Outdoor Recreation

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FARMINGTON — Area kids will get a kick out of the latest joint venture between the city and school district.

SALT LAKE CITY — Legislation to create an Outdoor Recreation Office has cleared its first political hurdle.

A Senate committee gave a favorable recommendation to SB 73, which would create the new office as a division of the Department of Economic Development. The measure is sponsored by Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton.

SALT LAKE CITY — State officials hope to take promotion of outdoor opportunities in the Beehive State up a notch.

Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, told the Standard-Examiner he will run legislation, at the behest of Gov. Gary Herbert’s office, to create a new Office of Outdoor Recreation as a division of the Department of Economic Development.

OGDEN — Last winter, there wasn’t much snow to speak of along the Wasatch Front all winter long.

So far, this winter is obviously a different story after a large post-Christmas storm blanketed the hills and valleys, and local kids have been taking full advantage.

OGDEN — Move over Aspen, Whistler, even Park City — Ogden is the second-best place to ski in all of North America.

That’s according to a feature in the November issue of Powder Magazine, one of the ski industry’s most respected and prominent publications.

The magazine ranks Ogden No. 2 ahead of many traditional skiing spots across the continent.