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Show -- yV-r-y TTrt T"TT fryrt T'rr f r yy rnutYt r- - Thejialt Lake Tribune, Area Recreation Roundup Here Is o roundup of recreation nes from oround Utoh and ttie Inter mountain area it you have on item you would like Published, write to Recreation Editor, P 0. Bok 867, Salt Luke City, Utah 84110 or call 2372070. Running News The last running event ot the year is the Beat The New Yeor Run on New Year's Eve. The race starts at 1 1:15 p.m. and the idea Is to pass the finish line of the five-milevent betore the new year. Entry tee is 55 on the day ot the race, for Intoi motion, contact the Wasatch Runner-Sports Utah. Downhill Skj Races The Beaver Mountain Ski Area In Logan Canyon will host Its Revognah race Wednesday at 10 a.m. For more call Deer Valley will host a Coca-Col- a Cup ski race on 3an. 4. For Intormation, call , . Park West will host a U.S. Ski Association Recreational Racing ries Event on Jan. Se- 4. For Information, call ParkWest will host on Equitable Family Ski Challenge Race on Jan. 5. For In- formation, call The USSA Western Regional Giant Slalom Races ore scheduled Jon. 5 to i Jan. 8 In Park City. For Information, coll i it Wosatch Telemark Skiing The next race on the Subaru Wasatch I ifelemork Series racing schedule Is the I ;Mork Miller Suboru Showdown sched-- i juled Jan. 5 at 10 a.m. at Park City- - Race-iSa- y registration runs from 8 to 9 a.m. fee is 57 for USSA members and i 58 for nonmenbers, which Includes a dls-- 4 lift count ticket ond party. For more In- tfprmation, call ' YMCA Kid's New Year's ' l The YMCAs Community Youth De- ; pai Tment at 737 E. 200 South Is hosting a 4New Year's Eve Kids Night Out party trpm 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. 4 , Wednesday. The event Is designed for jyghildren oges 6 through 11 to have a I chance to spend the night at the YMCA I playing games, making arts ond crafts, swimming ond watching movies. For j r registration Information, call the YMCA i t , at i ,;. . A Class g class will be held at the j 'Butler Middle School starting Jan. 23 and i4 will runIs for eight Thursdays. Cost of the jdass 515 a person, plus materials and J -- tools. For Information, coll Rick Peter-- t 1 son at or Phil Esllnger at 942-- 4 7609. - " Sierra Club Telemark Classes The Sierra Club Is ottering telemark t 'lessons fought by Jimmy Katz. The les- 'sons will be two hours long, given to groups of four to six students and taught on the lifts at the ParkWest resorts. Cost Is 520 per lesson, not Including the lift 'ticket. For Information, contact Katz at - ' T ' YMCA Ski School The Greater Salt Lake YMCA Ski School will begin Jan. 4 and will be held at Solitude. The price Includes transportation from vorlous points around Salt Loke City to Solitude, hot lunch, holf-dolltt ticket and o ski lesson. The school 1s for oges 6 to adult and for beginners to odvonced skiers. For Information, coll ttre YMCA at Youth Indoor Soccer The Salt Lake County Recreation Deportment Is look Ing tor youth Indoor soccer teoms 14 and under, 12 ond under, 10 and under and I ond under to play In leagues throughout me valley. Play be3 gins Jan. 2. For Intormation, coll ond ask tor Mike Klllpock. Adult Indoor Soccer The Solt Lake County Recreation Deportment Is organizing an adult Indoor soccer league to be ployed Wednesday nights at Bennlon Junior High School. For Information, coll Fred Tamogawo at Natural History Lecture The first lecture In me Utah Museum of Natural History's lecture series on me Wasatch Front Is scheduled Jan. 6 ot 7:30 p.m. at Highland High School. Cost Is 53 per lecture or 520 for me entire series. Kenneth Eble will present the first lecture. It Is called "Wandering me Wasatch." For Intormation, contact me Utoh Museum of Naturol History. Snowmobile Tour The Solt Lake Valley Snowmobile Club has a trail ride scheduled Jan. 4 In me Strawberry area. For Information, contact Russell Elloson at Hardware Ronch Sleigh Rides Sleigh rides are scheduled at the Hardware Ronch Elk Refuge near Hyrum In January and February to view o herd of wintering elk. Hours for the free tours ore 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday ond 10 a.m, to 4 p.m. on me weekends. For snow conditions, call Brion Head Celebration The Brion Head Ski Area will have fireworks and a torchlight parade on me hill on Jon. 5. For Information, call Julie Amsden at Snowbird New Year's Snowbird will ring out the old yeor wim a fireworks display Tuesday at 9 p.m. which Is best viewed from me Plaza Deck of me mountain sides of lodges. Wyoming Big Gome Applications The Wyoming Game ond Fish Department says now Is me time to start making preparation for that state's 1986 who wish hunting season. to apply for 1986 hunts must make applications for elk between now and Feb. 1. Those who wish to hunt deer and antelope must apply between now and March 15. For application booklets, write to Wyoming Fish ond Game Deportment, Information Section, Cheyenne, Wyo. 82002. Bicycle Tour The Bonneville Bicycle Touring Club's annual Polar Bear Club ride Is scheduled Jan. 4. Meet at 10 a.m. at me Three Fountains Clubhouse at 900 E. 4950 South. For Information, contact Ted Bochman at Thursday, December 26, 1985 B23 Ski Outing Makes the Spirit Come Alive Again BRIGHTON The afternoon fog in the valley seemed to get heavier by the second as we made our way up Big Cottonwood Canyon for a holiday world is a joyous experience. Then, when night skiing, there is the quiet. Gliding from light to light away from the lift at Brighton's Dick Knight run and having it all to yourself, it's possible to experience almost total quiet. There's also the chance to visit on the lift with friends you may see only once a year. The season and the setting lend themselves to open converto try the sport. After eight miserable runs, where I fell off the chair and sations, especially on those long and crashed down the exit ramp each cold lift rides back to the top of the time I tried to get off the lifts and mountain. In the hustle and bustle of bounced from tree to tree like some the holiday season, moments to enjoy a quiet conversation with sort of crazed pinball, I wasn't cera friend are a rare treat. tain I'd ever try the sport again. Holiday skiing can be a bit of a hasYet, in analyzing why a ski trip apsle. During the days between ChristI so to over the holidays, many peals mas and New Years, when figured out why I return to the slopes skifly into Utah by the dozens, limited to after my put year year lift lines can develop on some of long to test. the ing skills the more popular runs. You may be is of the First all, there simple joy forced to walk a ways from the parkof escaping the fog in the valley and lot to the ski hill. into Utah's spectacular ing to someone getting with an open mind Yet, mountain country. Whether you are a and such days can nature, world of on the friendly down the looking top from Altas Supreme lift, enjoying a provide a chance to meet some very interesting folks. There was the faview of the Ogden Valley from the ther from Orlando, for example, who at down of or Snowbasin looking top used the nearly empty slopes at all of southern Utahs red rock counvantage point Brighton to teach his son how to ski. try from the 11,000-foat Brian Head, just being on the top of The kid looked no more awkward than I did on that same slope not that a mountain looking down on an alpine skiing trip. Despite the festive season, the fog and all the holiday hassles had everyone in the van in less than fine moods. Then, the late afternoon sky suddenly changed from a dingy gray to a slate blue. Moments later, almost as quickly, the sky turned bright blue. It was like going from purgatory to heaven in one split second. Below, the valley looked like a giant desert. Logic dictated that there had to be buildings down there, but it was like looking at a scene near Simpson Springs or on the salt flats. That somehow didn't matter on this first downhill ski trip of the season. We were above the clouds now and our spirits soared. Despite expectations that Brighton would be crowded on the Friday night before Christmas, there were only about a dozen cars in the parking lot. The lighted slopes were so uncrowded that it was like having your own private ski resort. It was almost six years to the day that I went on my first downhill skiing trip on these same runs. My brother had convinced me that it was time one-on-o- ot i:w,'.iwrw;i?-YiWJikui- many years ago. "Theres a lot of folks from here heading to Orlando for the Citrus Bowl, I told the man. Yes," he smiled. "That's why we came here early. I bought my tickets a few weeks ago." At the more expensive ski areas, just watching the people can be an interesting pastime. As I sit In a lodge in wool knickers and an old, battle-scarre- d brown parka and look at people wearing ski clothes that cost more than all the clothing I own, I can only smile and wonder where they get all their money, Its interesting to listen to the accents you'll hear on the slopes or to run into a friend you havent seen for years. At Alta Sunday, two Seattle residents were surprised to meet each other on the slopes. They hadnt seen each other in years. There were New England accents, southern accents and even a few foreign languages could be heard. The best thing, though, is getting up out of the fog and Into the sun, if only for an afternoon. The warmth of the weather somehow makes it easier to have a warm feeling for others. The clear, blue skies lift the spirit. A skier wouldn't trade places with anyone in the world on a fine winter day. SOUNDSPECIALIS -i Amitsueishi 14 inch COLOR TELEVISION Cable-Compatib- le 139-Chann- el, Tabletop Styling Diamond Vision Tube Full-Squa- re $329. 20 inch COLOR MONITOR RECEIVER With Remote STEREOSAP Reception Video Inputs Outputs Channel-Memor- y Scan Sound If Cable-Compatib- le 2b incn 51 7 I COLOR CONSOLE With Remote television $1099. Display On-Scre- en A STEREOSAP Reception Separate Bass & Treble Controls Sound Oak Venner Wood Cabinet Tribune Staff Photo by Tom Whorton Pick Bailey and Joelle Buffa scan the skies of Parleys Gulch jjfrr flying objects during the Audubon Societys bird count. Four-Hea-d A or Two-Hea- d Video Christmas Bird Count Continued From first experience 2 Rifes second Christmas bird count. The other was spent in Michi-- ; gag, where the numbers participating Wife much larger. i:i)ick Bailey, who said he has been boil' watching for years, joined the had not'group at Parleys Gulch and hin but good things to say about his 6 iAnlelope Relocated ; : ; Special to :::ANGUITCII Wireless Remote on a Christmas bird The Tribune The Division - of iftjjdlife Resources recently moved iljdjintelope from the large Parker Maintain herd to jn area south of Ytrnal and to another area north of Rjinksville on the San Rafael Desert. Antelope where once native in the jiiijns Valley area of Parker Mountain, The swift, graceful animals Jtppe reintroduced into the area in 1375. after their disappearance there ut Che late 19th century. handful of antelope have migrated from the Johns Valley into the Pknguitch Valley. DWR Conservation officer Norm McKee said the t DAY ft is hoping to work out an agree-munwith the Bureau of Land and local landowners to esa tablish herd in the Panguilch area ur December lDHti According to McKee, antelope gi.iic on sage and do not compete for for gfas'ses which are critical live-SM- 1 "Its about what expected," he said. "I've done enough chasing around for birds that you can kind of build in your mind what this would be like. I've always read about it and wanted to do it. Just getting outside during the winter months is fun. When you've spent 40 years behind a desk, something like this is pure enjoyment." The group met on Dec. 18 at the Museum of Natural History to see Buffas slide show on general identification hints. Sorensen went over some of the specimens expected to be seen. And Bruce Heath passed out a computer printout on the past 10 years of the Salt Lake Count as well as a checklist for the bird watchers. 16 Presets 4 Event 14 Day Prog. 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