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For the Love of Skiing

Steve Bounous, 59, has skiing in his blood. The son of Junior Bounous, a pioneer of skiing in Utah and Snowbird’s first ski school director, he has carried on the family legacy of teaching countless skiers the greatest pastime.

Bounous came into his own as a skier in Little Cottonwood Canyon, progressing from the Snowbird Alpine

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