I don’t think so.
Here is the newspaper article:
Snowbird opens for skiing on Independence Day for only the fifth time in 48
years.
By ALISON BERG
The Salt Lake Tribune
Snowbird • For Paul Fejte, getting to ski on IndependenceDay captures the
holiday’s meaning: a celebration of freedom.
Fejte and his wife, Denise, drove an hour-and-a half from Eden to experience
their first Fourth of July ski excursion, marking their 102nd day on the
slopes this season.
“It was for sure worth the wait and the line,' he said.
Fejte combined his love for skiing and patriot is by wearing a tall
red-and-white striped hat atop his red white- and-blue curly wig. He also
wore a red-white and- blue coat with his father’s “professional ski
instructor” pin, to honor his father’s 50 years as a ski instructor.
He joined about 3,500 other skiers and snowboarders to spend the holiday on
the slopes of Snowbird,
and it was a rare treat.
“Snowbird has been open for 48 years and it’s only happened five times in
those 48 years,” said Brian Brown, Snowbird communications manager. “It’s
about every eight to 10 years that we get to do this.”
Brown said Snowbird received about 711 inches of snow this year, 200 more
inches than their average snowfall.
“From the beginning of December, it started snowing and it didn’t stop
snowing until the end of April,” he said.
Snowbird shifted from being open for winter sports every day to only
weekends in late May. Last week, Snowbird executives decided they had just
enough snow to mark the end of their season on the Fourth of July. None of
Utah’s 12 other resorts was open. “We always pride ourselves on having the
longest season of all the resorts in Utah, so to be open on the Fourth
really just kind of cements that,” Brown said.
The resort sold limited tickets, and by mid-morning they were sold out and
prompted the resort to share a message on social media asking people to who
weren’t at the resort to “refrain” from coming. And although there was
enough snow to ski some runs, those that were open were expert terrain.
This season, Utah resorts had a record snow year. All 13 surpassed their
averages; four broke accumulation records. It was welcomed after last year
was one of the worst for snow in state history, which required resorts to do
more snowmaking— and that significantly increases operating costs.
Most patrons wore red, white and blue items Thursday, along with themed
costumes and other festive outfits traditional for the last day of the ski
and snowboard season. “It’s fun up here because it’s like a mixture of the
last day shenanigans and Fourth of July stuff,” said James Perri, of Sandy.
Perri skied at Snowbird the last time it was open on July Fourth — in 2011.
“One of the best parts is, there’s a couple places you have to ride through
dirt to get to the other patches, so a lot of people will stop and hike and
stuff,” he said.
David Weinstein, a new Salt Lake City resident from Chicago, said he had
never dreamed of being able to ski in July, but he has held out hope since
he moved to Utah.
“We’d been preparing for this for months,” Weinstein said.
Others said the decision to ski was spontaneous but still a “bucket list”
item they were happy to check off.
“Just being able to say that you can do it. That was a big check off the
list for me,” said Anthony Garcia, of Sandy. “Being able to do this just
once made the line worth it.”
The ski run was open for five hours, and most participants said they waited
from one to three hours in line but felt the experience was worth the wait.
“It’s just a unique experience. Not very often you get to ski this late in
the year,” said Patrick Ferrara, of Salt Lake City.
From: Ryan Hill
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 8:51 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Snowy day in July
No way, thats so awesome! Thats one of my all time favorites. Did Alta
open as well?
Ryan Hill
Operations Manager
Amplex Internet
(419)837-5015 Ext 1047
www.amplex.net
On Jul 5, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
Snowbird opened for skiing yesterday.
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