| Show tr f 1 E L. L i a L U u. u Pierpoint Ave Aver Al t ity U Ut q i. i t. t 11 OI Night Skiing Comes omes to Park ar A W 2 y yf f 4 4 9 k f J. J 2 A i w Y 9 i rn 1 fa 9 F r c w t X n. n 6 C w t y C y y n k 9 Ry L d J z oa 3 itt n JY i l c C rp 7 t p R f t F i f y f i fi f. f n f Y r s C. C r t fi C s w as rn 2 Y f 2 f f f f jAul ff A 1 A X V X i ff K Jn t i CA C. C 4 rf An C s VW A r 5 A A v. v X w f f jv w V w R s i- i K w vw-w w X AJsa f f sM A X X- X X X A- A AX X- X Picturesque Night View of Park City Activity Center and Gondola Valley Station Station Sta Sta- tion lion will have a CIa new look on Dec 21 when night turns to day The famous Payday run to be lighted is shown In left background and a small portion of the theold theold theold old mining town of P Park rk City is in the immediate immediate immediate im im- im- im mediate foreground 11 Payday Run Getting Modern Lighting To Be De Ready Dec 21 The final touch of excellence nearing perfection for the Park City ski area has been reached Night skiing has become become become be be- come a reality for Park City Roger Haran announced yesterday that work has already already already al al- ready begun on installing lights all the way down the fabulous Payday Run and the slope will be ready for time night-time use on Dec 21 21 Payday is the section in plain sight from the Center It begins at the Angle Station and provides more than a amile amile amile mile and a quarter of smooth sailing ending at the Valley Station or center The run is between and feet wide The time night-time skiing project project project pro pro- will be properly at pm p.m. Dec 24 Christmas Eve with a torchlight torchlight torchlight torch torch- light parade down the Payday slope The ski school in instructors instructors instructors in- in and members of the Park City ski patrol will make the spectacular descent carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing fl flaming ami n g torches This spectacle will be best seen from the center the golf course or orthe orthe orthe the highway near the Street Station It will not be seen from uptown This will be hailed as the greatest possible step forward by skiing enthusiasts all allover over the world It permits the fastest growing sport to be bt enjoyed at night as well as day and should attract many thousands of persons persons persons per per- sons to the PaTk City area already one of the most popular in the United States Present plans are for skiing five nights a week week week-in in addition of course to the present daytime daytime daytime day day- time schedule Tuesday through Saturday the slope will be open from 4 pm p.m. to 10 pm p.m. at a acost acost acost cost of for adults and Continued on Page Wage Two Tivo rW Time Night-Time Ski 1 Continued from Page One for tor children An all da day all pass from 1 I pm p.m. to 10 pm p.m. I costs only Haran said The lighted slope will not be i open Christmas Eve nor Christ Christmas Christmas mas Day It is hoped to make I Tuesday Ladies' Ladies Night when every lady skier will be admitted ad admitted ad- ad I to the slopes free is she is accompanied by a man I Lighting will turn the Payday termed by Sports Illustrated I one of the ten best runs in the 1 United States into daytime skiing at night JJ The lights i being installed are equivalent to 1200 ordinary watt watt bulbs i Being used on 38 poles and gondola towers Two and Three are three different types of lights 77 watt 1500 five watt mercury vapors to be placed on the upper J-bar J and four 1000 watt 1000 watt mercury vapors to be placed on gondola towers towers Two and Three There is total a of kilowatts about 7 7 candlepower candlepower candlepower candle- candle power per foot on the run The gondola ride from the Valley Station to the Angle Station Station Station Sta Sta- tion which is the uppermost point of the time night project takes 12 minutes The lift length is feet and the run is a vertical drop of 1200 feet All installation work on the job is being done by Treasure Mountain Haran said Accomplishment of the in installation installation installation in- in com comes e s as a long- long awaited triumph a realization of a long time long time dream for Jim Ivers Woody Anderson and all the of the big organ organ- It will be greeted with enthusiasm not oI only Y by skiers themselves but by business circles in Park City and all allover allover allover over Utah |
