Skiing Utah
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Antelope Island State Park, the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, is home to a roaming herd of 600 bison. Pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep also share the rangelands that overlook the desert lake. Opportunities to view wildlife are available on backcountry trails, which are open to horseback riding, mountain biking, hiking and cross-country skiing. A modern visitor center offers information on the island’s unique biology, geology and history. ... [Read More]
Utah Recreation
Utah is dotted with lakes and rivers that provide all kinds of boating and water recreation. Perhaps the most common visitors to the Great Salt Lake are sailors. While the high salinity of the Great Salt Lake makes it unsuitable for powerboats, sailboats do well and the sunsets are spectacular! Bear Lake is a paradise for watersport activities: sailing, boating, swimming, jet-skiing, water-skiing, sailboarding and scuba diving. A trip to Lake Powell is incomplete without a houseboat! Experience the splendor of the lake the way it was intended: on the water. A river rafting trip offers incredible scenery, unbridled wonders of nature, good food, new friends, new experiences, action and relaxation, the glow of campfires and the brilliance of the nighttime sky all rolled into one! ... [Read More]
Utah State Parks and Recreation Recruiting
Preventative Maintenance Coordinator, Brent Lloyd serves the public by coordinating ongoing periodic maintenance of state park facilities. Responsibilities include the management of a computerized maintenance management database to track and document facilities maintenance. This position requires knowledge in all types of facility construction, and the equipment necessary for the day-to-day operation of the facility. The position typically requires a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction technology, or facility management. A pre-requisite to this job is the desire for hands-on interaction with maintenance staff and a love for the outdoors. In his free time, Brent enjoys skiing and exploring Utah. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - History
Though troubled by the Great Depression of the 1930s, Utah's economy found new life during and after World War II. Defense, mining, steel, and petroleum-refining industries led the economic surge at mid-century. Tourism, recreation (especially skiing), light manufacturing, and the service industries have recently emerged as economic pillars. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Skiing In Utah
It wasn't long before Utah skiers already familiar with the Engen name associated it with Alta. In the early 1940s Sverre Engen became Alta's first ski patrolman and had the distinction of becoming the first employee of the Forest Service with the job title of Snow Ranger. Sverre's older brother Alf took over the ski school in the mid-1940s and directed it for over 40 years. Probably more than any other name, Engen is synonymous with Utah skiing. Today Alan Engen directs the ski school that bears his father's name. However, the Salt Lake area was not the only place where the passion for skiing was great. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Alf Engen
Alf Engen was born in 1909 in Stenberg, Norway, the first-born son of a famous skiing father, and was subsequently reared to ski. Although a native Norwegian, Engen emigrated to the United States in 1919 and ultimately settled in Utah in 1948. This move proved to be very beneficial to Utah-Engen's reputation as a world-class skier and his numerous contributions to skiing in all areas have added significantly to Utah's renowned ski industry. It is Engen, in fact, who is credited with developing the technique of powder skiing in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Winter Sports
Hardy Utah residents began skiing (sometimes by necessity) long before today's fashionable resorts were developed. ... Skiing in Utah is now a booming industry. But this wasn´t always so. The history of Utah´s ski industry is one of perseverance and passion. ... Alta: Mining and Skiing Center ... [Read More]
Recreation
Utah offers some of the best skiing in the world. Low humidity and low mountain temperatures result in the dry powder snow for which Utah has become famous. Utah's heavy snowfall (up to 500 inches at some resorts) extends the Utah ski season from mid-November through the first of May. For more information on skiing in Utah: www.skiutah.com ... Skiing ... Utah's 14 downhill and six cross-country ski resorts provide some of the best skiing and snowboarding you'll ever experience. The winter months also offer snowshoeing, ice climbing an dsnowmobiling on 850 miles of beautiful, groomed trails. And for the young at heart, there's always sledding, ice skating and snowball fights. ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Alta: Mining and Skiing Center
The resort was enlarged in 1960, to accommodate the growing popularity of skiing in general and the attraction of the resort with its spectacular beauty and, according to some, even more spectacular snow. It was soon considered one of the premier ski resorts in America. By 1970 Alta recorded 92 full-time residents and was incorporated as a town in order to become eligible for federal government funds for water and sewer facilities. The incorporation brought with it the formulation of an overall master plan for the future development of all surrounding private lands. Alta has continued to develop under a slow steady growth plan into a year-round recreational community. The 1990 census indicates a population of 397 year-round residents. Yet, with all of its changes and developments, Alta has never lost sight of its foremost purpose: to provide a place for locals and visitors to ski what has been called by many the "greatest snow on earth." ... [Read More]
Utah History To Go - Miners and Mail Carriers: First Skiers
Several influences have combined to make skiing and Utah synonymous in the minds of many. The foremost factors are natural, as the state has been blessed with rugged mountain peaks and a deep, reliable snow base. Some of Utah's prime skiing areas in Little Cottonwood Canyon average 450 inches of snow a year, much of it the light, dry powder most favored by western skiers. ... Hardy Utah residents began skiing (sometimes by necessity) long before today's fashionable resorts were developed. The techniques for sliding down slopes on wooden planks were introduced by Scandinavian immigrants for whom skiing was a vital part of their cultural heritage. Hard-rock miners, battling 40-foot snowpacks in the Wasatch canyons, began experimenting with skis in the late 19th century. Mailmen made their deliveries to the tiny town of Alta on skis in the 1870s. A young assayer showed off his rudimentary ski equipment to a visitor in the 1880s: "He brought out a pair of Norwegian snow-shoes—skees—fourteen feet long and six inches wide—his winter walking boots—his only means of going abroad. Pointing to the precipitous mountain wall opposite, he astonished us by saying that he had ridden down it on his skees. He could not fasten the snowshoes to his feet, that would not be safe. It was dangerous, but exciting work, he said simply." ... [Read More]
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