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Photo courtesy of Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort | Wearing a Snowbird baseball
cap, mountaineer Dick Bass was in his element when he was trekking through
the higher elevations - from Utah to the Himalayas. He died July 26, 2015, a
t age 85.
Dick Bass could be as windy as the towering mountains he climbed.
That was part of the reason people loved him so. He might have been rich, mi
ght have been a ski-industry pioneer (helping found Snowbird was just one of
his ventures) and might have been the first person to reach the summit of t
he tallest mountain on each continent - all noteworthy accomplishments in th
eir own rights.
But he was also a character - and counted people worldwide among his friends
when he died Sunday in Texas of pulmonary fibrosis at age 85.
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"When I'd see him, he didn't even have to open his mouth and I'd start smili
ng," said Deer Valley President and CEO Bob Wheaton.
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Added ski historian Alan Engen: "I had the highest admiration for Dick Bass.
He was fun to be with and, of course, he never stopped talking."
Bass was a transformative figure in Utah skiing history, elevating the state
's industry on the national and international scene when he and Ted Johnson
established Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in 1971, giving it an iconic image
right from the start with the Tram to Hidden Peak.
Snowbird's creation also gave rise to Save Our Canyons and the conservation
community's efforts to protect the tops and backcountry of the central Wasat
ch Mountains from development.
"We always got along well," said conservationist Alexis Kelner of his relati
onship with Bass, which included a trip to Switzerland to see structures bui
lt on mountaintops there. "I always respected him and I think he respected m
e, too, although we had totally different visions of what the Wasatch should
be. . He did [conservationists] a great service by energizing all of us who
had a little different viewpoint. Snowbird was responsible for helping us m
arshal our forces and be more effective."
Bass fell in love with Little Cottonwood Canyon when he hiked the area with
Johnson, seeing it as a place to increase "human understanding through the e
nhancement of body, mind and spirit." He spearheaded its development as a mo
dern counterpart to rustic next-door-neighbor Alta, creating a one-two punch
as appealing as any mountain destination anywhere.
"Alta and Snowbird couldn't be more different, but they complement each othe
r so well, the yin and the yang, and they share the good stuff," said Ski Ut
ah President Nathan Rafferty. "Dick saw that. He was such a visionary and sa
w some of his wild ideas come true because he went out and did it. He was a
unique and inspiring individual. When I was with him, I always had the feeli
ng I was in the presence of a living legend."
Bass first invested in Snowbird after having played a role in the creation o
f Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado. He also had interests in Aspen and Alta
, but at the time, putting money into ski resorts was risky business.
"It took courage because it was a dicey financial venture to undertake back
in the '70s," said Bob Bonar, Snowbird's president and a resort employee sin
ce its start. "The industry wasn't as successful as most mountain resorts ar
e today. The saying was that if you want to make a small fortune in the ski
industry, start out with a big fortune."
But Bass was a good marketer and, playing up the image of the Tram, "he real
ly put Utah on the international market," Bonar said. "Everybody locally alr
eady knew about the greatest snow on Earth, but Snowbird's marketing campaig
n helped jump-start the Utah skiing product. The branding that came with tha
t gave the Utah market more traction."
Born in Tulsa, Okla. on Dec. 21, 1929, Bass graduated from Yale and worked i
n his family's oil, gas and ranching businesses before joining with his brot
her, Harry, to get Vail off the ground in the 1960s. After his business fort
unes were secure, Bass became focused on mountaineering and in 1985, became
the first person to reach the seven continental high points when he conquere
d Mount Everest with guide David Breshears, a frequent presence at Snowbird.
Whatever he did, Bass did it without restraint, peppering his conversation w
ith "Bassisms" and laughing at his own jokes as well as those of others. Whe
n Snowbird opened its tunnel between Peruvian Gulch and Mineral Basin, for i
nstance, Bass guffawed heartily upon hearing the tunnel's irreverent nicknam
e was the "Basshole."
He showed that same exuberance last June 17, which Gov. Gary Herbert and sev
eral local governments teamed up to declare "Dick Bass Day." Even though he
was tethered to an oxygen tank and had a weak voice, Bass sang a ditty from
the musical "H.M.S. Pinafore," explained the science of lake-effect storms a
nd warded off several slapstick efforts to get him off the stage during a ce
remony at the state Capitol.
The honor came a couple of months after Bass sold his majority interest in S
nowbird to Ian Cumming of Park City-based PowdrCorp.
It was a difficult thing for him to do, but the disease left him unable to b
reathe at Snowbird's 8,100-foot base elevation and, Bonar noted, he felt com
fortable with Cumming's devotion to Snowbird. "I know that Dick feels like S
nowbird has been left in good hands, with someone who cares about it and Lit
tle Cottonwood Canyon."
Services will be held Friday at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
in Dallas. Bass leaves behind his widow, Alice; four children, five stepchil
dren and 24 grandchildren and stepgrandchildren.
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