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Show E4 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Friday, January 22, 1999 An All-in-One Wasatch Ski Pass? SCOREBOARD Park City resort managers say the European idea mayyet becomea Utah reality BY KARL CATES THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PARK CITY — Imagine a border- less ski world in which single pass is ‘good for numerous resorts in the WaSatch Mountains. Historically dismissed as proletari- = pie-in-the-sky, the conceptno longr is ruled out by ski-area managers th Park City, which boasts three ne within five minutesof one oth- mere is certainly a paradigm in Europe,”said Blaise Carrig, managing director of The Canyons. C arguingforone,all-inclusive SummitCoun County ski pass for The Canyons, Park City Mountain Resort and DeerValley Resort, noted thatit’s commonin the Alps and in Northern Europe for ski areas to divvythe pie byselling cross-border admissions. Closerto home, Coloradoalreadyis doing it at Vail, where four resorts are owned by a single company. In Canada, areas with multiple owners have eliminated their borders, most notably around Banff, whichis similar to ParkCity in its proximity to a major metropolitan are Utah's Wasateh Front — in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons — all four resorts this season madehis- Funk in Lead At Hope Classic tory byoffering such a pass to out-ofstaters, a distinction that angered manylocals andraised a clamorfor a multiple-area pass for Utahns, too “It might've been thefirst step, said Eric Thompson, director of winter-sports tourism for the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, which sold the multi-area tickets to wholesalers. “There is pressure from the consumer,” said Kip Pitou, president of Ski Utah, a nonprofit organization that promotes the industry. Pitou suggestedthata multi-resort pass in Utah could materialize as soon as next season “We're getting closer and closer,” hesaid. “Locals wouldlike the ability to ski one dayat Alta, oneday at Deer Valley.” Such a lift ticket probably would be sold in coupon-book form, muchlike “locals only” deals noware marketed Under those plans, Utahns get entranceto a ski area by buying several days’ worth ofpasses below the usual ofpeople,so you can grow the whole pie and everybody benefits,” said Vern Greco, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. “Combiningterrain of twoor all THEASSOCIATED PRESS In addition to Utahns,international visitors would be drawn to the concept “because that’s the standard they know,” Greco said. A shift towarda multi-resort pass is blocked so far by logistics, to some degree, but mostly by proprietary lines traditionally drawn byresorts in the United States and protected particularly by upscale ones. Cracks are appearingin thatresistance, however. DeerValley,the ritziest Utah resort, never has cheeredthe multi-pass movement. The resort has staunchly limitedits clientele to an elite crowd via pricing (day passes are $57, the highestin the state) and practicesthat keep skier numbers to 5,000 per day and ban snowboarders. But Deer Valley President Bob Wheaton conceded change might be inevitable as the resort expands, “If youwere to ask meis it goingto happen tomorrow or next week, I'd , Probably not,’ Wheatonsaid. “Is it ever going to happen? Probay ssic tY Michelle & Beth Dan J Met Sul Inkster Sophie Gustafson PROVO — Before Thursday's showdown with fourth-ranked Timpview, nothing suggested that Payson could handle the Thunderbirds ‘The fifth-ranked Lions were coming off a crushing defeat against No. 2 Lone Peak, they had already lost to Timpview at home, and now they had totravel to Provo, where the T-Birds hadonlylost twice in five years Perhaps the Paysonp! ers don't dosowell in hi Ty. Kami Massey scored 22 points as the Lions rolled to a 72-58 Region 6 win. Payson“Any coach Dave Hiatt said. time you can come here and win it’s good The win pulled Payson even with Timpview at 6-2 in Region 6play. Both teams trail Lone Peak by two games. But the reward for finishing second in the region might bebittersweet Region 6's second seed most likely will face top-ranked Olympus in the second roundof the playoffs This hurts us pretty bad,” Timpview coach Bar: bara Dickson said. “The only chancewehaveto[finish] first now is to beat Lone Peak and have Payson beat them. But you've got to play Olympus eventually, I guess But Payson finished the lead 34-27 at thehalf. rly in the third quarter Massey put the gameon her own shoulders, scoringeight unanswered points to put theLions up 44-30. ‘Timpviewbattled back be. hind Ruth Donaldson's six points totrim the gap to 5043 entering the fourth The T-Birds clawedwithin 53-49 early in the fourth, but could get no closer thanks to Payson’s Beth Webster Webster had struggled in- points through three quarters, But she went outside for three big jumpers down the stretch. After [Donaldson] blocked so manyof myshots in the first half,” Webster said, “I got really mad and went outside where she couldn't block ine. Donaldson finished with 11 blocks unofficially, but it wasn't enoughto save her'T Birds. ‘Against Lone Peak, we hadareal lull,” Hiatt said I wasn't expectingthis, but webouncedbackrealwell.’ Paya tt 62 eM Timpvew 62) anataMati1Wethae2 12° apieNa eeeae Palos Teal 19 12 cess here over the years,” in thefirst quarter, Payson night, Pu After taking a 12-11 lead SNOWMOBILE YELLOWSTONE Mid-Week Special: 2 Nights 7 Saow Canyon at Dixe,7 pm. N10 Lebiat Union, 7pm Park Gitrat Vint, 7pm 2.4 SOUTH) PascoHernando, Fa wi 2 10, Weatherford, Texas Te $2 1 Kaskaskia I 21 23 12, Beier La 1225 13. Die, Uah| 12333 14 Sehoolraft, Mich 139 99) 15. Remedy King. 16318 18.Saov, Ua ist 16 17 Hutchinson, Kan BS 15 18. Usa Valley Sate wt 19, Mesa CC, Anz 123 11 Allegany, Md 143.10 JUCO Top 25 Women's Poll Thetop25 tears inthe Nationa anorColege Athletic Association women's basketball pol and records through Jan. 18 (Total points are not Sate 1bWeut ay VeA Teas Lestat “ pulled away midway through the second. 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John Daly, looking for hisfirst victory since 1995, fired a 66 thatleft him tied with Bo Van Pelt and Tom Pernice at 9-under, two shots behind Funk.It was Daly's lowest round in almost a year. o —Joes (Northre) 63.135 —Meier | a fall. cole (Skyline! oew— ‘Manel Stylioe, 64 eit | cil would appealto a larger market.” SSIONAL GOLF SCOREBOARD Jean Bartholonien Laura Davi Mardi Luna Jane Geddes Donne PROF - fines resorts [in the Park City area] "While pleasing skiers, a more inclusive ticket presumably would stimu late the industry, too “The fundamental theory is that if you have a trans-areapass, you have a productthat appealsto a larger group Bob HopeChryslerCI Fred Funk ory Compiled by: R.C. Roberg BASKETBALL Salt Lake City 418 E 300 South 328-8777 Authorized Retailer Serre rentorn oity Acton gare. OAC. Se sore fr dels, No dealer. Wie mpg waAphone may vary tom ptr ; Cohandae Wom tr 6 monte nan esbvehon o> 60 warBan SISNO Sar 8. Aawmcanen |
