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Show B-2 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 8-10, 2018 Mountain Trails debuts office, ride rec report The organization makes a new home in an old clinic PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City Mountain Resort is open for the season, including its mountain coaster, zip lines, and summer lift services. For more information on summer lift operations and pricing, go to Parkcitymountain.com or call 435-649-8111. BEN RAMSEY DEER VALLEY RESORT Deer Valley Resort has opened its summer lift services for the season. For details on the resort’s activities, including evening mountain bike rides, historic tours and season pass prices, visit DeerValley.com or call 435-649-1000. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK Utah Olympic Park is open for the summer, including its bobsleigh rides, zip lines, ropes courses, drop tower, tubing and more. For a complete list of summer hours of operation and rates, visit utaholympiclegacy.org. PARK CITY GOLF CLUB The Park City Golf Club is open for the season. For pricing information go to www.parkcity.org/departments/park-city-golf-club or call 435-615-5800. CRATER SPRINGS GOLF COURSE Crater Springs Golf Course in Midway is open for the season. For more information, call 435-645-5588. JEREMY RANCH GOLF Jeremy Ranch Golf Course, a private course, is open for the season. Go to thejeremy.com for more information. HIDEOUT CANYON GOLF The Outlaw Golf Course at Hideout Canyon is open for the season. For details call 435-200-3142, or go to Hideoutcanyon.com/the-outlaw-golf-course.php. SOLDIER HOLLOW GOLF COURSE Soldier Hollow Golf Course is open for the season. Call 435-6547442 for details. Rates change throughout the day. See http://www. soldierhollowgolf.com/rates/ for details. MOUNTAIN DELL GOLF COURSE Mountain Dell Golf Course is open for the season. For more information call 801-582-3812 or go to www.slc-golf.com/mountain_dell_golf_course/. BASIN RECREATION Basin Recreation maintains 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 In April, the Mountain Trails Foundation moved into its new headquarters at 1665 Bonanza Dr. after a nine-month period without a home base. On Monday, the nonprofit, which builds and maintains trails around Park City, hosted a group ride to introduce one of its new trails and gave attendees a tour around the new facility. The ride started at the foundation’s Bonanza headquarters, crossed Kearns then rode to the Matt’s Flatt Trailhead, and up Cammy’s Trail to Rademan Ridge trail and the top of the new directional downhill trail, called Pulp Friction, a play on Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 crime drama classic. It was finished in early July, but trail builders didn’t want to open it until it had been packed down by rain. “One of the worst things you can do with a brand new trail is have a few hundred people ride it with no moisture in it,” said Rick Fournier, Mountain Trails’ field manager. But word had gotten out. A series of rainstorms had helped compact it by then, Fournier said. Someone from TrailForks, an online mountain biking trail database, called Mountain Trails asking about a phantom trail showing up on a mountain biking app’s map showing where cyclists were BEN RAMSEY/ PARK RECORD Mountain bikers gather at the top of the Pulp Friction directional downhill trail on Monday for an official opening and group ride hosted by the Mountain Trails Foundation. riding. “Next thing I know, Utah Mountain Biking has a video with drone footage with someone riding the trail,” Fournier said. “After that it was a done deal. It was official after that point, which is fine.” But not everyone on the ride on Monday had ridden the trail before, so at the top of the Pulp Friction, Fournier answered a few questions about it. He said the directional downhill trail was about a mile and a half long, that he had no idea what the elevation drop was (Mountain Trails’ website says more than 400 feet), but the trail was built to make a loop with the nearby Happy Gilmore and Tin Man trails. Fournier also said the trail was one of the projects he was most proud of in the area. “There was a lot of hand- MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION For trail information, including maps and conditions, go to mountaintrails.org. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. Wolf Creek Pass, Guardsman Pass and the Mirror Lake Highway are open for the season, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. 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. BEN RAMSEY/ PARK RECORD Clay Karz, volunteer and support coordinator at the Mountain Trails Foundation, rides down the start of the new Pulp Friction trail. The work involved,” he said, adding that the elbow sweat expended would be apparent in the ride, which sends riders around high banked turns and berms while looking out over the Snyderville Basin. At the bottom, Fournier and the organization’s trail building crew were met with applause. “I thought it sets a new standard for fun at Round Valley, and I already love the trails at Round Valley,” said Linda George, a longtime rider. “I like that it’s similar to the new Downward Dog, but it’s steeper, with bigger berms, but also some nice cruiser flow and some bumps, and just really fun.” Devrin Carlson-Smith, another avid mountain biker on the ride, concurred. “It just flowed, created weightlessness and felt like a perfect addition to the whole Round Valley ecosystem,” he said. New digs When the cyclists got back to 1665 Bonanza, Executive Director Charlie Sturgis gave a tour of the facility, which used to be an Intermountain Instacare clinic near the Maverik gas station on Bonanza. Most of the old medical signage still hangs inside, including labels for each doorway. Exam rooms were filled with boxes of maps and race prizes. “This is the first time we’ve ever had 95 percent of our stuff under one roof,” Sturgis said, showing a group of visitors through the building. “We Weather Park City statistics for the week ending August 6 WEDNESDAY Temperatures: Wednesday, August 8, REGIONAL FORECAST THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY High for the week ................................ 91° Low for the week ................................. 53° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.34” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX Plenty of sunshine Sunshine Mostly sunny and very warm A thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon Partial sunshine Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: S 4-8 mph Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: NNW 4-8 mph 88°/57° 90°/59° 92°/60° 91°/59° 87°/59° TM Ogden 94/63 Elko 99/56 Salt Lake City 95/65 Wendover 96/68 SUN AND MOON Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Sunrise 6:29 a.m. ......... 6:30 a.m. ......... 6:31 a.m. ......... 6:32 a.m. ......... 6:33 a.m. ......... Sunset 8:33 p.m. 8:32 p.m. 8:31 p.m. 8:29 p.m. 8:28 p.m. Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Moonrise 3:17 a.m. ......... 4:19 a.m. ......... 5:28 a.m. ......... 6:42 a.m. ......... 7:57 a.m. ......... Moonset 6:23 p.m. 7:22 p.m. 8:14 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:39 p.m. Ely 94/49 New First Full Last Aug 11 Aug 18 Aug 26 Sep 2 Evanston 86/53 Craig 90/44 Park City 88/57 Provo 95/58 Price 94/59 Richfield 96/59 Moab 101/63 Cedar City 95/59 Aspen 85/47 Grand Junction 98/62 Cortez 96/49 St. George 106/76 MOON PHASES Page 103/72 Grand Canyon 89/49 Farmington 97/63 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 85 67 t 64 51 c 91 72 t 92 71 t 87 72 t 81 65 t 94 71 t 84 67 s 83 67 t 82 66 t 81 67 t 97 73 t 84 58 pc A few afternoon and evening thunderstorms will occur across the Southwest Wednesday. Across the rest of the region, rain-free weather is expected as a ridge of high pressure maintains control of the weather. Little relief is expected to areas experiencing wildfires. New Mexico and Arizona will have spotty afternoon thunderstorms Thursday. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 95/52 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. The higher the AccuWeather 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. Please see Mountain Trails, B-4 L i R 2018 a FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC have had (storage in) Wanship, Promontory, Quinn’s, and our homes. That’s the way Mountain Trails has been running for 25 years. Now, people can come find us easily instead of trying to find where our homes are. Also, we didn’t 100 percent know what we had because it was in various places.” As he passed the former exam rooms, Sturgis, a mountain biker and rock climber, commented that he had probably been in every one of them at one time or another for various injuries he’s sustained. He led the group into the room that leads out into the ambulance bay, which Fournier said was one of the best assets of the building because of the loading and unloading ease it allows. “This is the stitch ‘em up area,” Sturgis told the group. “(Where clinicians conducted) X-rays and set breaks.” Now it is full of race equipment and tools. Buckets of loppers, racks of rakes; chainsaws and hardhats hanging from the wall in an interior room. “With easy access to all our equipment, being able to load and unload, it’s hugely different from what we were working with before,” Sturgis said. “We had (stuff) everywhere. That’s all you can say about it.” Mountain Trails was previously housed in an old fire station on Woodside in Old Town, which was leveled to build affordable housing last year. Before that the foundation has 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 85 47 pc 82 60 pc 90 45 s 78 54 pc 99 56 pc 94 49 s 86 53 s 84 52 t 95 52 pc 89 49 s 98 62 s 84 45 s 91 49 s 85 42 s 109 80 s 96 52 s 94 63 s 103 72 s 94 52 s 95 58 s 84 59 pc 102 63 pc 90 53 s 106 76 s 95 65 s 98 66 pc 90 56 s 89 42 pc 94 63 s 77 38 s Thursday Hi Lo W 84 46 s 85 59 s 94 48 s 79 55 s 102 58 s 95 51 s 89 55 s 81 53 t 92 56 pc 89 51 pc 98 64 s 82 45 pc 94 51 s 88 44 s 108 79 pc 101 54 s 96 65 s 102 71 pc 98 55 s 95 61 s 87 58 s 102 63 pc 93 55 s 104 74 pc 96 66 s 105 70 pc 93 58 s 88 45 pc 98 65 s 80 40 s Interstate 80: The pavement will be dry with sunshine much of the time Wednesday. Smoke from wildfires can reduce visibility. US-40: Smoke from wildfires can reduce the visibility, but the pavement will be dry Wednesday with mostly sunny skies. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travelers heading south into Arizona, New Mexico and southeastern Colorado will encounter afternoon thunderstorms Wednesday. Rain-free conditions are expected elsewhere. Smoke from wildfires will reduce visibility in some places. WEATHER HISTORY Snow fell on Lake Michigan on Aug. 8, 1882. One report from a boater indicated snow and slush up to 6 inches deep. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 84 64 t 65 50 pc 88 70 t 89 70 pc 85 70 pc 82 66 s 91 70 t 89 68 pc 86 66 pc 85 67 s 86 67 s 89 71 t 87 61 s 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 88 66 s 93 65 s 81 64 pc 86 66 s 88 71 t 88 69 pc 93 75 t 92 75 pc 87 78 pc 89 79 pc 107 84 s 107 83 pc 94 68 s 93 69 pc 91 78 pc 91 77 pc 89 68 s 88 65 s 86 77 t 86 74 pc 90 76 t 90 74 t 89 72 t 87 72 s 94 76 t 89 75 sh Wednesday Thursday City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Oklahoma City 83 68 t 86 65 pc Orlando 92 72 t 92 74 t Philadelphia 90 72 t 88 70 pc Phoenix 105 83 pc 101 82 pc Pittsburgh 80 65 t 82 63 pc Providence 88 72 t 86 68 pc St. Louis 89 70 t 91 70 pc San Antonio 96 74 pc 97 73 pc San Diego 86 73 pc 90 75 pc San Francisco 68 53 pc 70 51 pc Seattle 92 63 s 93 62 s Tampa 92 77 t 91 78 t Washington, DC 92 74 t 89 73 pc City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 61 50 r 91 78 sh 87 79 s 85 76 sh 96 69 t 55 40 r 65 46 sh 88 67 t 93 81 pc 84 69 s 74 58 pc 83 68 c Thursday Hi Lo W 61 45 s 89 79 sh 87 79 pc 91 76 pc 92 67 t 53 36 pc 63 48 pc 89 57 t 92 82 pc 87 70 s 71 54 c 82 67 sh City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 71 53 pc 75 59 t 81 63 pc 79 66 pc 89 71 pc 89 78 s 95 81 s 70 48 s 84 80 r 79 65 t 87 64 pc 89 61 t Thursday Hi Lo W 74 54 pc 76 57 pc 72 54 r 83 68 t 90 72 s 89 76 s 93 78 pc 66 48 s 88 80 r 84 66 s 89 69 pc 91 54 t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |