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Show . a et : dca ee Ww NEW | Last season we reported on- and unpretentious value offered at Wolf Mountain. A year later the ski area has purchased a facelift, with terrain and high-tech grooming equipment providing the most radical in snowboard topography. The laidback character of the mountain is still a rarity even on weekends. The shorter of the new chair- for this the main lot seems lift SWEETEN THE POT like remains questionable.but when the lots do fill up, the parking hassle inherent with ski areas will be lessened considerably by this lift. | : The an anomaly at Wolf Mountain, there is still plenty of impetus for traditional two-plankers. An active junior racing program cranks out future Olympic hopefuls. The mountain is host to several alpine, telemark, and freestyle competitions throughout the year. The ski school is led by Holly Flanders, a decorated U.S. Ski Team racer who also offers the Women’s Alpine Ski Advantage workshops. And while much of the powder skiing at Wolf is hidden in extremely tight trees more conducive to shorter snowboards, an alert pilot snow condition” lift, connects the adequate for the current skier traffic, necessity TERRAIN for the rest of the mountain: steep enough for any rider or unchanged, however, and lift lines are the LIFTS AND “ The terrain on this . new peak is a match two new quad chairs expanding the lower parking lot with mountain. As the upper TAIN by David Peck | Saddleback lift is eminently more useful, opening a whole new peak of Before this season Wolf gladed skiing. Not as fast as detachMountain was a snowboarder’s only able high-speed quads, the uphill friend in Park City; the slow leak of capacity of this Graventa C Tech acceptance at other areas is a thriving chairlift | gusher at Wolf. The nonetheless natural terrain is provides ample pericct for. Tree “access to .the riding, with rolls fresh tracks on and undulations that Viper and Elk beg to be jumped. Glade. The terLike Pam Anderson, rain on this new the Wolf Mountain peak is a match grooming crew has for the rest of augmented nature’s the mountain: perfection, in this steep enough case by building the for any rider or snow condition, but best snowboard park in the state. The _low on the pucker factor. The backPipe Dragon, a unique grooming tool country terrain serviced by this lift is dragged behind a snowcat, creates a another matter, with sustained pitches perfectly-contoured half-pipe where a matching almost anything in the huge majority of the freestyle riders Wasatch. Logistically, Saddleback congregate. There are also various 1S reminiscent of Park jumps, embankments, and a huge City’s Jupiter. quarter-pipe wall, making the front Bowl, requirside of the mountain resemble a ing three lifts frozen moonscape. At any given time to reach the dozens of riders are hurling and consummit. _torting their bodies in the snowboard Once you trick du jour, while the pulsating beat arrive, howof hip-hop and reggae emanating ever, you'll from the base lodge adds energy to have the tree the scene. shots all to Though at times a skier might feel yourself. the fun terrain, nonexistent lift lines, lifts, the Red Hawk F on 210’s can find fresh tracks a week — after the storm. Another intriguing aspect of Wolf Mountain is the origin of its trail names. At first glance they seem a little eclectic, with runs named “Pygmy Rabbit,’ “Big Eared Bat,” and “Noonday Snail.” Read a little deeper into the trail map, however, and you will learn that all the monikers are dedicated to endangered or threatened animal species. It makes for both educational and disturbing reading to see sixty-plus trails: that each represent an animal species that could soon be a memory. 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