We’ve had some moist spring storms rolling in the past few days at Alta. About 10 inches of cream fell overnight. Alta Ski Patrol were fully on top of things…
Continue ReadingThe two previous days at Alta were the storm day and post storm day. Today many gates opened including some rarities. The White Cliffs gate and the East Castle gate…
Continue ReadingAlta has received a ton of snow over the past week. Unfortunately I was sick the entire time until today. But today was not just a consolation prize, it truly…
Continue ReadingAlta saw a sleeper foot of powder Saturday night into Sunday and then another foot came swinging through Sunday night. By Monday morning the skies had cleared and we were…
Continue ReadingThe snow today was phenomenal. It wasn’t bottomless but that did not matter because there was just so much cream that you could ski fast top to bottom in many…
Continue ReadingUtah got two major dumps in a row. So much snow fell that Alta was closed for a portion of yesterday’s normal hours. The road was closed for most of…
Continue ReadingAlta 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…
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