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So, from my sad vantage point in Dallas, TX the snow fall has been lacking up in Utah.  This weekend should change that.  Things can change quickly in the Wastach.  Prepare yourself.  It’s on.

Need a job?  How about a job with a season pass?  The Park City Job Fair is just what you’re looking for.  50 employers, 1000 jobs.  Your bound to find somebody to hire you.

Winter is just around the corner. Instead of looking at winter as a time to head indoors, parents shouldn’t let their fifth and sixth graders get stuck inside this winter when they could be skiing and snowboarding for FREE.

The Ski Utah Fifth Grade Passport and Sixth Grade SnowPass are the best ways for fifth and sixth graders to experience The Greatest Snow on Earth.  Fifth graders can ski three times free at each of Utah’s 13 world-class resorts utilizing the Passport. Sixth graders can continue to enjoy one day of free snowriding at each Utah ski resort with the SnowPass.

DID YOU KNOW? Nearly 1 in 10 of the world’s school children are overweight and the number of overweight adolescents in the U.S. has tripled in the past two decades. Overweight conditions in children and adolescents are generally caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating patterns or a combination of the two.

Don’t let your kids look like this during the winter:

Have them looking like this:

Check out www.skiutah.com to get the downloadable applications and the 411.
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Each year 8,000 Utah students participate in the Ski Utah Passport and SnowPass programs thanks to support from KSL-TV, KSL News Radio, Zions Bank, Marriott Corp., Whole Foods, The Truth About Tobacco, Powerade, Ski’N'See, Canyon Sports, Rossignol and Burton.

For the next little while I’ll be posting a series of advertisements commissioned by Utah to get you amped up for the upcoming ski season.  Here’s your first one.  Let me know what you think about the commercials in the comment section.

Yeah me either.  Check out this article from today’s WSJ about an option being present by United.  Basically you can pay at least $150 each way to have Fed-Ex deliver your baggage on the next business day.  A little pricey for sure.  Here’s a breakdown of this offering and others so you don’t get left without the fresh pow Utah has to offer cause your skis didn’t arrive.

Follow the link for the SLC highlights from Burton’s perspective. Looks like it was a good time had by all.

The Canyons has just released a pretty sweet deal if you want to stay on the mountain during you ski vacation.  These lodges are some of the nicest around.  The SKI FREE lodging packages include slopeside lodging at The Canyons Grand Summit Hotel, Sundial Lodge or Silverado Lodge, plus two lift tickets per unit, per night of stay (valid only during your stay, choose SKI FREE option when selecting lift tickets) and breakfast for two at The Cabin restaurant or Red Pine Lodge.

Ski Utah’s 2008 Fat Flake Festival will take place Sat., Nov. 15 from 5-9 p.m. at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake City. This year’s festival will feature music by The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Cavedoll and Junior Giant. Local ski and snowboard athletes including Julian Carr, Jamie Pierre, Rachael Burks, Jenn Berg, Stevie Bell and Ashley Battersby will also be on hand to sign autographs in the Powder Lounge.

New to the event this year, is the first ever Ski Boot Race. Contestants wearing alpine ski boots will tackle a challenging dash around the perimeter of the Gallivan Center in the quest for a new pair of Rossignol alpine ski boots, and the title of Utah’s “Fastest Ski Boot Racer” in both a men’s and women’s division. Pre-registration for the race will open on Nov. 1. More information can be found by visiting the website.

Participants can also take part in the vintage ski outfit contest and win new clothes from Eider, skis from Rossignol or a Burton snowboard. Lift tickets and other swag from Utah ski resorts will also be given away. The event will also offer ice skating, a kids zone, food, beer and much more. The Fat Flake Festival is free and open to the public. Last year’s festival was successful in conjuring an amazing 700 inches of snow for the 2007-08 winter season. Join Ski Utah as they call out to the snow gods and welcome winter back to the Wasatch!

The Fat Flake Festival is powered by Ski Utah, Ride Utah, KSL Radio, X-96, PowerAde, Monster Beverage Co., Salt Lake CVB, Stantec, Powder Magazine, Snowboarder Magazine, Media One, City Weekly, Pictureline, and Young Chevrolet.

Here are some pics from last year’s festival.

There is a pretty cool and very detailed article in Conde Nast Traveler about some of the finer things which Park City, Deer Valley, and The Canyons has offer from this author’s point of view.

How about dinner in a yurt?  Anyone had dinner in The Viking Yurt at The Canyons?  If so, let us know in the comments.  Enjoy.

Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort donated 6,568 pounds of nonperishable foot to the Utah Food Bank and $1,700 to the Wasatch Adaptive Sports Program after its annual Customer Appreciation Days, in which visitors received a free Tram ride in exchange for a canned good or cash donation.  Thanks for everyone who donated.