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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 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 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 ReadingWe didn’t bother to check the final storm total but we were estimating around 20 inches on top of the previous storm’s base. This made us fairly confident we could…
Continue ReadingThe first significant snow of the 2018-2019 season was a meager storm. I estimated about 6 inches at the base and maybe 10 up to 15 where it drifted high…
Continue ReadingThe skies were gray and the snow less than ideal but you wouldn’t have known it watching the hot doggin’ dong floppin’ Frankensteiners absolutely Franking the hell out of that…
Continue ReadingThere is a lot of hard snow and ice at Alta right now but today’s snow is helping cover it up. Around 2pm it was officially nuke town. Runs from Gunsight through…
Continue ReadingAfter valley temps soared into the 70’s this past weekend a cold front mixed with little precipitation didn’t seem like it would bow well for skiing conditions. Much to our…
Continue ReadingThis year we haven’t exactly had the deepest of winter’s but after the miracle March month memories of the dismal snow pack days seem to be dwindling away. Even on…
Continue ReadingYesterday we were treated to one of Utah’s newest resorts, Whisper Ridge. A heli and cat skiing operation, Whisper Ridge operates just 90 minutes north of Salt Lake City. With…
Continue ReadingIt snowed a very surprising 10 inches overnight bringing the grand total for this storm to 23 inches. Minimal snow was forecast overnight so it was a bit of a…
Continue ReadingThirty inches storm total and the snow kept trying to come back in this morning which made it a bit tricky to open up terrain, so Baldy Shoulder remained unopened,…
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