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Show 2B Sunday Herald SUNDAY, NOV. 30, 1969 Bsccm'mg Nations Ski Capital Ufahast doesn't of the diethe eyes brighten hard skier, consider the slopes on?red skiers. To Utah hi'ls were selected among the top 10 of Sports Illustrated a year ago; Alta's Char-treu- ? trail and Park City's Pay And if that "plus" not only boasts one of the nation's earliest stariS, it has cne of the nation's longest seasons. It isn't rare for Utah skiers to be on the flopes by mid November. Nor is it rare to see them in the heat of ski competition in Utah, once best known for its desert sea of salt, the Great Salt Lake, is on the threshold of becoming the ski capital of the United States Possibly the world. And the thought isn't farfetched! Where else in the world is the major airport within a half hour's drive from five major ski resorts? Where else in the world can the skier ski the ' Greates' Snow on Earth" but the Beehive State? Where else in the world are the ski boom drums heard as loudly as those being thumped in Utah for its ski facilities? When it came time for the United States to produce an entry to compete for the 1972 Olympics, the choice was Utah! And only the internal politics of international rk'iing kept Salt Lake City's bid from the '72 games. Behind these factors is an underlying theme that makes Utah a "natural" for the center of ski activity in the United States and possibly the world. The intrigue of skiing is 'getting away" from the humdrum of daily business routines. Ski resort living once had its "roughing it" air, but today's skier is a sophisticate Unlike his bearded and mustachioed counterpart of 30 years ago. today's skier likes conveniences. He likes culture. He ikes a variety of apres ski (after ski) activities. A ski chalet now offers a fireplace, soft music and warmtemperatures th from sub-zer-o outside. Most resorts can't provide the culture offered by a symphony, theatre, ballet and general actr icity found in major cities. minSalt Lake City, just utes away from five major resorts can provide these things. Consider Utah's February calendar of events. February usua'.ly offers the best Northern Hemisphere skiing. It offers a texgood pack and top snow ture. Here are some of the activiti-- e offered skiers after a Februin Utah: ary day on the slopesSnowmobile Sanctioned L races. 1 Figure skating championships. 3. Cutter Races at the Fairgrounds. 4. Snow Sculpture contests. train ride to the 5. A ancient and honored mining town and major ski resort, Park City. mid-Ma- 4) Man Killed In - ' -- 4 . . i . Electrocution A Utah (UPI) electrocuted was man Hurray Friday while working with a Murray City Power crew on a line carrying 7,200 volts. Lynn Dal ton, 31, was pronounced dead on arrival at Cottonwood hospital at 1:53 p.m. Police said Dalton was standing on the ground holding onto dead line while bis partner was working atop the rigging. Apparently Dalton 's line came tn contact with a live wire and be was electrocuted, police said. MURRAY, - J J' ' 5 5 9-- States, it is the longest slops lighted for night skiing. At Park City a skier can be on the mountain at 9 a.m. in the morning and ski until 10 p.m. that night 13 hours. Park City isn't alone with its p.m. skiing. Mountain Empire's Moonbeam Meadows, Sundance runs and several smaller have lighted hills for night re-sor- ts packed curity of though each has its "Powder Alleys" for the of the ski crowd. well-groom- - , of the top 10 slopes in the United skiing. The snow? It has won the tag: "Greatest Snow on Earth." All Utah resorts offer the se- Accidental ever-growi- slopes, NORWAY VISITORS OSLO (UPI) The number of American tourists visiting Norway in 1968 rose to 383,000, as increase of S.7 per cent over 1967. Oslo hotels are embarked on a building program which will increase their capacity by mora than 3,000 new beds by 1974, The city of Bergen will have 1,800 new hotel beds wiJiln two years. MMlMiHliHiiHii ENJOYING A DAY on ikis k rapidly becoming one of lae most popular winter pastimes for Utah. Utah is attracting skiers from throughout the nation daring the winter months, 25-3- 0 THE PACIFIC SKIERS le I j 6. Dog races. 7. Jeep rallies. these plus symphonies, dance recitals and theatre! It takes more than a pair of skis, snow to ski on and a bar of ski wax to make any area the "Ski Capital" of the world. Utah is making its bid. of Division Intermountain United States Ski Assn., (of which Salt Lake's Earl D. Walt ers is President) has four nationally sanctioned races scheduled for the area. Utah has two the Snow Cup, one of them of the nation's oldest ski competitions set for Jan. 5 at Alta; and the popular Lowell Thomas Ski Classic at Park City Ski Resort, Jan. In the final analysis, however, snow and the speed with which you can get to it is the ley to ski resort success. Utah surDay slope. Both met and nation's of the most passed standards for top rate consideration. Park City, a relative newcomer to Utah's ski circle 1963-6adds another plus with its addition last year of lights to Pay Day Hill The Pay Day slope not only rates now as one All Vh I i THE "JAVELIN" JACKET BY PACIFIC TRAIL Tops fa eomfortl DuPotrt q!oi h IrgaSiabU ts veS 83 sslo-proo- TnMf f. Conbas&nt nykti E&ing quilted to for vsnstk IGceSy detailed with sjdi lip stem socket snap collar ui koiWash'Bwear.Spanidjold..powder.turquofse.loden, (oides beige, boss mist, black, doubloon. Sizes S, U, U XL ... S25AL (Also waMle in Tonjf We hove everything far the terious minded titter. 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