Chad's Gap

Chad's Gap

Candide Thovex clearing Chad's Gap
Location Grizzly Gultch,
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Range Wasatch Range
Coordinates 40°35′46″N 111°37′16″W / 40.596029°N 111.621132°W / 40.596029; -111.621132Coordinates: 40°35′46″N 111°37′16″W / 40.596029°N 111.621132°W / 40.596029; -111.621132

Chad's Gap is a 120-foot (37 m) backcountry gap located in the Wasatch Mountains, approximately 0.6 miles (0.97 km) northeast of Alta Ski Area, in northern Utah, United States. One version of the structure's discovery has it that Chad Zurinskas, a local Utah resident 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. The first successful jump was done by Candide Thovex.[1][2]

Chad's Gap in summer

References

  1. ↑ Rozendaal, Steve (20 Jun 2012). "How Chad's Gap became skiing's most iconic jump spot". freeskier.com. Retrieved 3 Dec 2016.
  2. ↑ "14 year old skier jumps Chad's Gap – 120 feet". mpora.com. 4 Jan 2016. Retrieved 3 Dec 2016.

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