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Utah's signature ski runs Sundance Resort
Range of skiers enjoy run
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History
It was in 1901 that the family of S. Paul Stewart purchased the land where the ski resort is now located. They paid a whopping $2.50 per acre. Long before there were skiers sliding on the slopes, sheep casually grazed under the cliffs of Mount Timpanogos. Skiing started around 1946 when Raymond Stewart installed a rope tow and began calling the ski area Timp Haven. It became unique in the ski industry because it closed on Sunday. Said Stewart, nicknamed "Speed," six days was enough. Stewart himself didn't ski. He said he didn't have time, but his children did.
The first run cut on the mountainside was short and finished by crossing North Fork Creek via a bridge of cut logs covered with straw. In 1951, a used lift purchased from Park City was installed.
In 1957, skiing legend Junior Bounous, now director of skiing at Snowbird, came back to Utah, bought into the ski area and started a ski school. That was also the year Timp Haven created a tubing hill and skating rink. The owners purchased 600 tubes and rented them out for 50 cents a day.
In 1963, Robert Redford built a home near the resort and took an interest in getting into the ski business. He purchased the resort in 1968. The name was to come from a movie part he'd been offered "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." At first, Redford objected to the name, claiming it was too pretentious.
Upon taking over the resort, Redford carved out new ski runs, added more parking and built a lodge.
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What rest of the Resorts? Is there any place else besides Sundance?...
Stretch | March 4, 2008 at 9:33 a.m.
Where can I find the list for the rest of the resorts.
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