We’ve seen little brush by storms over the past week that have added small amounts of snow to our base. It’s still really thin up there but things are slowly…
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,…
Continue ReadingTwenty fresh inches with plenty more forecasted to fall during the day made for an almost totally epic day. In all honesty the traffic was so bad getting to the…
Continue ReadingAlta has been in a lovely cycle of small-medium storms that continue to add snow to our base. Today was a foot of almost blower pow. There was still some…
Continue ReadingThe weather story of the day, despite there being almost two feet of fresh snos, was the bitter cold air. With temperatures topping out in the negative digits the day…
Continue ReadingYesterday was the bomber storm day that we missed due to illness and babysitterlessness. Today made up for that with a beautiful bluebird Alta pow day. The Backside and Baldy…
Continue ReadingNot to complain about the skiing today but by this year’s standards it was nothing to write home about. The storm totals were up there with Alta recording 14″ of…
Continue ReadingLooking for some fun activities this month up at Alta? Look no further than ACE (Alta Community Enrichment). They have some great happenings this month from the WEXL Ping Pong…
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