Alta today ended their longest summer break from lift operations since its inception 83 years ago. This has been the strangest of years but Alta felt almost normal. People were…
Continue ReadingAs of Saturday noontime Alta had nothing but a dusting of snow on the highest peaks. Things were looking grim. Unless you were privy to the forecast. Winter arrived with…
Continue ReadingAlta, UT is well known for a lot of things, deep light fluffy powder snow is at the top of the list. People travel to Alta from all over the…
Continue ReadingLast week the snow almost reached the road at the base of Mt. Superior. When we arrived this morning that was no longer the case. About 300 vertical feet up…
Continue ReadingThis year at Alta was another stellar one, with snow starting in October and then really picking up late November and never stopping. Lots of deep days for Utah in…
Continue ReadingI won’t pretend I’m a professional gear reviewer. I have however been skiing, in the winter, with gloves on, for more than three decades. Here is why these gloves work…
Continue ReadingThe storm scheduled for today was potentially up to 16 inches of thick snow so expectations were moderate to high. This morning, when we saw there was more snow in…
Continue ReadingThis recent storm dropped about a foot and a half of snow. Not Utah blower but not any coastal cement this time either. It was super fast velvet right from…
Continue ReadingThe fierce storm that slammed Alta a few days ago really left a path of destruction. There are places in the road down canyon side that still have broken tree…
Continue ReadingThe 7th Annual Shreddit Showdown is sponsored by some of the biggest names in the ski world including Blizzard, Tecnica, FlyLow, Helly Hansen, Smith Optics, GoPro, and Backcountry Access. The prizes…
Continue ReadingWe were expecting a trace to 2 inches last night out of this storm. When it began snowing moderately in the Salt Lake valley late in the evening we realized…
Continue ReadingThe local news reported 7 inches in LCC so we went for the early ups we had scheduled with Alta management. There was a discrepancy on the mid-mountain tally from…
Continue ReadingIt snowed almost two feet out of this storm and Alta even went into an interlodge this morning. Wildcat and the High Traverse were firing early on and Baldy Shoulder…
Continue ReadingThe final piece to the puzzle fell in to place today with the opening of Devil’s Castle. Alta Ski Patrol were able to get it all ready to go by…
Continue ReadingToday the skies finally cleared after snowing since Thursday. Alta Ski Patrol was able to open up Baldy Shoulder and Backside sometime around noon. The snowpack is far from stable…
Continue ReadingIt snowed a whole bunch last night. The kind of snow that was super surfy and fast. Everything off the High Traverse was skiing fast and shredable. We even found…
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