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It’s not every year this kind of thing happens, but it looks like some people stepped aside and decided not to purchase a Ski Utah Gold Pass this season. This means for $3,400 you and all of your friends and family have a unique opportunity to ski every day at every resort in Utah.

The fully transferrable season pass from Ski Utah is good at Powder Mountain, Alta, Park City, Solitude, Deer Valley, Brighton, Snowbird, The Canyons, Beaver Mountain, Brian Head, Snowbasin, Sundance, and Wolf Mountain.

Normally, these sweet Gold Passes are snatched up by annual passholders but this season a few just became available. The Gold Pass gives you 40 days at each Utah Resort. “This is a special opportunity for procrastinators to get their hands on Utah’s most coveted ski pass,” said Ski Utah’s Jessica Kunzer. “Usually, the Gold Pass is not available this time of the year.”

The Ski Utah Silver Pass is valid for 30 days of skiing at each participating area in Utah for $2,300 but they’re sold out for 2008-09. E-mail Ski Utah at skiinfo@skiutah.com if you would like to be added to the waitlist for next year.

Mustaches are amazing things.  I’ve grown a few in my day and so has Giambi.  How about growing a mustache for a good cause?

It’s official- our Japanesse friends will be able to take a nonstop flight to SLC!!!  Too bad it won’t happen until next summer.

ソルト・レーク・シティの私達が付いているスキーは来る。

Sorry if the above makes no sense at all…. I blame it on Yahoo Babel Fish.

If any more proof was needed that Utah is, indeed, “The Place” (as some guy who preached and favored multiple brides once said), Brighton is opening. And opening day should be as sweet as arriving in the promised land after wandering in the desert for months. The ski area clocked up more than 40 inches of snow over the past week. The bounty will be accessed Brighton’s Explorer, Majestic, Crest Express and Snake Creek Express lifts beginning at 9:00 a.m. Lift tickets will cost $45 for a day pass and $38 for a half day.

In addition to hitting Brighton on opening day and changing your life (you’ll finally be skiing! word!), you can also help put a smile on someone else’s face. The resort is offering half price lift tickets to anyone who brings a non-perishable food donation for the Utah Food Bank. Bring some canned corn, ski for half price and slay powder. Sounds good to us.

Thanks Freeskier Mag!

Alta is planning on opening for the season on Friday, November 21st.  In addition, the ski area will open for two days this weekend — Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and 16th.

The weekend skiing will offer Collins, Sunnyside and Sugarloaf lifts along with Goldminer’s Cafeteria, Albion Grill, Watson Shelter, Alta Ski Shop, Alta Sports and Alta Java.

Settled Snow Depth: 28″
Snowfall (Past 12 hrs): 0″
Snowfall (Past 24 hrs): 2″
Snowfall this Season: 68″

Mountain Sports International (MSI) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour (FWT). The largest and longest running competitive Big Mountain Freeskiing tour in the history of the sport, the FWT features an unprecedented six stops including a Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier (FWTQ). With $20,000 cash per World Tour stop, the FWT boasts over $100,000 total tour payout.

“This year’s Subaru Freeskiing World Tour is loaded,” said MSI Winter Sports Director and announcer Dak Williams. “The prize purse has almost doubled, and so has the viewership for our live webcasts. We have the best freeskiing athletes on the planet, and every year more up-and-comers are discovered on our tour. This is where the best come to compete.”

2009 Freeskiing World Tour Schedule of Events
Subaru Telluride Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier, Telluride, CO. February 5-8
Subaru US Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO. February 19-22
Zermatt, Switzerland. TBA*
Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals, Snowbird, UT. March 10-15
Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA. March 19-23
Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Alyeska, AK. April 8-12

Registration for the FWT sells out in record time each year. Athletes are urged to register early to avoid disappointment. Registration for the Snowbird event will begin on NOVEMBER 13, 2008, at 12:00 NOON MST. To register please log onto www.freeskiingworldtour.com.

The Subaru Freeskiing World Championships at Alyeska, Alaska, is invite-only and will not be an option at time of registration. Registration for this event and the Zermatt, SUI, event will take place at a later time and will be announced with advanced notice.

For a complete list of pre-qualified athletes please log onto www.freeskiingworldtour.com. Pre-qualified athletes still NEED TO REGISTER to guarantee a spot. Athletes are pre-qualified based on results and overall point’s standings.

Coming off a breakthrough year in live webcasting technology, MSI will again be satellite broadcasting from all four North American world tour stops. Live coverage of the best freeskiing in the world can be viewed from the comfort of your desk chair.

In addition to live video, MSI’s content creation team will also be producing and posting same-day world class photography on its newly redesigned website, www.freeskiingworldtour.com and media partners www.powder.com and www.skipressworld.com

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Snowbird is opening for the season in less than in hour. I had a friend text me from the 7-11 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. He mentioned that the place had been cleaned out. Did anyone catch the Powder Magazine article on that 7-11? I’m at work and can’t find anything about it on the web. I remember laughing about it. Oh well; enjoy the snow!

Coming down Parleys into Salt Lake I noticed I was running on fumes.  So I exited on Parley’s Way (2100 South) and pulled into the first gas station I saw which was a Phillips 66.

While filling up I saw this sign:

Here’s the deal:

• Fill up 4 times at a Phillips 66 station with a minimum of 8 gallons each time
• Do so before the deadline of November 30, 2008
• You must redeem before Christmas day, 2008

Also included in the deal are gear rental deals with SkiNSee, Christy Sports and Canyon Sports.

Need more details? Like the sign says,  See cashier for details.