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Show B-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 29-March 3, 2020 The Park Record Rev Tour returns to Park City rec report Event will feature next generation of winter athletes 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 RYAN KOSTECKA Deer Valley Resort is open. For information on upcoming activities, The Park Record go to deervalley.com or call 435-649-1000. The next generation of winter sport athletes will test their limits beginning on Monday when they compete at the U.S. 2020 Revolution Tour Park City. The four-day event, hosted by Woodward Park City, will see athletes competing in halfpipe, slopestyle, snowboard cross and big air. The stop at Woodward Park City is the final stop on the Revolution Tour, giving the event up in the mountains a certain amount of flair. “This event will be a little different than the other stops that the Revolution Tour has had throughout the season,” said Sarah Emery, event manager for U.S. Ski and Snowboard. “Being the final stop, we will be crowning the overall champions of the tour at the conclusion of the events on Friday. And then on top of everything else, we get to host this event in our backyard, so it’s definitely something that just means a bit more to us, the athletes and of course the fans.” For athletes looking to take that next step in their careers to World Cups, the X Games and the Dew Tour, the Revolution PARK CITY GOLF COURSE The Park City Golf Club is closed for the season. For information and tee times, call 435-615-5800. 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. 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 CHIP PROULX/U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD Red Gerard, 2018 Olympic gold medalist, of the U.S. Pro Slopestyle snowboarding team gets in a practice run at Woodward Park City earlier this year. Woodward Park City is serving as host of the 2020 U.S. Revolution Tour’s final stop for the season. Tour serves as that stepping stone. The Rev Tour is considered to be on the same level as the Continental Cup in regards to FIS points — thus allowing competitors who do well to collect points in hopes of making the World Cup event tour, or even make a name for themselves to generate sponsors and become noticed by the X Games selection committee. “What makes this pretty special is that this event brings an international field where the level of the riders is just below those who make are looking to make the world cup teams,” said Miller. “This event, and tour, is definitely used as a platform for the athletes to really build their profiles and give them opportunities to become household names.” For Team USA, those competing will be the rookie teams for freestyle skiing in halfpipe and slopestyle, as well as the rookie halfpipe and rook- 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 For information such as water temperature and current conditions AUSTIN TUCKER/U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD at Jordanelle and Rockport state parks, visit stateparks.utah.gov. For An overhead view of Woodward Park City, the site of the 2020 U.S. Revolution Tour’s final stop for the season. The competition is slated to begin Monday and end on Friday, when the tour will crown its individual winners from the season. information on the Echo Reservoir, call 435-336-2247. The Weather Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 REGIONAL FORECAST FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC Park City statistics for the week ending Feb. 27 SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Mostly cloudy; snow at night Colder with wet snow, accumulating 3-6” Partly sunny and cold Mostly cloudy Clouds yielding to sun Winds: SSW 7-14 mph Winds: SSW 7-14 mph Winds: NNW 4-8 mph Winds: WNW 4-8 mph Winds: S 4-8 mph 49°/31° 35°/16° 33°/17° 35°/24° 42°/26° Temperatures: High for the week ................................ 46° Low for the week ................................. 12° Precipitation: Total for the week ............................. 0.13” ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TM Ogden 57/34 Elko 57/24 Salt Lake City 59/35 SUN AND MOON Sunrise Saturday ........... 7:01 a.m. ......... Sunday ............ 6:59 a.m. ......... Monday ............ 6:58 a.m. ......... Tuesday ........... 6:56 a.m. ......... Wednesday ...... 6:55 a.m. ......... Sunset 6:17 p.m. 6:18 p.m. 6:19 p.m. 6:20 p.m. 6:21 p.m. Moonrise Moonset Saturday ........ 10:06 a.m. ................ none Sunday .......... 10:36 a.m. ....... 12:12 a.m. Monday ........... 11:12 a.m. ......... 1:13 a.m. Tuesday .......... 11:54 a.m. ......... 2:15 a.m. Wednesday ..... 12:45 p.m. ......... 3:15 a.m. Full Last Craig 39/19 Park City Provo 56/38 Price 48/30 Ely 55/24 Richfield 57/33 Moab 59/38 Cedar City 57/34 Mar 9 Mar 16 Grand Junction 56/34 Farmington 60/32 Page 62/40 New Shown is Saturday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday’s highs and Saturday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 57/26 Mar 2 Aspen 44/23 Cortez 57/29 St. George 65/42 MOON PHASES First Evanston 41/25 49/31 Wendover 58/31 Mar 24 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Saturday Hi Lo W 30 17 c 16 14 c 51 33 s 39 24 pc 39 24 pc 26 22 sf 50 26 pc 39 33 s 38 27 s 31 23 c 33 22 c 72 56 pc 58 32 pc A mostly cloudy, but dry day will prevail across the region on Saturday with a relatively mild afternoon for the end of February. A storm system will spread a mixture of rain and snow across the region Saturday night, changing to all snow Sunday as colder air arrives. Storm total snowfall locally will be 6-10 inches into Sunday evening. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 48/31 Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. 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. ie slopestyle snowboarding teams. Some athletes to watch are Hunter Henderson, a slopestyle rider on the U.S. rookie freestyle ski team, and the Fagan brothers. Deven is teammates with Hunter while his brother Kiernan, who will be competing despite being on the U.S. Pro slopestyle team in freeskiing. “For us, the athletes who are competing for us as those who may not be consistently making the podiums at world cup events but are considered the cream of the crops on the Nor-Am tour,” said Miller. “We expect a good showing this week.” The addition of Woodward to Park City’s winter sports venues this season has increased the area’s ability to host events like the Rev Tour. “We are really excited to have Woodward here in our hometown. … This has really opened up the opportunities for us to host events such as the Revolution Tour,” Miller said. “A lot of our athletes train, live and work around here so getting to stay home and compete is always something special. … And even more so knowing it’s at Woodward where they train.” For a detailed schedule of events, visit usskiandsnowboard.org/events/us-revolution-tour-woodward-park-city 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 Saturday Hi Lo W 44 23 pc 60 35 c 38 15 c 59 31 c 57 24 c 55 24 t 41 25 pc 54 29 s 58 28 pc 57 26 pc 56 34 c 36 15 pc 36 18 c 36 17 c 71 45 c 42 26 sf 57 34 c 62 40 c 48 25 c 56 38 c 65 31 pc 61 29 pc 37 23 c 65 42 c 59 35 c 46 26 sh 40 23 c 50 22 c 46 24 c 33 10 c Sunday Hi Lo W 41 21 sn 49 25 pc 32 12 sf 53 26 s 39 14 sn 37 10 sn 29 9 sn 47 23 pc 55 26 pc 51 22 pc 60 28 t 39 16 sf 32 0 sn 29 -2 sn 62 40 c 40 24 c 39 22 sn 61 38 c 39 13 sn 43 26 sn 62 29 s 41 21 sn 34 3 sn 58 37 c 38 26 r 45 29 s 34 13 sf 33 17 sn 41 19 sf 24 -7 sn Interstate 80: No weather-related travel problems through Saturday afternoon with dry roads. US-40: Dry roads expected through the day Saturday with no weather-related travel problems. TRAVELERS FORECAST Good traveling conditions are expected through Saturday afternoon with dry roads. A storm system will start to spread some rain and snow across the region Saturday night and Sunday; allow for extra time to reach your destination. WEATHER HISTORY On Feb. 29, 1980, strong thunderstorm winds in Austin, Texas, blew cars over. Meanwhile, a tornado was sighted about 30 miles northeast of Austin. On the same date, a number of cities in Pennsylvania set record lows. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 WORLD CITIES Sunday Hi Lo W 35 28 pc 28 20 sn 61 45 pc 46 34 s 38 29 s 39 35 c 59 42 s 59 37 pc 58 46 pc 52 42 c 52 44 c 75 59 c 47 22 c City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Saturday Hi Lo W 57 44 s 33 20 pc 39 24 pc 75 58 s 79 70 sh 75 54 c 71 52 c 73 50 s 42 32 c 46 34 pc 69 52 s 37 26 pc 46 30 s Sunday Hi Lo W 62 32 c 45 38 pc 46 35 s 74 64 c 81 69 sh 63 46 pc 62 45 sh 74 63 pc 46 25 c 47 42 s 72 61 c 43 37 s 52 41 s City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Saturday Hi Lo W 73 50 s 67 41 s 38 25 pc 80 54 pc 32 21 sf 38 19 pc 55 45 s 73 57 s 68 56 c 59 45 c 49 37 sh 65 44 s 42 28 pc Sunday Hi Lo W 74 45 s 71 51 s 47 36 s 75 49 c 49 40 s 38 26 s 66 48 pc 77 59 c 62 50 sh 62 48 c 49 40 sh 69 53 s 52 41 s City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Saturday Hi Lo W 78 63 pc 93 80 pc 85 77 s 44 35 c 52 39 r 81 70 s 44 35 sh 57 40 r 78 68 pc 55 46 pc 48 38 r 21 9 c Sunday Hi Lo W 79 65 pc 96 81 pc 84 76 pc 54 27 pc 48 36 pc 85 71 s 45 33 sh 50 41 pc 78 66 pc 53 43 sh 49 37 sh 24 15 s City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Saturday Hi Lo W 34 26 sn 34 29 sf 53 40 r 79 72 c 59 50 pc 86 73 pc 55 32 s 78 67 pc 54 47 pc 25 17 c 45 38 pc 55 41 sh Sunday Hi Lo W 40 36 c 35 27 sf 50 39 r 77 72 t 62 50 pc 85 74 sh 56 32 pc 81 69 pc 58 46 c 36 32 c 50 34 sh 54 37 pc Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |