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Alta Daily / Alta Gets Pounded

December 23, 2015January 8, 2016 / Nate / 1

The snow keeps dumping at Alta. Too much actually. So much that the avalanche danger is extreme. Several areas including Thirds and Greeley broke off all the way down to…

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Alta Daily / Powder, Powder, and More Powder

December 22, 2015December 22, 2015 / Nate /

There really isn’t any way of avoiding this, today was epic.  And if the forecast is correct, tomorrow is going to be more of the same.  The first couple runs…

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Ski EditsAlta Powder Skiing snow Wasatch

Alta Daily / Where’s Winter?

December 8, 2015December 8, 2015 / Nate /

Alta reported 1″ overnight this morning.  Luckily it was a pretty dense inch that provided some decent turns in spots.  Off the Wild Cat lift runs in Punch Bowl and…

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Ski EditsAlta Skiing Wasatch Winter

Alta Daily / Alta’s 2015-2016 Opening Day

November 20, 2015 / Nate /

Alta’s opening day for the 2015-2016 season was better than expected.  With only a 22″ base skiing off piste seemed sketchy.  Fortunately the 3″ of dense graupel that fell last night…

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Alta Daily / Early Season Bluebird Pow

November 11, 2015 / Nate /

Alta reported a storm total of 13″ and the new snow has done a great job of providing us with a base for opening day.  Skiers and snowboarders were out in…

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Alta Daily / The 53rd Annual Frank World Classic Ski Competition

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015 / Nate /

This year’s 53rd Annual Frank World Classic Ski Competition was the place to be this past Sunday.  With competitors throwing everything from high flying tricks to brutal crashes, spectators were…

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Ski EditsAlta Frank Ski Competition Skiing Utah Wasatch

Alta Daily / Spring Pow Is Here

April 8, 2015 / Nate /

Alta hasn’t seen fresh snow in over two weeks.  Not that going two weeks without fresh pow has been unusual this year but atleast it’s finally back.  Unfortunately the 6″…

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Ski EditsAlta Powder Skiing Spring Skiing Utah Wasatch

Alta Daily / Alta Slack-Country

March 24, 2015March 24, 2015 / Nate / 3

With no additional snowfall looking likely throughout the day we decided to spend the day in Alta’s slack-country.  In-bounds was still pretty crunchy underneath and after yesterday’s success in Rocky…

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Ski EditsAlta Powder Side Country Skiing Slack Country Utah Wasatch

Alta Daily / Crusty

March 19, 2015 / Nate /

Well the soft corny conditions from a few days ago are long gone and firm crusty conditions have taken their place.  The recent cold front has shown it’s wrath and…

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Alta Skiing Spring Skiing Utah Wasatch

Alta Daily / Active Weather Finally Back At Alta

February 27, 2015 / Nate /

Forecasters called for 3-6″ in the Cottonwoods but Mother Nature treated us to a few extra with a storm total of 8″.  Skies were cloudy and filled with flurries for…

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Ski EditsAlta Powder Skiing Utah Wasatch

Alta Daily / Powder Returns To The Wasatch!

December 10, 2012December 11, 2012 / Nate /

The past few days at Alta have easily been the best skiing conditions we’ve seen since Winter Storm Brutus. The eight inches that fell in the past 12 hours mixed…

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Alta Daily / More Splitting Storms

February 8, 2012February 25, 2012 / Nate /

Alta continues to suffer from the annoying high pressure hovering over California and Nevada. The storm that split and lightly sprinkled over the area today is supposed to drop a…

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Alta Conditions Greeley Ski Ski Report Skiing Utah Wasatch Winter

Alta Daily / Wasatch Touring Demo

December 6, 2011December 14, 2011 / The Daily Pow /

Wastach Touring is hosting a demo day at Alta this Saturday on December 10th. All the latest backcountry gear will be on site to take out and sample the goods.…

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