It’s Dew Thirty
This weekend, Snowbasin welcomes the Winter Dew Tour Toyota Championships! For the latest schedule of events and official athlete conformation list, check this OOA article. For a comprehensive list on what’s happening in town, check out Indie Ogden’s Guide to Fun in O-town During Dew Tour. Hope to see everyone out enjoying the festivities. Please, feel free to post gobs of unadulterated fun on OOA’s Facebook Page.
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Salomon USA to Open Flagship Store in SLC
Salomon USA and its parent company, Amer Sports Winter and Outdoor Americas, (ASWO) are pleased to announce the opening of Salomon’s first Flagship store in the United States. The Salomon store will be located in Salt Lake City’s City Creek Shopping Center… More at SNEWS
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Snowmobiler Dies in Sevier County Avalanche
Officials are identifying a 34-year-old snowmobiler from Richfield who died in an avalanche near central Utah’s Fish Lake… More at Standard Examiner. The man was identified as Brady Davis.
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Two Pipeline Workers Found Dead in Utah Canyon
A family member says two natural-gas pipeline workers from Colorado who went missing a week ago have been found dead in a central Utah canyon… More at Standard Examiner
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Lost Man Camping Near Snowville Found
Family members of a Utah man who was reported missing say he has been found safe… More at KSL
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DWR Cracks Down on Winter Poaching
The headless deer carcass on the side of the Kings Well Road is cause for suspicion. An examination of the pelvis shows that this desiccated tangle of bones and hide was once a healthy buck… More at KSL On the positive side of things, wildlife crossing structures are saving lives.
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Snowboarder Dies in Attempt to Avoid Collision
A snowboarder in his 30s died following an incident at Castle Mountain on Saturday afternoon after sustaining a high-speed collision with a tree stump… More at First Tracks Also, A 58-year-old Georgia man died of blunt force trauma following an incident while skiing on Sunday morning at Keystone Resort in Colorado… More at First Tracks
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Lindsey Vonn Turns 50
A career milestone and a rare family reunion. All of which left Lindsey Vonn in tears, and it made for a perfect day. Vonn captured her 50th World Cup victory Saturday, winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course with temperatures plunging to minus 13… More at Standard Examiner
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Vitaly Gorelik Dies Attempting First Winter Ascent of K2
The Russian attempt on the first winter ascent of K2 was abandoned today, when Vitaly Gorelik died of heart failure in Base Camp. Gorelik and partners Valery Shamalo and Nicholas Totmyanin made it to a highpoint of 7200m on the South-Southeast Spur… More at Alpinist
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Travis Rice is SuperNatural
Canada, paid witness to 18 of the world’s legends and up-and-comers as they raised the sport of snowboarding to the next level. The Red Bull Supernatural went down February 4th under bluebird skies, with Travis Rice throwing down on the never-before… More at Transworld Business Here’s a leaked video of the event.
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The Ice Hole Bar
The Ice Hole bar on Lake Lida near Pelican Rapids, Minn. is part bar, part fish house and part gathering place for anglers on the popular lake in northwestern Minnesota… More at MPR News
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Lost Mushroom Hunters Considered Eating Dog
Three mushroom pickers lost six nights in the rugged forest of southwest Oregon with no food considered eating their dog, and used the screen on their dead cellphone and the blade of a sheath knife to flash a signal at the helicopter pilot who found them… More at KSL
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