The recent storm dropped about a foot on Alta Ski area. Most of the terrain saw skier traffic yesterday and Baldy Shoulder opened this morning with what looked like some…
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 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 ReadingAlta saw around 2 feet of very dry low density snow over the weekend. Conditions were great in places, and surprisingly disappointing in others. Where there were moguls previous to…
Continue ReadingSeven inches of soft and pretty dense snow fell yesterday and last night at Alta which made for surprisingly fun and fast conditions. There are still plenty of rocks and…
Continue ReadingOld man winter isn’t quite done yet! Monday’s burst of powder brought over a foot of snow, which made for some great storm riding. The sun came out today around…
Continue ReadingSubmergence. Today was a snow day that will not be forgotten. With a foot yesterday, and another foot overnight, the skiing was glorious. The goods were chokingly deep, sometimes so…
Continue ReadingWhat a powy start to 2017! The 10″ that fell last night was some of the lightest density snow this season. No wonder Utah is known to have the greatest…
Continue ReadingSleeper pow days are rare but when you’re lucky enough to catch one you’ll never forget it. The forecast last night was calling for a trace so waking up to…
Continue ReadingThe 11″ that fell mostly late yesterday and overnight blanketed Alta with a beautiful soft new layer of snow. Skies cleared before sunrise which made for a great bluebird pow day.…
Continue ReadingThere really isn’t any way of avoiding this, today was epic. And if the forecast is correct, tomorrow is going to be more of the same. The first couple runs…
Continue ReadingAlta reported a storm total of 13″ and the new snow has done a great job of providing us with a base for opening day. Skiers and snowboarders were out in…
Continue ReadingAlta hasn’t seen fresh snow in over two weeks. Not that going two weeks without fresh pow has been unusual this year but atleast it’s finally back. Unfortunately the 6″…
Continue ReadingDevil’s Castle opened early this afternoon and with no one skiing today fresh tracks were easy to find run after run. The snow was surprisingly setup and wind affected in…
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