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New Bike Trail For Park City

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The busy builders at Park City’s Mountain Trails Foundation are at it again. The trail crew have unleashed Dawn’s Trail.  The connector to Spiro Trail off of Park City Mountain Resort starts about a mile up the Armstrong Trail (just after you pass the bathrooms and back into the trees). It will make for a good, short, intermediate loop option for bikers. MTF would like folks to head over to the new path to help with compaction.

Please Note:  This is still a Directional Trail for Bikes (riding from Armstrong toward Spiro only).

Look for a hiking-only trail connection springing from Dawn’s in the fall that will merge into Armstrong just above Silver Star.

 

PCMR & Talisker Ask For Mediation Extension

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It’s an encouraging sign for Park City and those hoping to visit Utah this
season. Talisker and Park City Mountain Resort have joined together to ask
judge Ryan Harris to extend the mediation deadline.
As the battle over PCMR’s property and resort operations comes to a head
with the August 27 hearing regarding PCMR’s eviction order and ability to
remove lifts and structures from the land, the whole town is waiting to see
if the parties can figure it out on their own.
Judge Harris had originally given the two parties until today to get to the
mediation table but now that dinner has been served it looks like
everyone’s eating civilly instead of perpetuating a food fight. In a letter
to Judge Harris, the sides say the “good faith” negotiations need another
nine days and could they have until August 25 to conclude talks.
No one’s breathing a word about the details including even who the mediator
is or how many times the sides have met.

Regardless, city leaders see the extension as a positive sign. “If they’re still talking, they’re not in a stalemate,”said Park City Manager Diane Foster. What’s at stake is the upcoming ski season, jobs, bookings and moral. PCMR has also requested a bond (basically escrow) that might appease Talisker while the lawsuit between the two parties continues and the resort operates for 2014/15. The Resort requested an amount between $1,021,308 and $6,559,616. Talisker hasn’t made public what they’d like to see for a bond amount but those in the know speculate it’s significantly higher.

Dogs Love Outdoor Retailers

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One of the best things about the Outdoor Retailer show is all the dog loving. Outdoor lovers seem to be pet lovers too. Our dogs even get their own badges.

My pooch isn’t perfect but he does enjoy giving some lovin’ as much as getting.

 

It’s too bad the rest of the world would rather restrict leash laws, put down pitbulls and deny homeowners insurance based on the breed of their dog.

Best Wineries in America

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I’m still waiting for my shipment of Foreplay from the Naked Winery. The South Dakota vineyard doesn’t exactly make the finest tasting wine but who wouldn’t want a bottle of Penetration displayed on their rack? It’s not surprising that South Dakota can’t outrank California (or even place on the list) as the wine capital of the country, but it does go to show that wine is fermenting in all 50 states.

The wineries on this TheDailyMeal.com list were nominated by sommeliers, wine writers, chefs, and restaurateur. After the master list was made, the experts returned to vote on the finalists based on wine quality, consistency, and value. The whole list has 101 wineries on it but since I’m not a winesnob I figured 20 was good enough on this blog.


 

THE LIST

1. Ridge Vineyards — Cupertino, California

2. Au Bon Climat Winery — Santa Maria, California

3. Calera Wine Company — Mt. Harlan, California

4. Littorai Wines — Sebastopol, California

5. Woodward Canyon Winery — Lowden, Washington

6. Dunn Vineyards — Angwin, California

7. Heitz Cellars — St. Helena, California

8. Matthiasson Winery — Napa Valley, California

9. Sandhi Wines — Santa Barbara, CA

10. Copain Wine Cellars — Healdsburg, CA

11. Tablas Creek Vineyard — Paso Robles, California

12. Caymus Vineyards — Rutherford, California

13. Chateau Montelena — Calistoga, California

14. Domaine Drouhin Oregon — Dayton, Oregon

15. Shafer Vineyards — Napa, California

16. Corison Winery — St. Helena, California

17. Duckhorn Vineyards — St. Helena, California

18. Bonny Doon Vineyard — Santa Cruz, California

19. Schramsberg Vineyards — Calistoga, California

20. Robert Sinskey Vineyards — Napa, California

Get Wet- Literally- At Opening Day For The Outdoor Retailer Summer Market

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It’s been windy; it’s drizzled on and off; but never in my history of summer ORs have the heavens opened up and dropped buckets of rain on the hundreds of retailers, buyers, media and guests attending the annual event like they did today. It didn’t last long however and because the majority of us were at Pineview Reservoir near Ogden to paddle, getting wet wasn’t an issue. So we gathered under tarps and waited it out for a bit. It was back to networking and discovering new products as usual.

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True to Utah summer rains. The torrent passed in time for us to enjoy the afternoon.

I really do wish they’d move the Demo Day back to Jordanelle, outside of Park City. They relocated to Ogden a few years ago because water levels were drastically low in Summit County but that was only the case for one year. The Ogden location is a haul for most everyone and this year we were all crammed into a small beach space at Cemetery Point. It felt like the manufacturers were on top of each other. I heard those around me grumble the same thing. You hear that organizers? Can we please shoot for Park City again? Not to mention that the day can continue onto Main Street for a killer dinner and drinks before the real work begins.

The Open Air Demo Day is meant for buyers to get some hands-on time with gear before heading inside the Salt Palace Convention Center for four days of weaving up and down aisles that resemble Cabela’s on steroids. I say to any BlogHer participants- if you are overwhelmed there you’ll be freaked out witnessing the OR show for the first time.

Summer Market is the largest outdoor sports show of its kind and attracts nearly 50,000 attendees. The floor opens tomorrow at 9 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. through Saturday. Sunday is truncated- 9 a.m. -3 p.m. but that’s the best day to meet with companies and find some amazing bargains on sample merchandise. If you have friends attending make sure you ask them to shop early for your Christmas gift.

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