Fifth annual
“Beaver Bash” hosted by Beaver Mountain Ski Resort was a success
By Claire
Hubbard
The fifth annual
“Beaver Bash” was held at Beaver Mountain Ski Resort Saturday. The spring party
offered visitors of Logan Canyon a fun time with various activities. The
activities included the traditional pond skim as well as a boxcar competition.
“The sky was the
limit with the boxcar race,” said Cindy Allen, the office manager at Beaver
Mountain. “The only real rule was that the car had to be constructed out of a
cardboard box, tape and string.”
The boxcar race
offered two prizes, both amounting to $200. One prize went to the “Fastest and
Most Accurate” boxcar and the other to the “Best of Show” boxcar with the best
presentation.
“It was a good
turn out,” Allen said. “And many of the employees got into it as well.”
Jeff Clines, a
ski lift attendant at the resort and the winner of the “Fastest and Most
Accurate” boxcar, entered on a whim.
“Marge, the
resort co-owner, talked me into it as I was walking out the day before,” Clines
said. “I went home and spent 15 minutes and $6 on my car. I sprayed three cans
of paint on it until they ran out.”
The winner of
the “Best of Show” award went to a team of ski patrol rookies. The four–man
team was made up of Jeff Hansen, Jim Thompson, Jacob Sheetsworth and Rett
Jorgensen.
“Our design was
called the ‘Rookie Evacuation Helicopter’,” Hansen said. “It took 40 man-hours
to build and decorate.”
The fee to
participate in the boxcar race was $20 for early registration and $25 for the
day of. Pond skimming was free to enter for those who didn’t want to pay an
extra fee.
“Pond skimming
was where a skier, snowboarder or boxcar began on short, yet steep hill,” Allen
said. “There was a pool of water at the end where the participants could try to
skim across to get to the other side.”
While no prize
was given for pond skimming, participants and spectators enjoyed the thrill of
it, said Kristy Seeholzer, a co-owner of the resort.
“It was pretty
cool,” Clines said. “I rode my car about three quarters of the way across and
then sunk. The water was frigid and there were tons of people watching.”
According to
Allen, the Beaver Bash evolved out of what was once known as the Big Air event.
The main feature of Big Air was a ski jump competition. To freshen the event
and get more participation, ski jumping was eventually replaced with the boxcar
derby.
“It’s always
been a popular event,” Seeholzer said. “We hope people will keep coming and it
will continue growing."
