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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 of 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 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.^[1] The first successful jump was done by Candide Thovex.

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

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[AdlerHodsonPowderMag-1] Jill Adler; Rachael Hodson. "CHAD'S GAP: The gap no one can shut up about" (on-line only). Powdermag.com. Source Interlink Media. Retrieved 2008-08-10. Every ski magazine has written something about Chad's Gap....

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-'''Chad's Gap''' is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry [[gap (landform)|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 of its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag>{{cite news |author=Jill Adler |author2=Rachael Hodson
+'''Chad's Gap''' is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry [[gap (landform)|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 of its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag>{{cite news |author=Jill Adler |author2=Rachael Hodson
  |title=CHAD'S GAP: The gap no one can shut up about |url=http://www.powdermag.com/features/onlineexclusive/chads-gap/
  |format=on-line only |work=Powdermag.com |publisher=Source Interlink Media |accessdate=2008-08-10
- |quote=Every ski magazine has written something about Chad’s Gap.... }}</ref>  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.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag/> The first successful jump was done by [[Candide Thovex]]. The gap has been the subject of an internet meme (playing on the near-mythical status of the jump, indicating that it is very difficult to find and that it requires special privileges to be able to go). The gap also has a [https://www.facebook.com/chadsmap Facebook Page].<ref>https://www.facebook.com/chadsmap</ref>
+ |quote=Every ski magazine has written something about Chad’s Gap.... }}</ref>  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.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag/> The first successful jump was done by [[Candide Thovex]].
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