This week has been relentless. The storm won’t give us a break. Ya know, to do useless things like not go skiing. It’s gotten so deep in places. And Backside…
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Continue ReadingIt 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 ReadingAfter last week’s super busy Big Cottonwood opening, we were expecting similar crowds today in LCC. But when we hit the canyon around 8:15am there were no cars in front…
Continue ReadingThe storm underproduced but still left almost a foot of snow in the upper canyon. Alta closed the mountain to uphill traffic in preparation for the much anticipated opening day…
Continue ReadingOur plans changed several times. Alta closed the parking lots at 6pm and uphill traffic at 6pm so our plans settled on parking up at the Summer Road and circling…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a long warm end to the summer in Utah. We haven’t seen much rain and it remained in the 80s well into October. But the switch was hit,…
Continue ReadingWe all knew the storm was heading to Utah. The cool air was what most of us cared about. The potential snow was what some of us cared about too.…
Continue ReadingIt was a bluebird sunny day at Alta, with warm spring temps and no crowds or lift lines. In other words, a perfect day to take the nephews out of…
Continue ReadingOur yesterday storm continued to trickle out a few more inches and we ended up with almost a foot of fresh. Devil’s Castle was the last big terrain opening left…
Continue ReadingAlta had a lot of work to do to cover up the icy moguls that had formed over the past few days. With up to 20 inches forecast, we figured…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a while since we have had significant snow at Alta. It’s also been a while since we have done a regular edit. So we were determined to squeeze…
Continue ReadingWe focused on two of the new gloves for this season, the M3 and the the RP3. The M3 is the new all-mountain shredding glove that will get you wherever…
Continue ReadingAlta got pounded early this morning with an inch of fluff. This had us frothing. Unfortunately we couldn’t hit the road until about 2pm. But with the deepity deep calling…
Continue ReadingWhen I woke up this morning still feeling tired and cozy in bed and I saw there was only 3 inches of fresh, I’ll admit I wanted to be a…
Continue ReadingThe snow storm here in Utah has passed. There aren’t any storms on the horizon for now. The high pressure has allowed Alta Ski Patrol to get some more terrain…
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