SUNNY SIDE DOWN FLURRY OF SNOW FANS FLEES L.A. AND TAKES SKI RESORT BY STORM.Byline: Kerry Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee. Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. Cavanaugh Staff Writer WRIGHTWOOD - The sun was shining, the sky a perfect shade of blue and the snow fresh early Saturday morning at Mountain High ski resort when hundreds of snowboarders and a few skiers hit the slopes. So many Angelenos headed for the hills over the holidays that Mountain High - the closest ski resort to the city - sold out of day tickets by 8:45 a.m., leaving many skiers and boarders stuck at the lodge until afternoon ticket sales started at 2 p.m. ``It looked like 'Boardstock' out there,'' said Bob Gibson
Still, he and fellow snowboarder snow·board n. A board resembling a small surfboard and equipped with bindings, used for descending snow-covered slopes on one's feet but without ski poles. intr.v. Ronnie Reader managed to make 10 runs before 10 a.m., free-riding Free-riding A forbidden practice in which the member of an underwriting syndicate retains a portion of an initial public offering (IPO) and resells the securities at a higher price determined by the market at a later time. down the slopes and taking in the pine-lined landscape. While rain fell steadily on Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Christmas Day, only one inch of natural snow fell on Mountain High. About 18 inches of snow have fallen since the beginning of the season, but the Wrightwood resort has made up the difference by running snow-making machines and laying down eight inches of soft, light power before Saturday morning. ``We haven't had much natural snow so we're making snow 24 hours a day,'' said John McColly, director of marketing for the resort. Management turned off the machines Saturday morning to make for a more pleasant skiing experience for visitors. The resulting snowpack snow·pack n. An area of naturally formed, packed snow that usually melts during the warmer months. snowpack 1. pleased Lancaster sisters Sarah, 16, and Lizzy, 9, who came with their father, Rick Glenn. ``The snow's really great - you get all the powder in your face going down,'' said Sarah, the lone snowboarder in the family. Like many at the local resort, the Glenns are regular winter visitors, making the drive up the hill nearly every other weekend to test their skills on the slopes and easily spend eight hours skiing and snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon . The holiday weekend brings many regulars eager to try out new equipment they received as presents and there were many glassy, unknicked snowboards on line for the chair lift. Others decided to try their luck on the slopes for the first time. Xiao Xu, 19, of Reseda hadn't seen snow in more than a decade and was fully expecting a lot of time up close with the white stuff in her first-ever attempt at snowboarding. ``I think I'm going to just hit the bunny bunny delivers chocolates, etc., to children. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 487] See : Easter slope today,'' she said while waiting for the afternoon ticket sale to kick off. To avoid missing the morning ski runs, operators suggest making reservations the day before by visiting the Mountain High Web site at www.mthigh.com or calling (888) 754-7878. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color -- ran in Valley edition only) Skiers bathed in sunlight cruise down a run at Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood on Saturday morning. (2 -- color -- ran in Valley edition only) A snowboarder catches air with the aid of powder generated overnight by the resort's snow-making machines. (3) A snowboarder makes a scenic run past stately pines Saturday morning at Mountain High ski resort in Wrightwood. (4 -- ran in SAC Sac: see Sac and Fox. SAC - 1. An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. edition only) A skier and a snowboarder share the run - and the day - at Mountain High. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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