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MOAB HAPPENINGS Volume 22 Number 9 DECEMBER 2010 Christmas Bird Count Dec 18 page 6A Moab Art Walk Dec 11 page 1B Chocolate Lovers Fling Dec 11 page 5A Table Of Contents Art Walk 1B Astrology 14A Events Calendar 4-5A Health: Body, Mind, Spirit 15A Hiking Happenings 11A Lodging Guide 6-7B Mileage Chart 16A Mountain Biking 4B Winter Sun Festival Nature Happenings 6A Pet Happenings 11B Dec 3 - 4 page 2 Restaurant Guide 7, 8, 9, 10A Shopping Guide 12-13A Sky Happenings 3B Trail Mix 5B FREE COPY F==<IM8C@;=FI(=I<<:FCC<:KFIJLK8?G?FKF8C9LDD8;<=IFDI<8CC@:<EJ< GC8K<D8K<I@8CJ%?FC;J-'+O-ÉGI@EKJ %F==<ID8PEFK9<:FD9@E<;N@K?FK?<I www.moabhappenings.com F==<IJ%C@D@KFE<G<IG8IKP%8;DLJK9<GI<J<EK<;8KK?<K@D<F=9FFB@E>% 2A • December 2010 • Moab Happenings www.moabhappenings.com MOAB HAPPENINGS MOAB © Moab Area Chamber of Commerce HAPPENINGS www.moabchamber.com • (435) 259-7814 "Moab Happenings" is published by Canyonlands Advertising Inc. of Moab, Utah and is provided free throughout the Moab area as a WINTER SUN ACTIVITIES visitor information guide. rd th Articles and photos of area tourist attractions or December 3 & 4 local historic sites are welcome and may be used Join Us For A Full Weekend Of Great Events AND DON’T MISS - at the editor's discretion. 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All rights reserved. • yamaha-motor.com www.moabhappenings.com Moab Happenings • December 2010 • 3A WINTER RECREATION HAPPENINGS Winter in the La Sal Mountains When the weather in Moab gets cold, freezing the Colorado Avalanche Hazard River and putting snow and ice on everybody’s favorite bike in the La Sal trail or climbing route, there is another alternative available. Mountains Find yourself in an inversion? It is time to go and discover the The La Sals are rubbly piles recreation opportunities in the La Sal Mountains. of fractured stone. The angle The La Sals are second only to the Uintas as the of repose for this broken stone highest peaks in the state of Utah. These mountains soar to is 38 degrees, and since snow almost 13,000 feet above sea level and over 8,000 feet above is also a granular substance, 38 the valley floor. A laccolith process formed the La Sals. With degrees is the bulls-eye slope this process, a mass of igneous rock intruded between layers angle for snow avalanches. of sedimentary rock, resulting in uplift. You could call them Keep in mind though, that frustrated volcanoes too. Aside from the volcanoes of the avalanches run on terrain Pacific-Northwest, there are no peaks with greater rise in the from 30 - 45 degrees. Most continental U.S. people caught in avalanches Winter recreation in the La Sals includes cross country are in terrain that is 30 - 35 skiing, skate skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, back-country degrees of steepness. The La skiing and snowmobiling. The winter access to the mountains Sal Mountains usually possess is provided from two routes kept open by the Grand and San one of the weakest snow packs Juan County Road Departments. imaginable. Why do we care? Because 30% of people completely buried by avalanches are killed by trauma and many of those remaining die from suffocation. These are not good odds. It’s not good policy to plan on outrunning an avalanche, even on a fast snowmobile, because avalanches have been clocked at well over 200 mph. Grim statistics showing that snowmobilers are the most likely people to be killed in avalanches also support this. So what do we do? Access the current advisory by calling Fortunately, staying safe doesn’t have to mean staying at home! The good news is that most people trigger the slide that 259-SNOW (7669) 1. The La Sal Mountain Loop Road is plowed regularly. catches them, so if we learn a little about snow and adjust our The Geyser Pass road is kept open to the restrooms and parking behavior to suit the conditions, we can continue to enjoy our or from the Internet at area at 9,600’. The Geyser Pass Road and Gold Basin Road winter playground! www.avalanche.org beyond the winter trailhead is a popular area for cross country The Manti-La Sal Avalanche Center in Moab exists to skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Groomed trails help you make the right decisions. The MLSAC Forecasters The website is a great tool for: are provided by the Lower Utah Nordic Alliance (LUNA). examine the snow and produce an advisory informing you of • Finding a weather forecast for the Moab area, including radar Volunteers groom trails approximately twice a week, which where you are most likely to run into problems and just how images provide 12 kilometers of a groomed trail-system, open to sensitive the snow is. They also produce a mountain weather • A current photo gallery of the La Sal Mountains every winter user group. These roads also provide access to forecast, work with the Moab Winter Search and Rescue Team • Advisories for the La Sals and the Abajo Mountains backcountry skiing and snowboarding in the Mt. Tomasaki and provide avalanche education to the community in numerous • A current course schedule for southeast Utah and Gold Basin areas. There is a sledding hill just below the ways. The MLSAC educates the community through the parking lot. If you are using the sledding hill, please park in advisories, classes held periodically, radio announcements on Watch for periodic special events like ski swaps and avalanche the parking lot so other vehicles can get to the parking lot. The the weekends on KZMU, the website and at the Geyser Pass awareness classes. If you need to talk to one of the avalanche road in the winter is narrow enough! Trailhead information board. forecasters, please call 259-7155 Monday-Friday during normal Snowmobiles are not allowed to leave the road in Gold business hours and be sure to mention you read about it in Basin. Please respect this closure of the most popular skiing Moab Happenings. area in the La Sals - the rest of the entire range is open to you! 2. From near Old La Sal at the south end of the range, the road is plowed regularly two miles short of Dark Canyon Lake, just below Mount Peale. The San Juan Road Department makes a parking lot at about 9,600’.