In a final ode to winter, Utah ski area Snowbasin is re-opening on July 4 for an unlikely ski race. OK, so chasing sticks isnāt what youād normally do during the season, but thereās no doubt that jumping into the gates on the 4th is a bit crazy, and anything crazy has to be fun.
Details of the event are as follows:
Utahās Snowbasin Resort will carry skiers on its Needles Gondola this Saturday to access The Firecracker 4th of July Ski/Board Race in Middle Bowl Cirque below Mt. Ogden. āThis is not the Olympics, or even a World Cup, just a chance to have fun and say, āI skied at Snowbasin on July 4, 2008,'ā says resort spokesperson Mary Rowland.
Race sign up takes place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. this Saturday at the Ticket Window of Snowbasinās Grizzly Center. Participants may also call 801-620-1000 and sign up over the telephone. A $25.00 entry fee includes a gondola ticket
and T-Shirt, and ticket to be entered in the 1:00 p.m. drawing on Earlās Plaza for a summer season pass and dinner for two at The Around the World Chef Series.
The race itself gets underway at 10:00 a.m. There will be no official start list ā itās first come, first served. Snowbasin officials expect to offer a 10-gate modified NASTAR-type slalom course.
