| Show 14 - The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday June 6 1982 It’s like skiing on snowcones - When SNOWBIRD Utah (UPI) school lets out and the sun gets hot Utahns begin serious pursuit of summer sports: swimming golf tennis fishing boating — and alpine skiing The high mountains of Utah have always offered cross country skiing well into July But until this year alpine skiing at developed resorts ended around the first of May Snowbird Resort half an hour east of Salt Lake City in Little Cottonwood r summer Canyon opened its season on the Memorial Day weekend The season is expected to run through June 20 and maybe longer if the snow lasts Only two other spots in the United States — Mount Hood in Oregon and first-eve- Hours: Monday - Friday Saturday 1 Mammoth in California — offer skiing into June On the first day of the new season more than NO people lined up at Snowbird’s aerial tram for one more trip to the mountain said resort spokesman Packy at Snowbird ride the tram back down to the base at the end of the day The other option is to ski down slopes below the open area taking unpatrolled runs with skimpy snow cover to the lodge Lifts on Snowbird’s lower slopes shut down after the first weekend in May Longellow d The tram carried the skiers to Quickly thereafter rocks trees and dirt 11000-foHidden Peak From there they began to show through on the lower swoshed 1600 feet down into Little Cloud slopes Even the snow in the open area which Bowl a glacial basin served by one includes the Upper Gad Valley is not chairlift The Little Cloud area is sheltered by tall protected from all the effects of the peaks and generally retains some snow changing seasons It melts during the day d cover It had eight feet of snow and tends to freeze at night producing a on Memorial Day skiing surface somewhat like a frozen The lift hauls skiers almost up to tram snowcone — a condition sometimes called station But they face an uphill hike of a corn snow Skiers who believe the whole point of the couple of hundred yards if they want to die-har- ot year-roun- sport is to get to the bottom as fast as d possible raved about the snow which was slippery and fast However it presented control problems for less advanced skiers who were used to more forgiving slopes and the softer snow of winter Longfellow said the idea of a summer ski season has been kicked around for several years at Snowbird He said the resort had to scrap the season last year because a winter drought limited snowfall for the season to 343 inches compared with an average of 4N inches But the 1981-8-2 winter’s snowfall totaled 700 inches an e record Three inches of snow fell the day before Snowbird began its summer season on May 29 hard-packe- all-tim- The resort hopes to have a summer season every year running it in conjunction with training camps for professional skiers and other events which can be combined to turn a profit Longfellow' said Snowbird's average snowfall is enough to keep the Little Cloud area open into June “We weren't sure quite what to expect" Longefllow said “But the response has been fantastic” On the opening day skiers who arrived after 8 am found themselves waiting half an hour to purchase a lift ticket at the single window selling the passes "I think we’re going to need a second window” Longfellow said as he watched the line grow steadily longer 09 10-- 6 OPEN SUNDAY 12-- 5 LoganOgdenLayton Hills 'dj v hp I teg- - H: i: r & ”0f ' f ? i I EH &- - FEATURING GREAT NAMES AT GREAT PRICES NORMANDEE ROSE A BYER SMART PARTS BRITTANIA A SMILE INDIA GARMENTS SWEET STUFF The biggest junior pant sale of the season All current best selling styles from our regular stock Come see bur tremendous selection casual pants novelty pants dress pants plus some terrific skirt looks All junior sizes summer colors The Cube l I t |
