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Canyons marred by development

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:14:48 MDT

Canyons marred by development

By ray diehl

Updated May 22, 2013 12:14PM MDT

By ray diehl With the end of ski season, mountain areas transition to summer uses. Salt Lake area ski resorts generally work on upgrades to their facilities. Along with this comes the seemingly endless pursuit of new skiable terrain. Meanwhile, the jewel of the Wasatch, the Cottonwood canyons, slowly disappear under the weight of resort expansion. Who are the true beneficiaries of the unbridled development? The Cottonwood canyons have suffered significantly over the last 150-plus years due to...

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Resort lodges finish a much better ski season

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:59:32 MDT

Resort lodges finish a much better ski season

By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 12:59PM MDT

Lodging providers in Utah resort communities finished the ski season with improved results from the poor winter a year earlier. Occupancy through the end of April was 61.6 percent in Utah resort towns, up from 57.5 percent a year ago, according to the Denver-based Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. Average room rates, it added, rose $15 a night to $257. The improved performance mirrored results across the West. The Mountain Travel Research Program, also from Denver, said occupancy climbed 5.8 percen...