Yesterday, Sunday, was the anticipated pow day since we couldn’t make it for the storm day on Saturday. But Sunday turned out to be a bit of a bust for…
Continue ReadingToday was a tale of two sessions. Our morning consisted of deep creamy snow and the storm still producing, with a little graupel mixed in. We started off with High…
Continue ReadingSnow was in the forecast for the day, a meager 2-4 inches. So we decided maybe the last few hours of the day would be the best. I think we…
Continue Reading2020 has been the strangest year in recent history. So why would a powder day be normal? It wasn’t. We hit the canyon road about 8:15am and the traffic was…
Continue ReadingDon’t worry, it wasn’t actually a country club day. But it sure did feel like that out on Road to Nowhere and terrain near Bombay Chute. The reason for this…
Continue ReadingAlta today ended their longest summer break from lift operations since its inception 83 years ago. This has been the strangest of years but Alta felt almost normal. People were…
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 ReadingAlta, UT is well known for a lot of things, deep light fluffy powder snow is at the top of the list. People travel to Alta from all over the…
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 ReadingWe were expecting a trace to 2 inches last night out of this storm. When it began snowing moderately in the Salt Lake valley late in the evening we realized…
Continue ReadingThe local news reported 7 inches in LCC so we went for the early ups we had scheduled with Alta management. There was a discrepancy on the mid-mountain tally from…
Continue ReadingIt snowed almost two feet out of this storm and Alta even went into an interlodge this morning. Wildcat and the High Traverse were firing early on and Baldy Shoulder…
Continue ReadingThe final piece to the puzzle fell in to place today with the opening of Devil’s Castle. Alta Ski Patrol were able to get it all ready to go by…
Continue ReadingToday the skies finally cleared after snowing since Thursday. Alta Ski Patrol was able to open up Baldy Shoulder and Backside sometime around noon. The snowpack is far from stable…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Chair opened today at noon for the season. Skiers were finding deep cream all over Supreme Bowl and Catherine’s Area. We could tell by the sight of the…
Continue ReadingSkies cleared today revealing a beautiful new mountain at Alta, filled in and very tasty looking. For the most part that’s all we got to do today was look. High…
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