It snowed 8 inches overnight. Those 8 inches happened to be super light and dry fluff. And it seemed a lot deeper than 8. We skied Lone Pine, Thirds, Eagle’s…
Continue ReadingAfter last week’s super busy Big Cottonwood opening, we were expecting similar crowds today in LCC. But when we hit the canyon around 8:15am there were no cars in front…
Continue ReadingThe storm underproduced but still left almost a foot of snow in the upper canyon. Alta closed the mountain to uphill traffic in preparation for the much anticipated opening day…
Continue ReadingOur plans changed several times. Alta closed the parking lots at 6pm and uphill traffic at 6pm so our plans settled on parking up at the Summer Road and circling…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a long warm end to the summer in Utah. We haven’t seen much rain and it remained in the 80s well into October. But the switch was hit,…
Continue ReadingOur yesterday storm continued to trickle out a few more inches and we ended up with almost a foot of fresh. Devil’s Castle was the last big terrain opening left…
Continue ReadingAlta had a lot of work to do to cover up the icy moguls that had formed over the past few days. With up to 20 inches forecast, we figured…
Continue ReadingAlta got pounded early this morning with an inch of fluff. This had us frothing. Unfortunately we couldn’t hit the road until about 2pm. But with the deepity deep calling…
Continue ReadingWhen I woke up this morning still feeling tired and cozy in bed and I saw there was only 3 inches of fresh, I’ll admit I wanted to be a…
Continue ReadingIt’s been quite a week of storminess at Alta. The snow is piling up but with the winds our snowpack has become quite sketchy. Backside slid big a few days…
Continue ReadingWe skied Sunday Monday and Tuesday. Sunday was by far the best day. It was windbuff and blowing snow everywhere. You could ski High Boy from top to bottom every…
Continue ReadingThe storm ended during the day on Friday. Saturday we missed when The Shoulder and Backside opened up with tons of new snow on both. We figured it’d be getting…
Continue ReadingThis week at Alta has been nothing short of stellar. It was supposed to clear up today but it just kept snowing. The lifts were delayed about an hour and…
Continue ReadingA fast-moving storm dumped 19 inches of snow overnight. The skies cleared this morning and a bluebird pow day was in store for Alta. Everything lined up perfectly besides the…
Continue ReadingIt’s been awhile since we’ve seen fresh snow fall on Alta’s slopes so it came as no surprise that skiers were hooting and hollering all over the mountain today. We…
Continue ReadingLast 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…
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