Word: snow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early 1970s along with the growth in popularity of outdoor recreation in the U.S. Because the sporty vehicles have high ground clearance, and power that is delivered to all four wheels instead of only two, they can go just about anywhere: along sandy beaches, through fields and over snow-covered roads. Industry experts puzzle over estimates that owners of the specialized machines spend less than 10% of their driving time off the road, but it seems clear that they are taken with an image. The bulky, rugged vehicles are usually decked with roll bars, high-intensity driving lights, giant tires...
...31st day of December, the endless ordeal ended. They had been blasting for four days and they were sure all the snow that could ever come down that winter (on both sides of the road) was down. Two and a half days of skiing out of a promised seven. Now we emerged from our wooden cocoon and took the long hike up the stairs-all 250 of them-to see what had been wrought. But the snow had come down off the cliff and flooded into the tunnel, so we had to shovel our way out onto the road...
...least shovel our way out onto what used to be the road. The cliff was still there above us and in the distance, we could make out the Alta Lodge and the middle chair lift. But Rte. 106 was obscured under eight feet of snow. Where there had been cars on Christmas day there were now only the tops of antennas. They dug those out in the spring, too. The only route out of Little Cottonwood Canyon was over several miles of snowdrift...
...rounded the corner to gate 17 S at full speed, yelling at airline officials and insisting that they hold the plane. We saw flight #34 nonstop to Los Angeles for a fleeting moment as it rumbled down the snow-plowed runway and faltered into...
...liquor gets sold over the counter in the homeland of Mormon sobriety. You went to a bar, or so they told us, and brought your own bottle and paid for a set-up. So we lounged in the orange plastic chairs, trying to sleep off the state and the snow...