When I lived in Salt Lake back in the early 2000's, I skied Alta, a lot, at least 2 days and sometimes 3 days a week. When they closed in April with tons of snow still on the ground I asked one of the managers why. Apparently, it is in their lease that they can only operate between certain dates each year regardless of the snow conditions. It was a shame as two weeks prior they got almost 50 inches of new snow in a huge 3 day storm. I was there skiing that weekend and only ever saw two other people on the runs I skiied. Apparently it was so good that year that people were "burned out" as one guy put it, and it just wasn't crowded. I miss it.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 10:10 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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