It 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…
Continue ReadingAlta has been in a lovely cycle of small-medium storms that continue to add snow to our base. Today was a foot of almost blower pow. There was still some…
Continue ReadingThe weather story of the day, despite there being almost two feet of fresh snos, was the bitter cold air. With temperatures topping out in the negative digits the day…
Continue ReadingYesterday was the bomber storm day that we missed due to illness and babysitterlessness. Today made up for that with a beautiful bluebird Alta pow day. The Backside and Baldy…
Continue ReadingAlta Ski Area received a storm total of a whopping 6 inches. In some places it definitely felt like 8. The snow came in creamy with some graupel mixed which…
Continue ReadingThe snow and lighting at Alta today were both stellar. The new snow was light and dry and was reflecting light beautifully. Supreme Bowl opened early and the Spiny Chutes…
Continue ReadingAlta saw around 2 feet of very dry low density snow over the weekend. Conditions were great in places, and surprisingly disappointing in others. Where there were moguls previous to…
Continue ReadingA cold front pushed it’s way into Alta early this morning with a burst of heavy snow. We saw some graupel throughout the day as well and winds were consistently…
Continue ReadingThe snow at Alta today exceeded expectations by a long shot. Admittedly we weren’t expecting much to begin with. But Alta Ski Patrol really worked hard to get the lower…
Continue ReadingAlta received it’s first big dump of the season last weekend. I’m not exactly sure how much snow fell but I did watch the snow depth recording hit 19″ at…
Continue ReadingThe season is almost over, but not without more bottomless powder! The weather came in strong with thunder, lightning and winds. Graupel filled the mountain back in and eventually it…
Continue ReadingOld man winter isn’t quite done yet! Monday’s burst of powder brought over a foot of snow, which made for some great storm riding. The sun came out today around…
Continue ReadingIt’s looking like Spring is here to stay. Our forecast has no storms forecasted and temps look to be climbing into the 70’s later this week. Thankfully our base is…
Continue ReadingNot to complain about the skiing today but by this year’s standards it was nothing to write home about. The storm totals were up there with Alta recording 14″ of…
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