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Show Discovering Bryce Canyon , Stretching almost 200 miles east to west and barely 50 miles north to south, the slim cross section of Southern Utah which reaches from Cedar City on the west to the Colorado Col-orado River on the east offers the greatest variety of wintertime activities to be found in the state. There's downhill skiing at Brian Head, ice fishing at Panguitch Lake, tubing and sledding in Red Canyon, cross country skiing and snowmobiling at Bryce Canyon, snowshoeing inside Bryce Canyon National Park, ice skating at Wide Hallow Reservoir and snow hiking near Calf Creek Falls and on Boul der Mountain. There's backpacking in the Escalante Es-calante River Wilderness and four-wheeling four-wheeling down the Burr Trail to Capitol Reef or Lake Powell for some deep lake fishing while lounging on a houseboat. The winter visitors to the special With the winter opening of the road between Brian Head and Panguitch Pan-guitch Lake, winter visitors to Utah can travel from Los Angeles and Salt Lake City via 1-15 to Parowan and head for winter fun in an unending line eastward for almost 200 miles. The same spectacular terrain that thrills the summertime visitors takes on an even more splendid beauty when frosted with winter's white. The visitor traveling on U.S. 89 north from Phoenix or south from Salt Lake City can choose to head cither cast or west near Panguitch and wisely, would try both before he's through. The first stop in the area to ski or sightsee merely whets the appetite ap-petite for more and each turn in the road beckons the visitor to stay awhile and get acquainted with the incredible beauty of Southern Utah. Accommodations are available throughout the area, with restau- . ) rants more plentiful in some areas than in others. The way to get around is to stop and ask one of the friendly, lucky people who get to live here year 'round. They are always al-ways ready to direct you to the best place to slay, the best spot to eat, or most beautiful area to play. They know all the best hills for tubing and they're accustomed to Panguitch Lake because they fish it all year. The most spectacular scenery? Just ask. They'll clue you in on road conditions and who knows more about the weather than a farmer or a rancher? Folks around here don't ski a lot. but they love to watch you when i you do. And when you cross country skiers come touring into their little towns, likely they " have a bowl of warm hornemaoe soup and freshly baked bread you'll just chat awhile. Southern Utah is hard to beat -winter or summer. . , .t,,; Winter 13 I |