It snowed 8 inches overnight. Those 8 inches happened to be super light and dry fluff. And it seemed a lot deeper than 8. We skied Lone Pine, Thirds, Eagle’s…
Continue ReadingLast night into today’s storm wasn’t hyped much. But a quick 11 inches dropped out of the sky and it made for some real soft skiing. We weren’t even planning…
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 ReadingAlta received 9 inches of fluff overnight. Skies didn’t clear early on but that didn’t stop Alta Ski Patrol from opening almost everything very early. Rumor has it they weren’t…
Continue ReadingThe season is coming to a close but don’t tell Alta that. 9″ of thick Spring mank blanketed Alta’s slopes yesterday. The storm came in with lots of lightning causing…
Continue ReadingThe past two days at Alta have been epic-ly deep. Yesterday skiers were treated to blue bird skies and face-shots while today skiers were surprised with 9″ overnight when only…
Continue ReadingIt was a sleeper pow day–we fell asleep last night thinking maybe 1″-3″ and slept in accordingly. By 9am there was 9″ of fresh overnight and we were too late. …
Continue ReadingWith 20″ falling in the past 5 days and Alta’s lifts remaining closed all week, skiers were hungry this morning to devour some pow. Conditions were pretty good on…
Continue ReadingConsidering that only 3″-6″ were forecasted for today the 12″ that did fall were a welcomed surprise. Alta’s lifts didn’t start running until almost 10:00 and apparently most skiers are over…
Continue ReadingWith over two feet of pow forecasted to blanket the Wasatch yesterday, a storm total of 7″ was disappointing. Normally for this season 7″ would be considered an epic day but…
Continue ReadingThis morning Alta reported 22 inches in 24 hours. The combination of deep pow and sunny skies made for an extremely difficult time getting up canyon. Little Cottonwood ended…
Continue ReadingNine inches fell on Alta over the weekend and truly hooked up the mountain! The snow was fantastic and most of Alta’s terrain opened including Eagles Nest, Backside, Catherine’s, and Baldy…
Continue ReadingWith only a dusting forecasted for today five inches was a welcomed surprise. The Tower 10 Traverse benefited greatly from today’s snowfall making it much easier to access High Boy and…
Continue ReadingAlta received 33 inches from this storm and a little extra during the day. It was a much anticipated powder ski day and we were up at the base of…
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 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…
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