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Solitude Treats Skiers and Snowboarders to Skiing on Halloween
Posted by Jessica Kunzer - Communication Director on October 29, 2009
Itching to snowride? Well, now you can at Solitude, the first resort to open in Utah for the 2009-10 winter season.
Solitude is welcoming the winter season by opening ahead of schedule! Snowmaking began as early as the first week of October and Mother Nature has been especially cooperative – thus allowing Solitude to move up Opening Day by one week to Friday, November 6, 2009.
Additionally, Solitude will open Link Lift one day only for pass holders, on Halloween Day October 31, 2009 – officially kicking off the 2009-2010 Utah Winter Season. So, don your favorite Halloween costume and treat yourself to a day on the slopes this Halloween. What will you dress as?
Visit Solitude’s website for more information – skisolitude.com
Dash Longe Making Some Early Turns at Alta
Posted by Tim on October 15, 2009
Dash Longe makes some early season turns at Alta on October 6th.
Something chilly this way comes
Posted by Tim on September 29, 2009
A major cold front is expected to move into Utah late this afternoon, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and the potential for mountain snow. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for northern mountains.
"We have a cold storm coming off the Pacific that will move into Idaho and Nevada Tuesday," said Mike Conger, a weather forecaster in Salt Lake City. "We expect strong winds, particularly in the western valleys, as high as 30 to 40 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles."
The storm, which may drop temperatures from the mid-80s to the low 50s in one day, is expected to barrel into northwest Utah late Tuesday afternoon or evening and push east across the state. There is a potential for thunderstorms and as much as an inch of rain falling on the foothills of the Wasatch Front, with three-quarters of an inch or greater in the valleys.
"There is a lot of precipitation along the front and behind it and the mountains will be getting the bulk of it in good amounts," said Conger. "We expect rain in the valley and snow above 8,000 feet ... We could get several inches."
