SALT LAKE CITY - They said it couldn't be done - but five Utah skiers proved everyone wrong.
Boarding the first chairlift just
before 8 a.m. the group survived a daylong ski marathon completing at least one run at 11 different Utah resorts in a single day.
The group rode one aerial tram, two gondolas, one six-person high-speed chairlift, three high-speed quads, one triple and four
double chairlifts to make 12 runs at 11 areas, ski 19,226 vertical feet and cover 220 miles while driving between resorts.
The
amount of time needed to drive, ride the lifts, ski down, load and unload equipment and drive to all 11 resorts was nine hours, 41
minutes.
"Snow quality has always been our calling card," said Nathan Rafferty, Ski Utah's director of communications. "Skiing 11 areas in
one day proves Utah's accessibility is second to none as well."
Resort In Out Runs Feet Feet
Sundance 7:56 8:19 1 1,010
Deer Valley 8:55 9:10 1 640
Park City 9:19 9:35 1 1,340
The Canyons 9:45 10:16 1 1,410
Solitude 11:04 11:30 1 1,330
Brighton 11:36 11:54 1 1,500
Snowbird 12:32 1:05 1 2,866
Alta 1:09 1:34 1 2,860
Snowbasin 2:54 3:58 2 4,730
Nordic Vall. 4:26 4:51 1 970
Powder Mtn. 5:12 5:37 1 570
Totals 12 9,226

This story was published on 30 Jan 2005.