Alta received about a foot of fluff overnight. But because Evan Thayer of famed Wasatch Snow Forecast did not predict this would happen, the parking lot was relatively empty and…
Continue ReadingWind buffed pow was the best part about Alta today. That’s saying a whole lot because the pow that wasn’t buffed was pretty amazing too. The skiing all over the…
Continue ReadingThe past couple days at Alta have been nothing short of magnificent. Around a 16″ storm total that felt fluffy and soft. Baldy Shoulder was skiing deep and fresh into…
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingThis weeks storm dropped 12″ of snow on Alta. Yesterday was basically a country club day with free refills every run. The storm was intense but the conditions kept you…
Continue ReadingMonday at Alta was a bit of a sleeper pow day, in the sense that only 8 inches were reported after a long weekend of snowy conditions so a lot…
Continue Reading25″ of snow was the total to this weekend’s storm. By Sunday morning the skies had cleared and the hopes were some new terrain would open. Bombs were going off…
Continue ReadingOpening day at Alta was actually better than expected. With nine fresh inches on top of a meager snow base hidden obstacles were a concern. But for the most part…
Continue ReadingWe condensed 20 years of Alta and LCC skiing into 4 minutes for your viewing pleasure. Most of the shots are from more recent and you can tell the older…
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 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 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…
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