Last season was a bit of an anomaly. Covid restrictions somehow corralled a lot of skiers up canyon, likely due to most other activities being shut down. Add to that…
Continue ReadingLast night into today’s storm wasn’t hyped much. But a quick 11 inches dropped out of the sky and it made for some real soft skiing. We weren’t even planning…
Continue ReadingThe past couple of storms have been sleeper-esque. Not a ton of anticipation but the results have been phenomenal. The Thursday-Friday storm this week was no exception. 10 inches fell…
Continue ReadingThis has been the season of weekend powder. It’s great timing since our availability has been reduced to weekends for the time being. This storm was a bit of a…
Continue ReadingOur plan was to shred pow all day long starting early in the morning. We were to meet a new local pro Thorn Merrill for some air shots.Mother nature had a…
Continue ReadingThe storm day was Saturday and Alta totalled around 15 inches of fluff. Reports were very positive so we knew we were likely in for a good one Sunday, especially…
Continue ReadingThis past week has been awesome strange and super disappointing all wrapped up in a historic 100 inch storm. Historic in avalanches, and record setting in time that Alta was…
Continue ReadingAlta received 33 inches from this storm and a little extra during the day. It was a much anticipated powder ski day and we were up at the base of…
Continue ReadingToday was set up perfectly for total failure. We had Nate’s eldest son’s birthday party until 1pm. Plan was to ski a Rocky Patsey in the afternoon with the tiny…
Continue ReadingYesterday, 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, 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 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…
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