Chad's Gap

Chad's Gap

Chad's Gap is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry gap located in the Wasatch Mountains, near Alta Ski Area, in Utah, United States. Chad's Gap is a part of extreme skiing lore and facts about its exact location and the circumstances around its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated.[1] One version of the structure's discovery has it that Chad Zurinskas, a local Utah cook after whom the gap was purportedly named, discovered it as a gap between two piles of mine tailings in 1999 and arranged with filmmaker Kris Ostness to make the first successful jump.[1] Other versions have that Travis Rice or Candide Thovex made the first successful jump.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jill Adler; Rachael Hodson. "CHAD'S GAP: The gap no one can shut up about" (on-line only). Powdermag.com (Source Interlink Media). http://www.powdermag.com/features/onlineexclusive/chads-gap/. Retrieved 2008-08-10. "Every ski magazine has written something about Chad’s Gap...." 


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