Alta continues to suffer from this seemingly never ending dry spell. Conditions off trail are for the most part hard, bumpy, and extremely rocky. However, the strong winds from last Thursday provided…
Continue ReadingUtah Avalanche Center, ACE (Alta Community Enrichment) and SheJumps present the 2011-2012 Women’s Beacon Clinic that will be held Monday December 5th at Alta’s Albion Grill from 8:30am- 11:30am. Designed…
Continue ReadingWith no significant snowfall in the past week conditions continue to ski extremely variable, but slopes are empty and groomers are always better than sitting on the couch. Get out…
Continue ReadingOpening week at Alta was not too shabby considering the low snow pack. Alta Ski Patrol did a great job preparing the mountain for opening day and later in…
Continue ReadingYesterday (Monday 11/21/11) was one of those sneaky Alta powder days. We got about 11″ out of this last storm which seemed to come out of nowhere. And since it…
Continue ReadingWelcome to the 2011-2012 skis season! Alta opened last Friday, November 18th, and we were lucky enough to have about a foot of snow dropped on the mountain for the…
Continue ReadingA special thanks to mother nature for making this season one of the best ever. The 2010/11 ski season will go down in Alta’s history as the 2nd snowiest ever.…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday April 9th, The Deep Powder House and the Alta Ski Shop are hosting the annual Alta Spring Demo. Included in the day’s festivities will be the opportunity to…
Continue ReadingYou can check out all the latest and greatest skis from Liberty for free as the 2011 Liberty Demo Tour hits Utah for 4 days in January: Be sure to…
Continue ReadingAs alluded to in the previous post about the 100″ base prior to Christmas, below is a compilation of our best POV footage from the Pre-Christmas storm cycle of 2010.…
Continue ReadingCongratulations Garth Levandoski on winning the December 2010 AltaCam Pic of the Month Contest with this shot: Submit your best ski photos for a chance at a $100 Backcountry.com gift…
Continue ReadingOn New Year’s Eve 2010, Alta will have a torchlight parade and fireworks. If you’d like to participate in the parade you should bring goggles, leave your poles at home and must…
Continue ReadingWe are in the middle of another great stormcycle at Alta. On the 20th of December, 5 days before Christmas, we went over the 100″ base mark, with total snow…
Continue ReadingThe title may be a little dramatic, but the past 2 days of skiing are the coldest I can remember skiing at Alta. Wednesday hit negative 12 degrees at the…
Continue ReadingWhat a difference a couple days make. While opening day was fun, the past few days have been downright epic. The storm hit Saturday night and it hasn’t stopped snowing…
Continue ReadingI was really excited for the lifts to be running again at Alta, but was I committed enough to pull an all nighter for the first chair of the season? That’s…
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