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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter ORO ead — oe. When you are.a skier, invariably someone who knows you distantly will feel the urge to get you a “ski gift.” Over the years these | : — gifts have varied from the bear trap like Ski Tote, Cat-Tracks By John D. Hall . (designed to give deck skiers the grip they need to navigate the A pre- Halloween storm blessed the Wasatch with streets of Vail), and king of all useless ski crap, the suffocating neo- _ Dans Alta "ta WileDay Gotohat date) ja maybe 3 feet of the white stuff up at Alta. For some of ene Ski Masque. This year we can add useless ski & sports CD- us here in Salt Lake, it was time to dust off the skis, put ms to the list. Cylogic (206-283-8800) is the company to blame them in the tack, and head up-to the top end of Little : the is $19.95 gift that is sure to fill Jnany an unsuspecting skier’s | just Alta.Ski Lifts 801-742-3333 BN Cottonwood. Sunday 27th was such a day for ; this dude. And miraculously, to prove that you can eat your cake and have it too, the storm clouds NOW that were Te responsible for the 3 feet had cleared out making way for sunshine It was skies. blue and Wildcat base up at Alta was already half-full with 4 | a oo down its elegant 4 a CaSe@ Os eee ea trick-or-treat up at Alta on intuitive interface. You can set later you will have to look at the damn maps they put in this thing. Apparently the kids in Pas sa the art department at Cylogic borrowed someone’s ancient ‘ course there was the usual “kicker” directly above the hand scanner, and attempted to digitize well used and faded ski Corkscrew run built and being utilized by snowboard- maps. The trail designations:4j fecikreadable, and in some maps you ers, who were getting the goods at Alta while they still could. The wind was doing a number on Warinup, Punch Dawe and Galiaom, <a 4 lobied ie fic Gee ae Sicini ty Pee S16 et Cenn Face wolidee ae call. And anyway, a lot of the stuff off of the HT’ was | already graced with s-turns. Just goes to show that the Can see the creases. Perhaps 4 ators were designing with their hearts in the right place, and.they decided to use very low resolution images to preserve RAM. Unfortunately the scans are too awful to view clearnly even on our huge, high resolution minitors; those with baby monitors (under 20”) would really have a tough time. We had a bit of a thrill first time through looking at our favorite mountains trail maps, and eyeing mountains we lon ed teto visit. Sadly or = - So I dropped my. line in the trees near Sunspot and. the lived...dbout.-iai early bird gets the worm, especially now in the Wasatch. . piness Ce ie ‘ : {[-- one you os : $27 | : ee i s eG ighton Ss RESORT | as, | Brighton’s Snow Report Number 801-943-8309 Number of lifts operating Base Depth Cost of an all day ticket | Rae) Les heart of American skiing + Gas ~The or oe er OW 4 he -649- 8111 SP skiing AND sriowboarding! 1 shouldn’t | Nuraper of Lifts Open Jupiter Total good that it deserved another round. Afterwards, I made ~SKling pals. If you Full Day tracks to Blackjack, and it didn’t dissappoint. The pow need to give some greeted my fellow early season rippers when I arrived back at my car. It was truly a case of trick-or-treat up at ‘mlb steal File, cine yatcheting screw goggles. eae scnale ungle Juices offers d health for Oe SO [ea] Rica er choice for good WwW. 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May it be this. good all griver, and pointer loagt | can’t beat ckrds, topped with etc ee gilts to a skier, try: Alta on Sunday. The trick was finding an untracked line, [ey Pane — www.skibrighton.com : r > the faceshots were there in good proportion. It was so -foist off on your through the trees was fat, and a frozen grin on my face | es powder was epic. With. the exception of bottoming out a- hour. This gift “is\}~-~ ~ ~~ few times on some rocks, the untracked was light and i a < -your PC wallpaper, screen saver, or automatic slide show. Unfortunately sooner or 3 ee ees: ei : the Ski Area Screen Saver as : pee Cost of an all area adult ticket have designed a thoughtful and . : | Sunday. Oe a would spin. To Cylogic’s cred- of I td = it the install is flawless. They : skinned up and headed for the top of Germania . Of Ld | saver : face. But all, or so I told myself. truly “It was Alta’s a big mountain and there would be plenty for Ue : 10:30 am.. Dissappointment Alfs. High revealed more than a few lines weaving ' el gexxxn glance up at Palen Wuseonuecsese) loaded it up as fast as the CD wheel drive vehicles by the time I pulled in there at | came when a Li Th. good! looking ae - ea ae } Fark City Avalanche/Weather Info: | 649.2250 SKI UTAH Snow Report: 521.8102 UDOT Road Conditions: 964.6000 : ; ARE US Navy Exact Time: 1.900.410.TIME Weather: 575.7669 |