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Show -- f "rniyiifftiii' , M nrlfifuffi wn. 0 'Sgyfi arafc DESERET Utah Ski 'Sestet' Jet-Ag- e 'Test' a By DAVE KADLECK Deseret News Spurts Writer PARK .i;v - CITY What travel has dune to shrink the world promises to lengthen Utah's ski lift lines. I.. :'"' ' 5 Solitude Sold! December Debut Slated Park City Runs 7, 1963 NEWS, Saturday, December ' Jet-ag- e "Youve got the best kept secret in the ski business, said one tourist recently as he visited this Summit County winter playground. airline Says Sandy Jensen: stewardess Liftlir.es in Utah are the talk of the ski world. There are none. And people are getting the word. h rr :lr j f y .lit BlwtUw' lir Saturday. Solitude velopment purchase ment for in excess Western snow is the finest for recreation skiers. says Tom LeRoy who makes the w o r 1 d's ski resorts his office. You have plenty of It and adequate lift facilities to handle good crowds. , skier Jan Gullik-ficn- s observation about midweek Utah liftlines is often repeated: It won't be long until the word is out that Utah doesn't have lines. Thats where Colorado ski resorts make it, Gulliksen reports. i. Paik City heliport has busy moments as skiers make "test runs" to determine how close Utah skiing Jet-ag- The jet ride on Flight 60 aboard a Boeing 707 took one hour and 16 minutes. The helicopter ride from Salt Lake International to Park Citys mountain top was 27 minutes for two helicopters carryfour passengers and ing And we drove carefully, smiled Joan. Since, other skiers have conducted time and distance tests of their own. Primary concern for most skiers is the time it takes to get to the ski resort after arrival at major airports. Salt Lake International Airport is as close to five major ski resorts as many landing strips are to a ski resort. baggage. The four California skiers had a choice of five flights to 4:45 p.m., 6:15 take out p.m.. 6:20 p.m. (one stop). 9:30 p.m. and the latest (that day) 11:01. Each extended flight allows the skier more slope time with Park Citys night 10:30 Most recent promotion the Magic Gold Pin running up ski day. Thats Annual meeting of the Utah! Golf Association will be held Monday at Fort Douglas Club.! The social hour begins at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 and business' meeting at 8. . a said. Beagley said holders pass season 9 plans include honoring these passes sold by the past owner, but ar-- , ngements will have to be made, he added. Our policy will be family - - ' . : ' ; , , - . , , t : , on exist- ing lifts. Before leaving the resort that is 23 miles from the center of Salt Lake City, he and hard his crews did the work of installing a new lift. Its more than half comreported. Beagley pleted, The holes have been dug, cement and base stations set on most towers. Tbe new Snow King lift (name subject to change) is left of Moonbeam looking uphill and runs up the mountain to the saddle at middle base of Powder Horn. It will be a double-chalacmty when completed. are to bring their passes to the new SoliOur tude Ski Resort office. Three new directors will be terms. elected for three-yea- r Each representative is entitled to a vote on all orders of business. Proxies, if in written form and filed with the electvon committee before voting, may be used by official representatives.! 466-113- 1968-6- evident is know-ho- years past and wont depart from traditional Ladies features, Beagley Night Annual Meet Each member of the UGA may be represented by the golf, Reservations should be made! professional or manager of golf activities, chairman of the golf at the UGA office by phoning is committee or a member select-- I Cost for the activities a ed by the above two. is $3. sold it to Springxille lift buildHuneiker has worked the lifts over. His er Huneiker. 45-4- 8 California Eye Management troubles plagued the area. New faces were seen in the general office as years went by until he CONDITION Lifts are in surprisingly good condition. Well open Inspiration (west lift) but have to shorten the cable and pull other general maintenance before announcing opening date. We have inches of snow. Skiers who have skied Solitude in years past know the superior ski conditions. Wp plan weekday and weekend night skiing as in to g image-makin- GOOD real bargain for skiers. The closest major ski area for Southern California skiers is Mammoth Mountain, nearly five hours Utah is the easiest skl( from L.A. proper, Californistate to sell, she continued. an Ty Jurras explained. Look for a good number of Apparently the secret of Utahs Greatest Snow on California skiers on Utah ' slopes this year, he said, Earth Is out, she added. Utah Golfers sum the resort. p.m., providing the area with a National ski promotions are directing many of their programs at Utah. skiing an undisclosed of $1 million. Hun-cik- ... d airport. to West Coast. Latest test run was a jet ride from Los Angeles to Salt Lake with a helicopter ride to the top of Park Citys ski resort. prized $230 investment by a skier who can lend out or any other way transfer his pass to any skier. Sixteen areas are joining Western Airlines e and helicopter travin the promotion. Three Utah el have placed a new dimenareas participating include sion on Utah skiing. Park City Ski Resort, BrighWhile lodging is certain to ton Ski Bowl and the new be a major concern for BeePark City West area. Also on hive State planners, the the list are Garibaldi and accessibility of Utah slopes to Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, B.C. ; C r y s t al Mountain, so many areas promises a bright Wash.; Alpental. Wash; Heavfuture. enly Valley, South Tahoe, Calif. ; Bear Valley, Calif.; ski traffic could Vail, and Aspen Highlands, provide the catalyst to Ignite Colo.; Jackson Hole, Wyo., the ski interest spark that cerSun Valley. Idaho; Sunshine tainly must come to Utah. and Norquay, Canada and Timberline, Ore. The Deseret News conducted a test run two years ago Only 400 are sold. That is to determine the time it would to control the number of take an airline ski passenger skiers who avail themto get to a major ski resort. selves to might the magic pin on Stewardesses Sandy Jensen the same day at one resort, and Joan Hart, in a standard-- s Magic Sandy explains. i z e American-mad- e car are available at $250 for pins the picked up their luggage and first one, $130 for the second, made it to Park City Ski $230 for the third and $150 for Resort in 42 minutes from he the fourth, she explained. k heavy-populate- is Recreation and DeCorp., made the from Barrett Invest- Purchase includes lodging lift, recreational shot) and restaurant facilities along with lease of 550 acres of ski area that extend to Silver Fork, the Honey Comb Cliffs and Solitude Canyon. SRDC president is Dean Roberts, an insurance executive, while attorney Paul G. Grant serves us vice pesident. You might say we have been trying to buy Solitude for Hie past five years, Beagley said. The purchase follows a transaction by resort builder Robert Barrett who sold the resort to Paul Huneiker. changed the name to Mt. Empire Ski and Recreation Area two years ago. We hope to open within two weeks the popular Powand der Horn double-chai- r lifts Moonbeam double-chai- r in full operation. Already were transporting chairs to Kfi Colorado mid-wee- oriented. It will be much like the policy at Lakota Resorts, a Beagley ellort at northern Utahs Bear Lake. We plan mure than just, daytime and nighttime skiing. Were planning on tubing and sledding areas, skintobiling courses; and genera winter fun spots. He said Solitude will be served by National Ski Patrcl affiliates and issued a rea ,est for all interested ski patrolmen to submit applicatons to him. PARKINSON DIRECTOR Dave Parkinson has been named director of the new Ski Ski Resort Solitude School, the school will - be staffed by certified instructors. Solitude, s history isn't las smooth as its powdery slopes. Resort pioneer Bob Barrett opened it for the first time a decade ago. Red tape, misunderstandings and more red tape saw him close it in 1961). Shutdowns and threats of shutdowns have hampered the process that is so important to ski areas. But Barrett took the reins following the 60 shutdown. He hosted the NCAA championships and National Alpines Events in 1962 and again placed the Big Cottonwood Canyon ski niecca on the nations ski maps. NEW FACES SEEN By DAVE KADLECK Deseret News Sports Writer SOLITUDE Solitude is sold! And that will be its name from now on," reported new vice president and general manager Grant (Sonny) Bong-leafter announcing tbe purchase to the Deseret News ir 7 T , ' K,' c;,;-- , ' , ' ;V" '"I I 'i v ' v Deseret News photos by Dave KadlecK Pretty Jill Frank poses with helicopter at Park City in a that ski scene is cer- tain to become familiar in Utah. NEW SCENE FOR REDFORD Sundance Kid' Maps Jimp Haven Revamp Bedford had just flown In ifrom Mexico City (got fogbound in Los Angeles) to be Robert Redford, who walked with Stan Collins of Provo and "Barefoot in the Park on both! Robert Gottsehalk of New Yor.s the three explained the Broadway and in Hollywood, !"lcn was anything but barefoot at old' Program for the project. The area is the old Paul Stewart Timp Haven Friday night when he and his associates in the de- Ranch in scenic Alpine Loop of that ski area valley off Provo Canyon, velopment Redford has been making the announced plans for recreationlast seen, s of his movie, the al developments. Sundance Kid. lie's the kid ami Mexico is the scene for the final stand of the Kid and his outlaw Butch Cassidy. Mexico was chosen because of tlit similarities of locale to the 'liviau gold mine country where Butch ami the Kid made play-jmat- kept of course, insofar as possible with expansion. The scenic grandeur of the valley will be guarded possibly enhanced. We are not going to make a lot of promises. We will have to move as we can. But you can be assured that we will work with a passion for this place thats the way we feel about it. " , V, s Ed. . Sundance has already also in ($5,000 lighted '7 7, x considerably. With good grooming the ski runs have been doubled. Runs arc e - c'j s S ' X vt ' s' special lights) tor night skiing five davs a week. Lifts will operate on weekends from now on. r This reporter went ucr the; new runs Friday. Sundance has been groomed to the extent that it is now one of Utahs most intriguing ski areas. their last stands. Ski partolman Jim Sewell dashes down Powder Billy the ASPEN, COLO. (UP1) Appropriately, Timp Kidd fell on his first competitive' Haven area 1ms been Horn slopes that will open in '68. Sundance. "This is not so nniett run of the season Friday, but because of the bandit character rallied to a win on his two other as it is because of the sumnier-- i tries Friday in r use that will be in the American competition ;ni.u!e of the area," the congeDeseret News Special French challenge races, spark- nial Redford said. BRIGHAM CITY Dun ell Humero. BYUs leading pass Deseret News Special ing the U.S. Ski Team to a lead is our first "Tlie skiing Hughes, one of the (leans of Utah at the point. LAS VEGAS in l'Ji'S. was passenger Ed receiver Romeio, concern." We have to have a high school coaching, got his for Brigham in a i. ai driven by Bernie Head. end ski area to provide the split regular The American men won four, first-ratBear Rive- Bears oif on the football Young Universitys of tueir five giant slalom races, means to move in the direction the BYU k ' 1 I ,V 2 . right foot Friday with a whop-- team, was still listed in They were returning to while the French women took we intend to go. a visit to Romero's after . !,! v 63 29 win over the Inter-- ' campus . . fling N condition home in We will eventually have a extremely critical three of their five races. The; Downev, Calif mountain Indian School. Southern at Saturday morning final event, the slalom, will be, gondola, two more chair lifts, a Mike Jensen, a junior,; Nevada Memorial Hospital. run Saturday and the French !poma lift, a lodge or two. Hupped all scores with 22 points,! i V yv ' ; , Romeio suffered an extremestill could come from behind (Thev will purchase the old senior teammate land Valj serious head injury in a one the ly near meet. lodge and win the Bowcutt had 16. ear rollover near Las Vegas. of base lift). Arthur Yazie ami Ravmond. KtdJ, of Stowe, Vt., got olf toi Tmijiir RnliinniK vptpr!1 There had been no Dfswet Ne photo by Hack Wilier Nelson tallied 12 and 11 respec-livel- Friday. a kid start m his match with massive surgery on at Ski attempt the Sundance of the Schow Bounous and stand Rex at Junior for Hal (right) Reeders losing Romero top Jean Noel Augert. falling in vh to Saturday i ,hc skiln rnd of the up Indians. Runs and look over new area to be opened for next year's skiing. m the fust run. But ittg. K((rlipr jn tl)p d,iy n.pr,on Kidd came back to win 'P SP' Into) mountain 39 Bear Rivir jullj01. snowmohiled us to the; 64 n ,0 JS oiul tun, giving t All building will tie said. ltedloid Bombardier Provo lift ski toi of 14 24 39 flip pip tie will chance, and tnen vve.it on to win au so 'intmlal there intend wr 4 With this over Bartitis have At contiol taken 2, ih a.tlo h expansion; dealers B ivwuM S. 0 0 Jrnson Ids event by a whisker in the. of ,hf. bp,t of the side of the show they will oceu- to build up this area compatibly (untie). The sport-p- and 8 11, b. 0 1, ?. hanben 0. 6; c. j ? o c, N rompati - oo o.- b s'uk-..third and deciding tun. basin ate, is not novvin use. to the requirements of the Sundance runs are jet to be 2, totals 25, :4t wr nmmt.v. We lovi This is one place 12. 5. $. N1 JTlie unique race Las held on developed. V4i7tf Intprmourbd.n The lishi and hunting thul son 1)0. 2, Si9'r 2, M2. 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