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 Ascent of Descente
Ski gear maker blazes the trail to Ogden
By Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune
OGDEN - The Olympics brought Curt Geiger home.
An Ogden boy who had gotten into the sporting goods business as a ski salesman
at the old Perkins Ltd. store at 24th Street and Lincoln Avenue, Geiger was running
Descente Ltd.'s North American operations out of a Denver suburb back in 2002.
He was looking to move the high-end apparel business out of largely industrial
Englewood, which held little appeal for most of his clients and was more than
an hour away from the nearest skiing. But all of the ski communities he investigated
- Telluride, Sun Valley, Jackson - were more expensive than his employees could
afford and too far off the beaten path.
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Ogden
Targets European Ski Companies
Ogden City, Utah, USA - Once again,
Ogden City, Utah, USA is extending an invitation to the world
much like it did during the Winter Olympic Games in 2002.
That invitation was given to athletes and spectators to take
advantage of what Utah boasts as “The Greatest Snow on Earth.” Tens
of thousands flocked to Ogden and surrounding Utah cities
to see the games and came away impressed by the friendliness
of the people, the beautiful scenery and the excellent amenities
Ogden and the State of Utah has to offer. Today, the invitation
is extended to companies in the ski industry from Europe
to come to Ogden, which is quickly becoming a business center
for ski companies from around the world.
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 Holographic
ice tower coming
to Ogden
By Jeff
Lowe
Director of Ogden
Climbing Parks
Dear Friends,
I’m an Ogden native and have been a mountain climber
ever since my dad guided me up the Grand
Teton at the age of seven, back in 1958. Over the years
I’ve worked as an instructor for Outward
Bound, guided climbers around the world and run my own
climbing school, among other things. I’ve witnessed the
metamorphosis of a 40-year old housewife into an avid tiger
of the heights. I’ve seen inner city dope fiends
kick drugs in favor of climbing rocks, and I’ve seen
the joy on the faces of kids of all stripes when they finally
make it to the top of a climbing wall. The climbing experience
offers something that’s very hard to get in today’s
society, infatuated as it is with video games and reality TV
and almost divorced from the natural world and real challenge.
To read entire article and learn how
to become an Ogden Climbing Parks member, click
here
National
Geographic Adventure is calling Ogden
"Utah's
new outdoor capital" -- and one of
the
top 10 outdoor spots in the country
Ogden on the Rise
An old-time railroad hub turns outdoor nexus
By HILARY NANGLE
“There are a lot of towns in the West
with beautiful backyards,” says world-class alpinist
Jeff Lowe, 56, who in 2002 returned to his hometown of Ogden
(pop. 83,000) after a 30-year absence. “We just get outside
and use ours more.”
Ogdenites are the only
ones [enjoying this backyard]. In the past two years the
historic railroad community 38 miles north of Salt Lake city
has seen the arrival of 11 outdoor-gear manufacturing companies,
including Salomon and Rossignol, whose employees are just
as eager to cash in on Ogden’s natural riches: he Wasatch-Cache National Forest,
Ogden Valley (home of Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, and Wolf
Mountain), and Malans Waterfall (an ice-climbing hot spot).
A state university town, Ogden has its share of culture pleasures
too: Stroll café-and-gallery-beaded 25th Street or sit
back for a movie at the recently renovated Peery’s Egyptian
Theater, where, when the lights go down, the sky-blue ceiling
dims to starry night.
The article also points out that lifts at the three ski resorts
local to Ogden can deliver 22,000 skiers per hour to
the top of its slopes.
New Yorkers informed about
Ogden's outdoor renaissance
Are you informed?
For an article that ran on March 3, 2007, Wall Street
Journal reporter Reed Albergotti took a tour of Ogden
and then told the world's savviest investors how Ogden is
attracting manufacturers of sports equipment -- and how Ogden
is not just bringing in new business, it's reversing the
national trend by bringing companies that used to build their
stuff outside the United States.
In the article, Albergotti quotes Mayor
Matt Godfrey, who points out, "There is no Silicon Valley
for the ski industry. Why not us?"
Why not, indeed? It looks like things may already be shaping
up that way.
To read the entire article, click
here
 Novice
climbers coming to Ogden for rare hands-on opportunity
There are only ten places in the United States that offer
hand anchors for rock climbers. Why does Ogden have the latest
and greatest? Because of a private property owner who wants
to make rock-climbing friendly for novices.
To read the entire
New York Times article
on via ferrata climbing, click
here
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