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Show Recreation siK gait caiit entrant Section C Januan Thursday Morning 23, 9HG 1 10 Page Author Says Youre Skiing All Wrong! 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Hut I'm really he admit ugly. ok at where ski their Inend Just schools are nosv. Intermediate skiers are just aie riot lasing lessons. They " learning from each other Just ss ha I is Distinctive Skiing" and huts dues it ditfer Iriim traditional skiing'' When Tin' lif t l iuiifi u ii Mil) not ices til'll skiing v liill W'-- l I' ih.it I hr s Sts It- is diMllictu r Mr (iursii I .1 Tl like r M l MUir rise I all the equipment raieis jdsertisf Bi Turn W h.irton ibuuc ( Mjiildiii Kilitur 'They hale their elbows and knees bent while keeping a low profile and driving straight down the hill "My sty le is to ski upr lglit. w ith my elbows up from the tup with less knee bending I use my uppir body. Distinctive skiing is a posture thing more than any thing else " West says the benefits ol his style of skiing are many lie says distinctive skiing is safer than the old style and leels as though the graceful movements make a skier look good and leel good The skiing appears to be effortless. "It is a whole lot easier from a physical standpoint." the Californian maintains. "You don't have to have your legs bent all the time. It make it so you can ski all da ; long. I ha , ; slight build, but I can be the first one on the hill and the last one off Jt1' st all the time." Ills book, which costs $19 ha and is available from many local or by writing to the Unique See l 1, Column bjok-store- C-- - s 1 Author Bill West skis upright, with his el- bows oat and his skis close together. He T 'Uw'H Mutt LnMo bf WW1'-- says ski instructors teach people how to be racers, not how to have fun on the slopes. Will Private Development Ruin Canyons As Public Treasure? surrounded by a growing population (have you been to Summit County lately'1) and the numbers of mountain users will also increase There aren't many places in the world where you can take a city bus to the type of recreation and scenery offered in the Wasatch. Hy Craig Hansel! Tribune Spurls Write! . Most people assume the Wasatch Mountains are publie domain ol the INS. Forest Service's Wasatch Na UOnal Forest. When they pass the Natiunal Forest Boundary signs at the mouths of Hig or latlle Cottonwood Canyons, visitors assume all the land behind the signs is National Forest Thai assumpion isn't correct In but. about 15 percent ut the Hi canyon (Big. Little Cottonwood and Miliereek Canvons) area is privatelv , ; . held ' n 'While the Forest Service has fought to protect the area for the benefit of everyone, officials don't have as much say about what happens on , . The vastness of the Wasatch has diminished considerably. Oh. the area is the same but a bicy cle trip to Alta or Brighton just reinforces the idea of how small an area it really is. Then, along comes the Wasatch where runners travel from Fast Lay-toacross the crest of the Wasatch to Midway in 21 hours; the Wasatch shrinks again All it takes is a ski tour to the higher ridges to see just how tight the Wasatch is There isn't enough of it for everyone to have their own cabin site without the mountain values being diminished for all of us. The recreational home sprawl of Alta or Silver Fork is an example of what the canyons cuiild easily become. Tightened Forest Service purse strings have restricted the land acquisition and purchase program which is to put private holdings back into the public domain. One sterling recent success story is the Little Cottonwood Canyon iWite-morc land exproperty) change engineered by The Trust lor Public Lands. Former Salt Lake Mayor Ted Wilson's foresight and the private property 'Anyone who drinks water should be concerned about watershed qualities ut the Wasatch and the area's recreational value increases taster than the booming population Have you ever heard of anyone moving to Utah because it had nice ball diamonds in the city parks? You undoubtedly know ol bilks Iroin Wisconsin. South Carolina or .even Vermont who have moled to Utah for the recreation provided by the Wasatch Mountains " Tu think of Utah's Wasatch as any , thing bul a grand city park is lo ignore an asset at least as valuable as . ibe millions of dollars in rich ore the mountains have provided Utah rnm- ers Soon the Wasatch will be solidly ; . Cali-foinia- . - TPL's expertise have now saved that chunk of Little Cottonwood Canyon from possible homesite construction One limiting factor of canyon development is water. There is a limited supply of unused water and that has slowed development. However as long as the large tracts of private land exist (Scott Hill and Cardiff Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon, the top of Miliereek Canyon, much of Albion Basin. Grizzly Gulch, even Baldy Shoulder at Alta) hikers and skiers should realize they are borrowing their recreation front someone else who is paying the taxes. With the resurgence of the Save our Canyons Committee. Utahns should give some thought to what they want irum the shrinking range. Cross country skiers have longed for a corridor trail up Big Cottonwood Canyon from Cardiff Fork to Silver Lake or a route from Alta to Pine trailhead in the White Pine-HeLittle Cottonwood Canyon. The Big Cottonwood Canyon route is made mure difficult by development at Silver Fork and the Solitude Ski Resort Little Cottonwood's route is cluttered with homesite and road development at Alta and Snowbird. With parking space at a premium in the canyons, which results in canyon closures during peak visitation periods now for lack of parking. is impressive Ctah's canyon-interes- t and now is the time for decisions affecting the future. d e 400-acr- Tribune Mop t A major misconcepti n about the canyons of Salt Lake is that its all Forest mv HORIjED fcffcYiEfl .... v, you' 1,Mhei X ..,11 rust llUt...s ' Dennis Service land, a public playground. Actual-eas- t ly, 15 percent of the land is privately held. t (''W A J ,r ,,iitvJndJ,t .inT'"1'1 mon-- . 1 " '"I ' ine ,10;ever yi J c t.,, Mu stwl Your Choice Ihc"' ''''' ... LIZARD ELEPHANT SNAKE t yp VlUt ' v ' 111 u' T f. fl ' Slight irregulars which do not affect ' sera (0)1 CORD VIDEO 8 AF MOVIEMAKER CAM CAMCORDER CAMCORDER IM fit, comfort or wear!i CAMCORDER , ? 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