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Show B-2 Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 8-10, 2020 The Park Record Brothers will fly at Youth Olympics rec report Fagan twins ready for next step in ski careers PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City Mountain Resort is open. For information on upcoming events, go to parkcitymountain.com or call 435-649-8111. DEER VALLEY RESORT ANTONIO OLIVERO Deer Valley Resort is open. For information on upcoming activities, Summit Daily News go to deervalley.com or call 435-649-1000. In a youth sporting ecosystem rife with club teams and coaches, identical twins Kiernan and Deven Fagan were effectively each other’s coaches through childhood. Their freeskiing textbook was YouTube. And their practice ground was the backyard trampoline. Back at their family’s home in Brownfield, Maine, the boys watched clips of their favorite American freeski stars, like Bobby Brown of Breckenridge and Tom Wallisch. They’d then go PARK CITY GOLF COURSE The Park City Golf Club is open for the season, but pending weather restrictions could be closed. For information and tee times, call 435615-5800. WOODWARD PARK CITY Woodward Park City is open. The campus features a 126-acre winter terrain park and 66,000-square foot indoor facility open 365 days a year. For more information, call 530-386-7407. outside to their trampoline and reenact the moves to the best of their abilities, dreaming of the World Cup and Youth Olympic stages they are now on as 17-year-old members of the U.S freeski program. “I got them into competing,” their mother Erika said, “because I wanted them to compete against other people and not just each other, because they are competitive in all things. I was like, ‘You’ve got to compete against other people.’” The twins’ brotherly love for park freeskiing led them to the biggest stage on which they could hone their skills together near their home: Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine. There they took the tricks they taught each other on the trampoline to the biggest jumps Sunday River had. UTAH OLYMPIC PARK The Utah Olympic Park’s winter programming with bobsled rides, extreme tubing, use of the drop tower and more are available. For a complete list of activities, hours and rates, visit utaholympiclegacy. org. BASIN RECREATION Basin Recreation sustains a busy trail maintenance schedule during the winter months, grooming over 21 miles of trails for cross country skiing, walking, biking, and more. A grooming report can be found at basinrecreation.org. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Matt Wagoner, at matt@basinrecreation.org. MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION The Mountain Trails Foundation maintains trails around Park City, including Round Valley. For trail information, maps and conditions, go to mountaintrails.org. UINTA-WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. For information, visit fs.usda. gov/uwcnf for more information. ROAD STATUS Wolf Creek Pass, Guardsman Pass and the Mirror Lake Highway are closed for the season. For more info, go to fs.usda.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. For more information on seasonal road closures go to udottraffic.utah.gov. STATE PARKS AND RESERVOIRS COURTESY OF FAGAN FAMILY For information such as water temperature and current conditions Identical twins Kiernan, left, and Deven Fagan pose for a picture with their mom Erika at the U.S. Olympic Team’s Center of Excellence in Park City during a rookie camp for U.S. Freestyle Ski Team members. at Jordanelle and Rockport state parks, visit stateparks.utah.gov. For information on the Echo Reservoir, call 435-336-2247. The COURTESY OF FAGAN FAMILY Kiernan and Deven Fagan synchronize their slopestyle jumps during a training camp at Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Kiernan will compete in the men’s freeski slopestyle medal round at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games while Deven is listed as first alternate. Back at their home in Brownfield, the twins’ father, Patrick, used his snowplow to build jumps. On the nearby field, the family used PVC piping and plywood to build homemade rails and boxes to practice the kind of jib tricks for which the boys admired stars like Brown. “We just started progressing so much every day and trying new stuff every time we’d go out there,” Kiernan said. Before the family decided to make the move from Maine to Summit County a few years back, the then 11-year-old twins got the chance to watch Brown at a competition at Sunday River. It was around that time that Patrick and Erika decided it would be best to have Deven and Kiernan compete out west at top youth competitions, like the USASA Nationals at Copper Mountain Resort. During this transition from smaller competitions in Maine to bigger youth competitions, the boys say they still were each other’s coaches. Yes, they attended the Windells ski camp out of Oregon, but until Kiernan was selected to the U.S. slopestyle and big air pro team in May and Deven was selected to the rookie team, they say they were each other’s coaches. That includes a couple year’s back when Deven won his age group at USASA Nations and Kiernan took third. It was then the Fagan family realized a full-time move to Frisco was in order to make the most of the opportunity the twins had earned for themselves. “When they got to these other comps, they always wanted to win,” Erika said. “But they really wanted to beat each other. ‘Who got it dialed first? Who had the better trick?’ That’s just every day. They’ve pushed each other Weather Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Jan. 6 Temperatures: WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Cloudy and colder with a bit of snow Mostly cloudy with snow showers Partly sunny and cold Cloudy with a couple of snow showers Cold with snow Winds: WSW 6-12 mph Winds: WSW 6-12 mph Winds: NW 4-8 mph Winds: WNW 4-8 mph Winds: SSW 6-12 mph 33°/23° 30°/16° 23°/12° 29°/17° 25°/12° High for the week ................................ 40° Low for the week ................................... 3° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.68” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Ogden 38/29 Elko 40/27 Salt Lake City 40/31 SUN AND MOON Sunrise 7:50 a.m. ......... 7:50 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... Sunset 5:15 p.m. 5:16 p.m. 5:17 p.m. 5:18 p.m. 5:20 p.m. Moonrise Wednesday ...... 3:29 p.m. ......... Thursday .......... 4:21 p.m. ......... Friday ............... 5:22 p.m. ......... Saturday .......... 6:31 p.m. ......... Sunday ............ 7:43 p.m. ......... Moonset 5:45 a.m. 6:49 a.m. 7:48 a.m. 8:42 a.m. 9:29 a.m. Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Last New Craig 30/13 Park City Provo 40/26 Price 27/16 Ely 38/18 Richfield 41/22 Moab 31/21 Cedar City 45/24 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 45/14 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 24 Grand Junction 30/19 Farmington 47/23 Page 41/29 First Aspen 37/12 Cortez 45/20 St. George 54/32 MOON PHASES Full Evanston 30/18 33/23 Wendover 42/27 Feb 1 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 39 12 sf -6 -11 pc 60 38 s 44 22 s 44 21 sf 29 13 sf 58 31 s 24 21 pc 39 27 s 30 20 sf 34 22 s 64 54 s 59 25 pc A couple of weather systems will cross the region over the next couple of days resulting in intermittent snow. Most areas across Utah will have an inch or less, although a few spots across the north can pick up a few inches. Snow can accumulate 3-6 inches across the high ground of western Wyoming. Most areas will be dry Friday. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 32/23 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. The higher the AccuWeather UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Shown is the highest value for each day. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 High; 11+ Extreme. and pushed each other and pushed each other.” Now living in Frisco full time after several years of seasonal residency, Kiernan and Deven are skiing with the heaviest of international hitters on the World Cup scene. Kiernan earned his way onto the pro team for 201920, alongside accomplished names like Olympic medalist Nick Goepper, thanks to multiple podiums in FIS World Cup competitions last season. And Deven earned a spot on the U.S. Rookie Team after winning the Nor-Am Cup last season and finishing in third and fifth in big air and slopestyle, respectively, at last spring’s FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Sweden. Come Jan. 19 — a day after they turn 18 — Kiernan will compete in the men’s freeski slopestyle medal round at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Laussane, Switzerland, on the heels of a World Cup this week in France with Deven. Deven also might compete in Laussane, as he is the first alternate for the U.S. team. When in Switzerland, the boys will have double-cork 1620s as their go-to tricks in both slopestyle and big air. They also say they are feeling good about their both-way triple corks in the competitions. These are tricks they say they honed together as a twosome, from the backyard trampoline in Maine to leaning on the bigger competition stages and jumps in Colorado. And now with the elite coaching of the U.S. program, who knows what the future holds with the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games on the horizon. “And we still coach and push each other now,” Kiernan said. “Till this day, we are doing the same thing.” City Aspen Boulder Butte Colorado Springs Elko Ely Evanston Flagstaff Gallup Grand Canyon Grand Junction Gunnison Idaho Falls Jackson Hole Mesquite Missoula Ogden Page Pocatello Provo Pueblo Reno Rexburg St. George Salt Lake City Spokane Sun Valley Tahoe Twin Falls Yellowstone Wednesday Hi Lo W 37 12 pc 57 29 s 35 15 sn 56 27 s 40 27 sf 38 18 c 30 18 sn 43 19 pc 49 16 pc 45 14 pc 30 19 pc 22 -4 pc 31 24 sn 30 19 sn 56 34 pc 38 24 sn 38 29 c 41 29 s 37 28 sn 40 26 c 61 26 s 48 30 pc 31 23 sn 54 32 s 40 31 c 40 27 pc 33 15 sn 39 23 pc 38 27 sn 25 11 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 28 13 sf 43 27 pc 26 7 c 44 21 pc 40 18 sf 37 11 sf 26 11 sf 36 16 sn 42 21 c 39 15 sn 31 21 c 21 2 sf 27 6 c 26 3 sf 52 31 pc 30 17 sf 37 22 sf 43 27 sn 33 18 c 39 23 sf 51 21 pc 46 24 c 27 7 c 50 29 c 40 26 sf 36 24 pc 29 5 pc 38 18 sf 34 20 c 19 -2 sf Interstate 80: Patchy fog during the morning will slow travel. Occasional light snow can cause slick spots. US-40: Patchy fog during the morning will slow travel. Occasional light snow can cause slick spots. TRAVELERS FORECAST Occasional snow today and tonight will not accumulate much, but it can cause slick spots. Foggy areas during the morning can also slow travel. Light snow at times again Thursday; watch for slippery spots. WEATHER HISTORY The temperature stayed below zero in New York City for an entire day only once--on Jan. 8, 1859. During the same cold snap, Toronto had its lowest January temperature ever with a low of 27 degrees below zero on Jan. 10. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 28 24 pc 0 -8 pc 61 51 pc 37 27 s 32 28 pc 35 34 c 55 42 pc 48 42 r 55 47 pc 45 43 pc 48 44 pc 70 62 sh 44 22 pc City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Hi Lo W 34 30 pc 28 19 pc 45 22 s 68 58 pc 82 72 sh 60 39 pc 66 46 s 76 69 pc 15 14 c 53 37 s 65 56 s 41 23 sf 54 32 s Thursday Hi Lo W 51 23 c 42 40 r 37 28 s 77 66 sh 80 71 sh 56 40 pc 62 43 s 78 73 pc 37 16 pc 45 39 s 75 66 c 34 32 pc 44 35 s City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Wednesday Hi Lo W 60 48 pc 69 54 s 42 21 pc 68 43 pc 31 16 sf 42 20 sf 47 40 s 69 58 pc 65 52 s 57 50 pc 45 37 sh 68 55 s 46 25 s Thursday Hi Lo W 65 52 c 77 65 pc 35 28 s 63 43 s 41 37 pc 34 24 pc 58 53 r 76 63 sh 64 47 pc 58 42 sh 43 38 c 76 65 pc 40 32 c City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 67 59 pc 95 77 pc 86 78 pc 43 20 pc 47 43 r 87 73 s 46 37 c 47 46 r 75 66 s 46 42 c 54 48 c 29 3 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 69 58 pc 94 77 pc 86 78 s 40 21 pc 51 45 r 83 68 t 45 34 c 51 44 r 71 67 pc 45 38 r 54 40 r 10 8 pc City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 33 29 c 45 31 s 56 49 c 87 79 t 58 34 s 85 76 pc 40 22 pc 77 69 pc 58 49 r 26 11 sn 41 39 c 40 36 r Thursday Hi Lo W 37 30 sn 36 26 c 55 42 r 86 79 t 57 36 s 84 76 sh 37 21 s 76 70 pc P 57 42 s j 32 29 c i 44 41 c o 48 36 c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. f |