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2 Park City ski areas still fighting lease dispute

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 6:25am

PARK CITY -- Park City Mountain Resort says it's still hoping to resolve a lease dispute that threatens to shut down the ski area even as it amends a lawsuit against a cross-town rival.

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An existing run at Wolf Mountain ski resort in Eden is pictured in this file photo from 2010. The resort filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010 and will be up for auction on June 1. Jeremy Maughan, director of finance and marketing for Wolf Creek, hopes the resort will be sold as a whole, rather than piecemeal.

Wolf Creek resort up for auction

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 11:15pm

EDEN -- Wolf Creek Resort will be sold to the highest bidder June 1 to pay creditors as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan filed in 2010.

The auction will take place at 1 p.m. at the resort at 3926 N. Wolf Creek Drive in Eden.

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'Lift Utah' formed to back ski lift connection

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 3:23pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce is organizing a coalition to push for a ski lift that would connect two Utah resorts if Congress goes along with a sale of national forest land.

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Local ski resorts close for the season

Jeff DeMoss Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 3:04pm

EDEN — Jason Hardy was one of the last people to ride a ski lift in the Top of Utah this season, having spent Sunday afternoon on the slopes of Powder Mountain.

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A March 11, 2012 image shows skiers heading toward the slopes at Sandia Peak Ski Area near Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico, traditionally warmer and with less reliable snowfall than its northern neighbors, this weekend celebrates the end of an unexpectedly good season that overcame forecasts of drought. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Western ski resorts wrapping up unpredictable season

Jeri Clausing The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 10:42am

Western ski resorts are wrapping up one of the most unusual and unpredictable snow seasons in recent memory.

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Social media bringing transparency to ski snow reports

Steven K. Paulson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 2:24pm

Social media bringing transparency to snow reports

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Hot weather has skiers stripping down as resorts suffer

Clarke Canfield The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 5:39pm

NEWRY, Maine — Skiers stripped down to shorts and bikini tops to keep cool Wednesday as they got in a few final sun-drenched, slushy runs, bidding what could be an early goodbye to a season that has disappointed all around.

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Utah Senate panel backs ski lift between resorts

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 5:13pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A proposed gondola connecting a Park City ski resort with another nearby resort is receiving the backing of a Utah Senate panel.

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Sales Clerk Craig Roberts stocks the shelves from behind at the State Liquor Store on 2nd street in Ogden Thursday August 10, 2006. Alcoholic beverages are becoming more popular in Utah as state demographics change sales in liquor stores have nearly doubled in the last decade. (Standard Examiner Photo/ Robert Johnson)

Biz owners proposing changes to Utah liquor agency

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 3:01pm

SALT LAKE CITY — When David Cole decided to open a Salt Lake City microbrewery, Utah regulators required him to build the brewing facility before they would give him a liquor license.

Cole had to invest significant capital into Epic Brewing with no assurances he could ever make the beer. While the state did eventually give its approval, Cole said it illustrated the burdensome nature of Utah’s liquor laws.

Cole is part of a group of bar, restaurant and ski resort owners that issued recommendations Friday to put more flexibility in Utah’s liquor regulations. The group was organized by Democratic legislative leaders as a way to bring new voices to a debate that is often driven by Republican lawmakers who abstain from alcohol because of their Mormon faith.

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A table where doctors were to give an update of skier Sarah Burke's medical status sits empty after the family requested to cancel the press conference in Salt Lake City, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. According to a statement, family members decided not to meet with reporters after discussing results from the latest neurological tests and assessments with her doctors. Burke was injured Jan. 10 training on 22 foot superpipe at the Park City Mountain Resort. (AP Photo/George Frey)

Uncertainty clouds recovery of skier Burke in Utah

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 6:18pm

sALT LAKE CITY -- Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke's agent and her publicist were teary-eyed at a hospital Monday as they tried to explain the lack of any prognosis report for the Olympic favorite.

Burke, 29, was seriously injured Jan. 10 in a training accident at the superpipe in Park City, Utah, and six days later remained sedated on a breathing tube as doctors tested her brain functions.

Reporters gathered at Salt Lake City hospital Monday for what was expected to be a discussion by doctors of Burke's most recent neurological tests and assessments.

At the last minute, however, Burke's agent, Michael Spencer, and her publicist, Nicole Wool, said there was nothing the family wanted to report as doctors continued working on Burke, so the news conference was canceled.

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Resort hopes Native American blessing brings snow

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 11:42pm

PARK CITY — Some have danced for rain.

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Utah Winter ads debut in NY and LA

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 6:35pm

SALT LAKE CITY - Travelers in New York and Los Angeles are viewing Utah's humorous snowflake commercials on local television stations as part of the Utah Office of Tourism's $1.2 million winter advertising campaign. The TV spots began airing on WNBC and WABC in New York and KNBC and KABC this week. Digital billboards in affluent areas in LA are also running Utah ads through the end of the month.

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Plenty of skiers and snowboarders are lining up to catch chairlifts and gondolas at Snowbasin Resort, which has snow, thanks to snowmaking machines. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Utah snowpack below normal, resorts cross fingers

Lynn DeBruin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 9:22pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago, snow was falling in Utah at about twice the average rate and resorts were packed with crowds of tourists reveling in the white stuff.

Now the state’s snowpack is at about 50 percent of average, and one resort without snowmaking capability hasn’t even opened for the season.

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Despite changes, UDOT to still plow ski resort roads

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 11:21pm

OGDEN -- The Utah Department of Transportation has changed its policy on plowing snow on roads leading to ski areas.

But don't worry, local resorts are still going to have clear roads.

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Utah SkiLink backers speak to House panel

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 6:27pm

PARK CITY - Salt Lake County Councilman Michael H. Jensen, along with Canyons Resort Managing Director Mike Goar, spoke to the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands in support of the Wasatch Range Recreation Access Enhancement Act, proposed by Utah Congressman Rob Bishop.

Friday's testimony was required as a first step to initiate the public and procedural processes of environmental, zoning and public comment for SkiLink.

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