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Snow arrives early at Snowbird [2nd-earliest start in 38 years]
The Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 11/10/2008 | Maggie Thach

Posted on 11/10/2008, 9:00:38 PM by TheDon

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Tuesday's snowstorm kicked off a five-day accumulation that has reached about 46 inches of snow, allowing Snowbird Ski Resort to open Friday, the second-earliest start in the resort's 38-year history. The resort didn't open until Nov. 28 last year.

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Snowbird is the only resort open so far, giving skiers and snowboarders a head start on the season. Most resorts typically open after Thanksgiving.

The Aerial Tram, as well as the Gadzoom and Mid-Gad lifts, were open on Friday and open terrain included Regulator Johnson from the top of Hidden Peak, as well as Big Emma and Bassackwards.

Even though the runs and lifts are limited, Ben Hauber has been out every day since Friday and hasn't gotten bored yet. It is the Pittsburgh native's first ski season since moving to Utah.

"According to my friends, it's a bad day, but this [would be considered] a great day back home," Hauber said. "The first day was awesome. All I plan on doing is working and being here [at Snowbird]."

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(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: globalcooling; globalwarming; prop8
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Global warming alert!

Some queers feel the decision to boycott Utah was a bit rash!

1 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:00:40 PM by TheDon
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Skiers Michael Plummer, right, and Seabury Davies and their sons scan the scenery as the Tram at Snowbird approaches the dropoff point, on Sunday.

Seabury Davies of Park City pauses as he waits for his friends Sunday before getting on the Snowbird Ski Resort tram for another run of skiing. Since Friday, skiers and boarders at Snowbird have taken advantage of the resort's second-earliest start in its 38-year history.

2 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:01:45 PM by TheDon
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To: TheDon

Let me guess...Algore’s in Utah this week


3 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:04:10 PM by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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To: TheDon
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
Oh no... global SNOWING!
4 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:05:27 PM by Bon mots
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To: TheDon
In 2008 I finally decided that the media is 100% untrustworthy.
In 2008 I finally decided that Global Warming is a complete sham.
In 2008 I finally decided that America has no race problem, and that people who claim the opposite ARE the problem.

It's been a big year, and it ain't over yet.

5 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:06:06 PM by ClearCase_guy
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To: TheDon

My family owns a condo at Cottonwood Heights, just a few miles from the entrace to Little Cottonwood Canyon (where Snowbird is located). Snowbird is an excellent mountain and I will be out there skiing in January.


6 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:07:05 PM by St. Louis Conservative
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To: TheDon
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
OH NO! Global Warming!
OH NO! Global Cooling!
Oh no... global SNOWING!

OH NO! Global Climate Change! (ummm... fluctuations in the weather?)

7 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:07:08 PM by Bon mots
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To: TheDon
Oh no it's GLOBAL COOLING!!!

The idiots had it all wrong, instead of another Jurassic period we are heading into an Ice Age!!!

Run for the hills and let's get Al Gore on it!!

8 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:08:40 PM by softwarecreator (Wow, free food, free gas and no more mortgage payments after January 2009, thanks Obama!!)
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To: TheDon

9 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:10:05 PM by softwarecreator (Wow, free food, free gas and no more mortgage payments after January 2009, thanks Obama!!)
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To: TheDon

Shaping up to be a snowy winter here too. We got our first snow the first week of October and have had two more storms come through since. If it was just a few degrees colder, our resorts would be wide open for skiing before Thanksgiving.


10 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:11:46 PM by The KG9 Kid
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To: TheDon
South Dakota had a taste of global warming just last week ...

11 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:13:29 PM by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/02E9044D-9016-40E9-B369-D24C4B3117E0/

01_10_2008_DvTempRank_pg.gif

The majority of the entire US was colder this past year than the one before.


12 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:27:21 PM by B4Ranch (("In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." FDR)
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To: TheDon

But ... but ... Al Gore said...


13 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:28:56 PM by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: St. Louis Conservative

I like Alta better than Snowbird.


14 posted on 11/10/2008, 9:46:03 PM by mickey finn
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Global warming alert!

Of course, this is a sign of global warming. This was 2007 snow which is almost a year late due to global warming.

Please leave science to the hands of experts. I'm sure that they will come up something about as logical as my explanation.

15 posted on 11/10/2008, 10:00:39 PM by CommerceComet
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To: mickey finn

Alta is great too, however Snowbird has much more terrain, and is less crowded.


16 posted on 11/10/2008, 10:14:00 PM by St. Louis Conservative
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To: TheDon

“Greatest Snow on Earth!”


17 posted on 11/10/2008, 10:29:59 PM by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: mickey finn

I grew up as a teenager, skiing off the beaten path at Alta. In the early 80’s, you could actually buy an all-day lift ticket for $8.00. I actually skied in chest-high powder around West Rustler, but that’s not saying much. Stories like those are fairly common at Alta.


18 posted on 11/10/2008, 11:41:03 PM by Lou L
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To: TheDon; calcowgirl; Horusra; CygnusXI; Entrepreneur; Defendingliberty; WL-law; Genesis defender; ...
 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

19 posted on 11/11/2008, 1:54:04 AM by steelyourfaith
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To: TheDon

Actually, where I live in NW Washington state... it has been a relatively warm fall so far... Al “Global Warming” Gore will take all the credit.


20 posted on 11/11/2008, 8:08:47 PM by John123 (The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
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