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Show B-2 The Park Record Rec RepoRt Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 31-February 2, 2018 Continued from B-1 Local will announce at Games PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City Mountain Resort is open for the season. On Tuesday, the resort listed 38 lifts and 241 trails open. 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 Tuesday, the resort listed 21 lifts and 96 runs open. Games, he was asked to work in Turin, Italy, and that momentum carried into the subsequent Olympics. He suspects that he keeps getting invited back because of his respect for the athletes and the sports. He said he wants every athlete to feel they are treated fairly, which comes down to consistency in his announcements — a difficult task at times. “I want to make sure everybody gets treated the same, and that’s not easy when you see those three letters come up – U.S.A, stand bye — because it gets your heart rate up,” he said. His voice in a whisper, Roepke imitated a production team member. “Carl, we’re 20 seconds away from the bronze. Fifteen seconds out. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, here it comes. Bronze medal.” He instantly cut into a lower register, dropping his voice into a rich broadcaster’s tone. “Ladies and Gentlemen, your bronze medal for the...” Then he jumped back to his speaking voice. “I don’t want to look (at the medal ceremony) because I don’t want to screw it up,” he said. “I don’t want to see you down there on the podium; I don’t want you to wave at me, because I’m going to cry. You know what I mean? That is their Olympic achievement and I don’t want to screw it up.” Instead, he hopes to educate the spectators by giving them an idea of how the sport works. “I know for a lot of people, (bobsled, skeleton or luge) is their third choice,” he said — so he has to impress upon them how difficult those events are, and give spectators a couple tools for evaluating performances themselves, like rules and technique. He also describes course conditions and how each racer’s run looks. But he’s got to pace himself, and choose his JEREMY RANCH NORDIC The Jeremy Ranch Golf Course Nordic track was listed as open and recently groomed on Monday. For more information about conditions and fees, go to thejeremy.com. BRIGHTON MOUNTAIN RESORT 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. 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 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. 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 Most of the outer trails at Round Valley have been groomed recently, according to the Mountain Trails website. Watch for thin cover on some trails and most inner trails might be more suitable to snowshoeing and fat biking. For more information go to mountaintrails. org. WHITE PINE NORDIC CENTER The 3K, 5K and 12K tracks were all listed as open on Tuesday, as was the store, which sells skis, ski service, clothing and season passes. For more information and current track conditions call 435-6496249 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 has been closed and is only open to recreation, 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. 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 BEN RAMSEY/THE PARK RECORD Carl Roepke III poses for a photo during a recent interview at the Utah Olympic Park’s bobsled, skeleton and luge track. Roepke has announced at each Winter Games since 2002. words carefully — both for the sake of his voice during the 15 days he’s on the mic, and because too much talking kills the atmosphere. “Next time you go to an event, whether it’s baseball — the (Salt Lake) Bees — and if you’re listening, ask yourself how much you’re listening,” he said. “Or ask yourself how long before you quit listening, or do you have any interest anymore because you’re not listening — that, in my mind, is because he or she is speaking too much. You just quit listening.” But regardless of Roepke’s cadence, there will be a small, dedicated audience keyed into the sound of his voice — his family. Back in Park City, Michele Roepke will have all three TVs in the house tuned to the Winter Games, listening for his familiar voice in the background of the broadcasts. “This morning, I was checking we have all those NBC channels that will be running 24/7, because it’s an Olympic year; you’ve got to,” Michele said after her sons’ recent Nordic combined competition. She said that, with everything going on, and Carl going out of the country, she is developing a kind of anti-schedule for the upcoming Olympic whirlwind. “It’s the one time when I don’t feel guilty saying no to everything and everybody,” she said. “We’re all busy (modern) families around here, so there’s always something to do for work and play and etc., etc., but I don’t feel guilty saying, ‘Nope, I won’t be attending X, Y, Z function during the month of February.’” Instead she will be rooting for the athletes and listening intently during the early hours of the competition to hear her husband’s voice in the background. “It’s a famous little moment that Carl is almost always the first voice that you hear, because luge is usually Day 1 of the Olympics — Morning 1 of the Olympics,’” she said. “You can almost always hear Carl’s voice — maybe not for more than 10 seconds — but his voice is always the very first one to be heard in the background of the television commentators. That’s always exciting.” Of all the things Carl will say in Pyeongchang, what he hopes for most is to announce a gold medal in men’s luge for the U.S. -- something which has eluded the U.S. team. He tried the sentence on for size. “Ladies and gentlemen, your gold medalist in the men’s singles luge, from the United States of America, Tucker West!” He then slipped back into Weather Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Jan. 29 Temperatures: WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Sun and areas of high clouds More clouds than sun A couple of showers in the afternoon An a.m. flurry; otherwise, rather cloudy Cloudy, rain and drizzle in the p.m. Winds: W 4-8 mph Winds: SW 4-8 mph Winds: WSW 4-8 mph Winds: WNW 4-8 mph Winds: W 7-14 mph 45°/30° 42°/31° 45°/34° 44°/36° 43°/28° High for the week ................................ 47° Low for the week ................................. 16° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.22” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Ogden 47/33 Elko 50/29 Salt Lake City 51/36 SUN AND MOON Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Sunrise 7:37 a.m. ......... 7:36 a.m. ......... 7:35 a.m. ......... 7:34 a.m. ......... 7:33 a.m. ......... Sunset 5:42 p.m. 5:44 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 5:46 p.m. 5:47 p.m. Moonrise Moonset Wednesday ....... 6:14 p.m. ......... 7:42 a.m. Thursday .......... 7:26 p.m. ......... 8:27 a.m. Friday ............... 8:36 p.m. ......... 9:06 a.m. Saturday .......... 9:44 p.m. ......... 9:41 a.m. Sunday ........... 10:49 p.m. ....... 10:13 a.m. Ely 48/22 Last New Craig 41/21 Park City Provo 48/30 Price 48/29 Richfield 55/26 Moab 57/30 Cedar City 59/29 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 61/21 Jan 31 Feb 7 Feb 15 Grand Junction 49/28 Farmington 59/26 Page 63/40 First Aspen 45/26 Cortez 56/22 St. George 67/39 MOON PHASES Full Evanston 37/26 45/30 Wendover 50/28 Feb 23 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 30 27 s 17 2 s 54 38 s 37 29 s 32 28 s 37 34 c 50 33 s 44 27 c 48 39 pc 44 36 c 46 38 c 73 53 pc 51 22 pc A series of disturbances passing by to the north Wednesday and Thursday will lead to mostly cloudy skies along with periods of snow. Meanwhile, a ridge of high pressure over the Great Basin will bring generally dry weather across the rest of the region with a mix of clouds and sun. Daytime temperatures will average above normal across the south. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 43/29 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. his speaking voice. “And then to hear in my earpiece, the person next to me saying it in Korean, then wait five, six seconds and hear the French announcer saying the same thing. That’s pretty powerful stuff — so powerful for me that I can’t stare at those TV monitors, I just have to do my job.” In the past, Carl and Michele have gotten the chance to announce those moments together. In Turin, Italy, they became the first husband-andwife team to announce at the Olympics, but having kids complicates that prospect. “Unfortunately, these opportunities are for me and not for the family,” Carl said. So instead of going to the Games while one of them is working, which Michele said would be “too hectic,” the Roepkes are looking toward Games when they go together as spectators. “Maybe not this Games, but the next Games in Beijing,” Carl said. Michele concurred. “That would be fun,” she said. “I’m turning a certain age that will remain nameless, so it’s that kind of birthday when you plan big family trips. So maybe in the Summer Games we will go as a family to Beijing.” If things go to plan, the Roepkes could watch the medal ceremonies — tears and all. 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 45 26 pc 53 27 pc 27 10 sf 59 24 pc 50 29 pc 48 22 pc 37 26 pc 59 25 pc 63 19 pc 61 21 pc 49 28 c 44 15 c 37 24 c 30 16 sn 71 44 pc 34 21 c 47 33 pc 63 40 pc 41 30 c 48 30 pc 68 22 pc 63 37 pc 35 20 c 67 39 pc 51 36 pc 38 28 c 37 21 c 54 29 pc 42 29 pc 20 3 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 41 21 c 41 31 c 31 22 sf 40 21 c 50 29 sh 48 21 c 37 29 c 59 28 pc 61 22 pc 61 27 pc 46 29 c 42 13 c 36 31 c 30 24 c 71 47 pc 35 29 sn 46 36 pc 60 41 pc 43 38 c 46 31 c 46 19 c 63 33 pc 33 28 sn 66 39 pc 49 39 pc 38 34 sf 38 28 c 55 27 pc 44 36 c 21 16 sn Interstate 80: Road conditions will be generally good Wednesday, but watch for slick spots with a stray snow shower. US-40: No weather-related travel problems A are expected on Wednesday with intervals t of clouds and sunshine. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travelers can expect slower traffic heading to the north into Idaho, Montana and northern Wyoming with periods of snow. A couple of snow showers in the mountains of southern Wyoming and Colorado may cause brief travel delays. WEATHER HISTORY January of 1977 was Philadelphia’s coldest January in 211 years. Buffalo, N.Y., was buried in a huge blizzard, and more than 100 inches of snow fell in West Virginia. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 41 22 c 12 4 s 56 37 sh 50 37 c 43 34 c 37 14 c 58 41 pc 28 6 pc 41 13 r 39 15 sn 40 16 r 65 39 pc 40 26 c City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Hi Lo W 45 17 c 41 31 c 37 29 s 69 56 pc 82 73 r 74 50 pc 80 55 s 72 63 pc 34 2 pc 38 32 s 66 54 pc 34 30 s 43 34 s Thursday Hi Lo W 22 9 s 35 9 c 51 37 c 73 52 c 84 74 sh 73 51 pc 79 55 pc 77 61 pc 7 -6 s 53 42 pc 71 51 c 46 34 c 58 43 pc City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Wednesday Hi Lo W 70 37 s 67 48 s 36 30 s 81 52 s 42 34 pc 34 27 s 58 35 c 68 50 pc 75 52 s 62 49 pc 46 41 r 69 52 s 41 36 s Thursday Hi Lo W 55 22 pc 74 54 pc 48 34 c 80 54 pc 39 13 r 44 34 c 40 14 pc 75 48 c 71 49 pc 65 50 pc 46 45 r 74 56 pc 53 35 c City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 79 67 c 87 71 pc 83 76 s 38 15 s 48 35 r 91 68 pc 42 34 sh 49 33 r 54 46 r 55 38 s 47 37 pc 21 19 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 76 67 r 83 71 pc 82 75 s 39 20 s 42 33 pc 92 68 s 44 34 pc 42 33 sh 59 51 s 58 39 s 45 35 pc 36 10 sn City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 30 10 c 35 26 sn 49 36 r 84 70 r 57 48 pc 82 72 pc 33 14 c 70 64 pc 47 37 s 34 30 sn 42 39 c 50 37 c Thursday Hi Lo W 19 16 c 33 16 sn 45 35 sh 84 72 pc 60 51 c 82 72 s 32 15 s 71 64 sh 48 38 r 37 10 c 43 32 r 41 31 sh Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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