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Here are the latest headlines:
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:32 PM
Park City, UT - The Park City community has joined together in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 11:51 PM
Salt Lake City, UT - Professional freeskier Sarah Burke died Thursday morning in a Salt Lake City hospital of injuries sustained in a fall while training in Park City Mountain Resort's Eagle Superpipe on Jan. 10. She was 29.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 10:18 AM
Denver, CO - Snowfall was down this holiday season at most western mountain resorts but actual occupancy among resorts surveyed across Utah as well as Colorado, California and Oregon was up 1.3 percent compared to December 2010 when many western destinations were enjoying near-record snowfall and early season conditions. The most recent data released on Wednesday by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP) also revealed that the Average Daily Rate (ADR) was up a significant 8.1 percent compared to December 2010.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:44 AM
Salt Lake City, UT - Outdoor Retailer (OR) Winter Market returns to Salt Lake City this week, bringing with it more than 1,000 brands and 21,000 attendees from around the globe to the world's largest outdoor industry trade show.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 09:00 AM
Snowbird, UT - With winter taking slightly longer than expected to deliver its powder The North Face will postpone the first stop of its Masters of Snowboarding series, originally scheduled for Utah's Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort January 19-21, in order to provide more time for optimal competition riding conditions to develop. Officials in Ogden have also canceled that city's Winterfest 2012.
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 02:07 PM
Park City, UT - It's no secret that snowfall has been a scarce commodity thus far this winter in many regions across the U.S. The story in Utah is no different, and officials at one of the state's ski resorts will try a novel technique tomorrow to summon the snow gods.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 01:51 PM
Salt Lake City, UT - Canadian Freestyle Halfpipe Team member Sarah Burke remains in critical condition in a coma in a Salt Lake City hospital following a training accident on Tuesday at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 12:35 PM
Brian Head, UT -Free Brian Head Resort lift tickets will be provided to all active duty military personnel, National Guard and Reservists on Martin Luther King Day this Monday.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 08:24 AM
Denver, CO - In the bone-dry west, water rights are an extremely valuable asset. For ski resorts that depend upon water for snowmaking, they're absolutely essential.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 07:37 AM
Salt Lake City, UT - Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke is in a coma in a Salt Lake hospital following a crash while training in Park City on Tuesday.