Fifth annual “Beaver Bash” hosted by Beaver Mountain Ski Resort was a success

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."