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Police scour Alta area for missing hiker

Last updated Friday, May 25, 2012 - 10:31am

ALTA -- Crews are searching for a 48-year-old Alta man who told his girlfriend he was going on a hike Monday and hasn't been heard from since.

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Coin toss decides election in Alta

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 10:13am

ALTA -- A coin is what ultimately decided who's filling a seat on the council of a small Utah ski town.

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Survey: Utah ski resorts earn high marks

Jeff DeMoss Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 3:35pm

The most widely recognized survey of North America's top ski resorts is out, and once again, Utah resorts are featured prominently on the list.

For the fifth consecutive year, readers of SKI Magazine named Deer Valley the No. 1 overall ski resort in North America for the upcoming season. Deer Valley has finished in the top three in each of the past 11 surveys, getting high marks for everything from dining options to ski instruction to snow quality.

Several Utah resorts made SKI's Top 20 survey, which is based on feedback from more than 20,000 of the magazine's readers. In addition to Deer Valley at the top, Park City Mountain Resort placed sixth overall, while its neighbor The Canyons was ranked 16th and Snowbird 20th.

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Young comes up high, dry on cabin permit for dad

Lynn DeBruin, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 4:25pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Ski bum or lawyer?

Steve Young still laughs hearing his father recall those glory days at Alta Ski Patrol in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon.

"To this day, he's not sure he made the right decision," the Hall of Fame quarterback joked recently.

It's those fond memories that have son determined to find a way to build his dad that dream cabin in a remote forested area within the tiny ski resort southeast of Salt Lake City.

He just has one problem: Young owns the land but not the water rights.

Salt Lake City owns water rights in the canyon dating back to a court ruling more than 120 years.

And the city isn't about to begin selling its precious resource or permits to build housing in its watershed.

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