STAR GAZING

The Sundance Film Festival is held this time of year in Park City, Utah.
Everyone is either going to see the new films or star gazing. You see Park City on TV but it is more than a film festival.
They claim to have the best snow and the best ski resorts and all the stars too.
There are more than 750 acres of ungroomed, natural bowls that are for big mountain skiing and riding.
Signature runs allow intmediate skiers to conquer more of the mountain.
Aggressive grooming entails grooming 15 advanced runs on a rotating nightly basis for snowboarding.
Park City has the largest half pipe in North America, with a 22 foot wall.
Home to the 2002 Winter Olympics, an Olympic Park was built. It was used for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsled, luge, and skeleton.
Still being used for national and international competitions serving as year-round training grounds for high performance athletes.
Visitors can tour the Olympic Park at 3000 Bear Hollow Drive.
They can even take a bobsled ride of their own, if you dare.
Park City has a rich history of its own.
Settled by Mormons in 1848, when silver was found in 1868 it became a boom town.
Most all of the old buildings were destroyed in a fire in 1898. By 1899 the town was rebuilt. With the price of silver dropping in price most people left, leaving Park City to depend on skiing and tourists.



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