeremy Ranch Golf Course listed all 10K of track as open for Nordic skiing on Friday. For more information about conditions and fees, go to thejeremy.com. BRIGHTON MOUNTAIN RESORT TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Brighton Mountain Resort is open for the season. For more information, call 801-532-4731 or the Snow Report Hotline at 801-5324732 ext. No. 2 or visit: www.brightonresort.com for more details. This year, Deer Valley hosted its 20th annual aerials event. Marilyn Stinson, who has been with Deer Valley Resort from the first event, says the key to its sterling reputation is in dedicated volunteers. A volunteer of the FIS Visa Freestyle International World Cup aerials event scoops loose snow onto the aerials course during a break in competitors on Friday. Volunteers’ loyalty keeps World Cup at Deer Valley SOLITUDE MOUNTAIN RESORT Solitude Mountain Resort is open for the season. For more information call 801-534-1400 or visit solitudemountain.com for more details. BASIN RECREATION BEN RAMSEY Basin Recreation keeps a busy schedule, maintaining more than 145 miles of trails for hiking, biking, dog walking and more. To plan a visit, go to www.basinrecreation.org for a complete list of trails. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Phares Gines, at phares@basinrecreation.org. The Park Record This year marked two decades of freestyle events at Deer Valley Resort. Marilyn Stinson, senior tour and travel/international manager, has been there since the beginning, checking in volunteers and helping run events. Over the years, Deer Valley has earned a place as a mainstay of FIS events, and there are certain aspects of the resort that make it a good host: It’s close to the airport, it has topnotch grooming and snowmaking equipment and FIS events blend well with the resort’s goals and philosophy. But if you ask Stinson what turns it from a convenient and capable location into a free- SOLDIER HOLLOW Soldier Hollow park opened for the season on Dec. 21 offering a number of winter activities through March including tubing, groomed cross-country ski trails, cross-country lessons and ski rental, as well as the Biathlon Experience. Reservations and rates are available online at UtahOlympicLegacy.org. MOUNTAIN DELL Mountain Dell Golf Course is available for Nordic skiing. For pass prices and conditions go to utahnordic.com. MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION Round Valley Express, Silver Quinn, Fast Pitch, Matt’s Flatt and Hat Trick have been groomed and area ready for Nordic skiing, according to the Mountain Trails website. Watch for thin cover on most trails. Other trails are open for fat biking and snowshoeing, though might not be skiable. For more information go to mountaintrails.org. Continued from B-1 Aerialist wins trip to Korea WHITE PINE NORDIC CENTER The 3K track and 5K tracks are both open, as is the store, which sells skis, ski service, clothing and season passes. For more information and current track conditions call 435-649-6249 or go to the winter activities section at whitepinetouring.com. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. Wolf Creek Pass is still open, and Guardsman Pass is closed. The Mirror Lake Highway has also closed for the season. For more info, go to FS.USDA.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. “Yeah, I didn’t get the result I was hoping for, but to make the Olympic team, words can’t even describe how it feels.” She had just found out she was going to the Winter Games seconds before the interview, when Caitlin Furin of U.S. Ski and Snowboard informed her she had mathematically won her spot. 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, call 435-336-2247. The style mecca, she’ll tell you it’s the people. They proved to be the pivotal once again as Deer Valley hosted FIS moguls and aerials World Cup events last week. “The thing is, most of the volunteers have been with us since 1998 – the very first (freestyle event) we had,” Stinson said. “We’ve lost a few, now we’re getting their kids volunteering, so we are getting second generations.” Stinson said families come year after year to fill volunteer roles – from tending the courses to managing crowds, helping with directions, feeding staff and officials, and, yes, checking in other volunteers. It all boils down to two perks: a gateway to access something historic and a free coat. It’s a chance to be part of an athlete’s history before they take off – to be standing slope-side as a local skier carves their way into the history books. “Then that person can say, ‘My McKinnon said she had been waiting for this moment “a long time.” She had dislocated her elbow in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Games and lost her chance at competing in Sochi, Russia. “So four years later -- a long four years later -- I’m so happy that I was able to keep it together and qualify for my first Olympic team,” she said. The 22-year-old has been training with the U.S. team since the age of 16. A year before, she had received an unexpected Facebook message from aerial skier Mac Bohonnon, who grew up near McKinnon in New Haven, Connecticut. “I didn’t really know what aerials was,” McKinnon said. “(Bo- gosh, I know that person, I was next to that person,’” Stinson said. She said there is also a sense of pride in helping a national-team athlete compete safely, and the enthusiasm that volunteers bring to the course rubs off on the athletes, which is one of the reasons the resort has established itself as a choice venue on the World Cup circuit. Emily Summers, senior communications manager at Deer Valley Resort, said the high percentage of returning volunteers means both the volunteers and the athletes are comfortable in their roles. “The athletes can say, ‘It’s the same person at the start gate, it’s the same person when I’m checking in.’ I think there’s a huge amount of dedication there,” she said. “We hear it from athletes all over that it’s their favorite stop on the circuit.” From the likes of Ashley Caldwell and Brad Wilson (who got his start skiing Deer Valley) to upand-comers like Casey Andringa, who doesn’t train in Park City, Deer Valley represents a haven in a sometimes chaotic competitive landscape. So what’s the most coveted volunteer job? “No, I can’t say that,” Stinson said. “People on the moguls course think their position is coveted. People on the aerial hill doing a lot of chopping and they think it’s the best thing ever.” Before the first moguls racers had even slipped into their boots, Stinson was already planning for the next event. “Now our biggest thing we are working on is World Championships for next year,” she said. “We are working with U.S. Ski and Snowboard, but we have three venues that we are going to need volunteers for.” Fortunately, she already knows who to expect. honnon) left in eighth grade to pursue his dreams of competing, and one day he reached out to me and told me to come try it out, and I guess the rest is history. He told me he was in Lake Placid doing aerials, and I was like, ‘What the heck is that?’” Bohonnon knew McKinnon was both a gymnast and a skier and correctly assumed she would be a good match for the sport. She made the team a year later and promptly began competing at the World Cup level. Since then, she has moved steadily through the ranks and into the sport’s most elite levels. Last year she took fourth at the World Championships in Spain. On Friday, McKinnon stuck her full-full jump in the finals round to earn a score of 76.54, but it wasn’t enough to advance T to the super finals. “I was happy with my com-M petition jump,” she said. “I wass glad to get it down to my feet ando make some progress for the next one.” After the super finals finished, she received word she would go to the Winter Games. “I didn’t know it was official,” she said. “(My parents) definitely didn’t know it was official. It hasn’t really sunk in yet.” Whether she believed it or not, her parents did. The McKinnons had prepared for Kiley’s success and had already purchased plane tickets to the Winter Games. Just in case she won, or in this case, lost. Weather Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Jan. 15 Temperatures: WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY High for the week ................................ 45° Low for the week ................................. 23° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.63” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX Turning cloudy Mostly cloudy and mild A bit of afternoon snow Cloudy with a little snow, mainly early Rather cloudy Winds: SSW 3-6 mph Winds: S 6-12 mph Winds: SSW 6-12 mph Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: SSW 4-8 mph 45°/30° 50°/37° 40°/22° 29°/20° 30°/23° TM Ogden 45/31 Elko 51/29 Salt Lake City 48/32 Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Sunrise 7:47 a.m. ......... 7:46 a.m. ......... 7:46 a.m. ......... 7:45 a.m. ......... 7:45 a.m. ......... Sunset 5:26 p.m. 5:27 p.m. 5:28 p.m. 5:29 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Moonrise Moonset Wednesday ...... 8:06 a.m. ......... 6:15 p.m. Thursday .......... 8:44 a.m. ......... 7:12 p.m. Friday ............... 9:19 a.m. ......... 8:10 p.m. Saturday .......... 9:52 a.m. ......... 9:10 p.m. Sunday .......... 10:22 a.m. ........ 10:10 p.m. Ely 53/24 Full Last Craig 35/7 Park City Provo 45/26 Price 46/22 Richfield 49/28 Moab 44/21 Cedar City 50/26 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 52/19 Jan 24 Jan 31 Feb 7 Grand Junction 44/19 Farmington 45/16 Page 51/33 New Aspen 39/12 Cortez 47/14 St. George 58/36 MOON PHASES First Evanston 40/26 45/30 Wendover 44/26 SUN AND MOON Feb 15 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 29 12 sn 40 20 c 31 20 s 36 17 sn 35 22 sn 21 18 c 35 17 sn 21 16 s 22 12 pc 23 16 c 22 13 pc 35 21 s 50 26 s ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 42/24 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. A ridge of high pressure over the Great Basin will promote dry weather across the region Wednesday. A storm system moving into the Northwest Wednesday night will spread some rain and snow showers in the northern Rockies Thursday. Meanwhile, the ridge of high pressure will maintain dry weather across central and southern portions of the region. 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 Hi Lo W 39 12 pc 51 30 pc 37 22 pc 52 21 s 51 29 c 53 24 pc 40 26 pc 51 21 pc 49 10 pc 52 19 pc 44 19 pc 33 -4 pc 36 24 pc 33 16 pc 65 40 pc 35 27 c 45 31 pc 51 33 pc 43 30 pc 45 26 pc 52 12 s 60 40 pc 35 25 pc 58 36 pc 48 32 pc 40 37 c 41 29 c 54 38 pc 48 33 c 30 14 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 44 19 c 62 37 pc 45 26 sn 59 28 pc 58 33 c 55 32 pc 48 36 pc 55 26 pc 53 16 pc 56 22 pc 45 22 pc 36 3 pc 41 35 pc 39 26 sf 65 48 pc 39 26 sf 51 40 pc 51 36 pc 49 35 c 51 35 c 61 19 pc 56 31 r 40 33 c 59 38 pc 54 44 c 41 31 r 43 30 c 49 25 r 51 32 c 36 25 sf Interstate 80: No weather-related travel delays are expected Wednesday with good visibility and dry pavement. US-40: Travel conditions will be good Wednesday with dry pavement and good visibility. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travel conditions across the entire region will be good Wednesday with times of clouds and sun expected in most places. Travelers heading into Idaho Thursday may experience some delays with rain and snow showers. WEATHER HISTORY On Jan. 17, 1817, St. Elmo’s Fire flashed during a storm in Vermont and Massachusetts. Static electricity creates the startling flashes of light called St. Elmo’s Fire during snowstorms. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 27 15 c 24 15 pc 43 25 s 37 24 s 32 22 pc 25 25 c 46 21 s 32 24 s 31 21 s 31 24 s 29 21 s 50 33 s 60 35 pc City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Hi Lo W 26 16 s 27 17 pc 33 18 sf 38 23 pc 81 72 pc 65 46 pc 78 56 pc 76 49 pc 27 19 s 39 21 sn 37 25 s 36 20 sn 37 21 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 39 26 s 31 24 s 38 24 s 44 35 pc 83 72 pc 65 49 pc 73 54 pc 67 55 pc 38 26 s 37 30 s 45 30 pc 34 24 s 41 29 s City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Wednesday Hi Lo W 34 20 s 67 31 pc 35 21 sf 71 48 pc 18 11 c 37 21 sn 25 18 s 41 28 pc 73 54 pc 60 51 pc 55 44 r 63 31 pc 29 21 sf Thursday Hi Lo W 47 30 s 56 36 pc 37 27 s 73 49 pc 29 20 s 32 21 s 42 27 s 45 39 pc 69 55 pc 58 48 r 49 42 sh 57 38 s 43 26 s City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 76 67 sh 91 72 s 84 76 pc 43 16 pc 37 32 c 80 64 pc 43 37 sn 41 36 c 73 61 s 51 46 pc 46 40 pc 19 10 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 74 68 r 92 72 pc 83 77 pc 40 19 s 41 29 sn 87 66 s 42 32 sh 49 35 r 71 63 pc 55 40 s 48 35 pc 26 20 c City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 21 18 c 30 23 c 46 41 pc 91 75 pc 61 39 sh 85 73 pc 45 29 pc 77 63 s 62 46 r 26 19 pc 35 26 sf 38 35 c Thursday Hi Lo W 24 15 sn 25 9 c 53 37 r 94 78 pc 58 49 s 84 74 pc 41 23 pc 81 64 pc 57 41 s 30 23 pc 37 30 sn 45 38 r J Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. w |