Show Americans Are Becoming Winter Sports Conscious National K Parks Parka Offer Variety Variety Variety Vari Vari- ety of Facilities Washington Tom Dick and h II Harry arry are making their marks merle on th the slopes elopes of the country country's greatest m mountains these days taint days faint narrow nar nar- nar n ro row w exhilarating ski lid tracks in the si snow Inow America grows more and more w winter inter sports porta conscious and Is la learning learn learn- ing lag that the grandest ski kl slopes lopes mow snow vistas Icy skating rinks finks and toboggan slides elides lie within its na na- national national national parks parka Of the country's country 26 28 national parks all a ll but three are ere open the year ear round to some same extent and winter sports port may be enjoyed in n many of ot them In some the snow now lasts teats in into to the summer ummer permitting ski k I rotes races on July 4 4 Acadia National park Maine the only national park where sea ea and m mountains meet has no regular winter schedule but it t otters often vistas o of f winter loveliness perhaps and some ome preliminary consideration ot of development although the snow now does doe not have such uch great Ireat staying qualities there In Morristown National Na Historical park Ne New Nely v Jersey Jersel there are natural skiing areas Even Evenin in Yellowstone which closes for the winter the park personnel has ha win win- winter winter ter skating and skiing at Mammoth and a recent report from Hawaii tells teU of an Intrepid ranger and his hisson hisson son on who found an snow ow high on a a. a volcanic vol came canic slope within the Hawaii National Na park and went skiing In all of these parks park there are very few artificial ski kl slides or toboggan toboggan to to- toboggan boggan slides slidel The national park service has bas adopted a definite policy poll poli cy of stressing the winter beauties of Its It parks and of opening them to all winter sports lovers on an informal in formal basis which will provide equal opportunity for enjoyment to amateur and professional It opposes op poses erection of equipment that might mar the scenic value and terrain ter rain of 01 the park In most rt rf the western west ern parks there is sufficient snow to form natural toboggan slides and the mountain slopes provide natural nat ural ski jumps and runs Although skiing seems to be far and awa away the most popular sport there are so so- many oth other r things thing to todo todo todo do In national parks park in winter time that visitors find it hard to crowd them all In 10 without setting back the clock clocks Skiing Is Favorite Skating ski ski-joring which means mean riding on skis while holding tightly to the lengthened bridle of ot a well well- trained but speedy peed really horse horse really land surfboard board board riding with a steed teed replacing a motor boat for power power- placid sleigh Bleigh riding even more placid but still exciting contemplation tion of Df the the really taking breathtaking white beauty of the parks parka slalom running which mean means dangerous and fast talt down hill bill skiing with sharp harp turns tobogganing snow snowballing snow ball baU ing In and sitting in front of great log tOi tires fire to thaw out are aU all on the program The parks park also have hove their O own m unique sport developed the story goes coes by a former director of the park service It is called ash canning can can- ping ning and Is I. one of the most popular diversions in Yosemite Mount Rainier Rain Rain- ier ler and Sequoia Equipment for it consists of an ash can lid minus the handle a burlap bag for a cushion and courage The brave sportsman or sportswoman sits in the lid is given a push at the top tap of ot a mild toboggan slide and goes whirling around and around and down to the bottom bottom or or perhaps head over heels into a nearby snow drift drut several several sev eral feet deep passed In all aU of ot New England the i eastern center of winter sports It offers offer natural skating 11 rinks n k s framed by growing Christmas trees lease and nearl nearly 20 square miles for win ter hikers on snowshoes Mount Rainier National park Washington and Yosemite Sequoia and General Grant California it Its fellows of the High Sierra and Rocky Mountain Na lonal park I Colorado afford gentle slopes lopes for ski novices novice who need to build up courage ah as well as al experience and I tricky intricate exciting courses which challenge even champions Mount Rainier has been the scene cene of nations national championships held as preliminaries to the Olympic games eamel Popularity Increases Crater Lake National park in OreIon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Ion and Lassen Lessen Volcanic National park in ill California are Increasing in winter P popularity and are the scenes scene of winter festivals festival when I weather er conditions permit access I Ito to the parks park This year for the first time Ume the road to Manzanita lake in Leaven will be kept open and ac- ac provided for the I large umber number of visitor expected to tr the new snow course there List Last t year lear more than a thousand cam cam- camIn in spite of uncertain roads and absolute lack of ot facilities for tor caring for visitors visitor In the Great Smoky Mountains National park North Carolina and Tennessee and Shenandoah Nation Nation- a park Virginia there Is an In In- creased se i interest t in winter ports sports |