Wasatch Range Backcountry Report: Cardiac Ridge Report from MLK Day, 2022 Footage shot on Insta 360 One X2 We’ve waited a long time to get back on steep north-facing terrain. Since December 12th or before—since that dreaded depth hoar first plagued the Central Wasatch’s snowpack this season. For over a month that eerie weak layer has kept us in the trees as low-angle warriors trying to […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 18, 2022 0 Comments
Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report: A Steep, Sun-Crusted Descent Down The South Face Report from January 11, 2022 “A blonde bitch, beautiful and vicious.” That’s how Montgomery Atwater, one of Alta’s first snow rangers and the father of avalanche research in the United States, referred to 11,045-foot-tall Mount Superior. Looking at Mount Superior from the town of Alta at the end of the road in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon, it’s the first thing […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | January 12, 2022 0 Comments
Gear Review: Insta360 One X2—The Hottest Camera in Action Sports Right Now Brought to you by Insta360 The Insta360 One X2 is a sleek, durable, pocket-sized action camera sure that’s dominating the action sports market right now. The One X2 is jam-packed with incredible features to take any ski edit to the next level—like its invisible selfie stick. The camera is small and waterproof up to 10 meters and has not one but […] Gear Review Martin Kuprianowicz | December 21, 2021 1 Comment
Large Skier-Triggered Avalanche Reported Near Brighton Resort, UT A 600-foot wide, roughly two-to-four-foot deep avalanche was triggered in Hidden Canyon near Brighton Resort on Sunday. The slide was reported to Brighton Ski Patrol by someone other than those who triggered it. Upon inspection, ski patrol noticed two tracks entering the avalanche but no tracks coming out the other side. The Utah Avalanche Center reports that Brighton & Solitude […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | December 20, 2021 0 Comments
Gear Review: LEKI Spitfire Vario 3D Adjustable Ski Poles After I got my LEKI Spitfire Vario adjustable ski poles the first thing I did was ski Main Chute at Alta Ski Area in the last week of November 2021. I immediately noticed how light, easy to swing around, and well constructed they were. With its variable length of 110 to 140 cm, you are immediately safely on the go […] Gear Review Martin Kuprianowicz | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
People Ski Giant Gravel Pit in Salt Lake City, UT Yesterday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark (@spindrift65) We’re driving out of the canyon yesterday back into the Salt Lake Valley when we spot…ski tracks in town! And they were pretty ones, too. Turns out Instagram user @spindrift65 and a few buddies toured up a gravel pit near the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 7: “Blue Skies and 19-inches of Classic Wasatch Hero Snow” Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2021 Thundersnow raged all the night before. We knew what was coming before we woke up to a foot-and-a-half of snow on our cars in the morning. Alta opened at about 9:30. 19-inches overnight. Blue skies and some crowds. We started by taking up Wildcat. An anxious mob of […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | December 16, 2021 0 Comments
New York-Style Pizza and High-Caliber Concerts in the “Switzerland of California” Some call the area surrounding June Lake the “Switzerland of California.” It’s home to four alpine lakes, towering peaks, a quaint, European-style mountain village, locally-owned and operated cafes and restaurants, a microbrewery, a cannabis shop, a spa facility, world-class backcountry skiing, and two Ikon Pass ski areas: June Mountain, which is right in town, and Mammoth Mountain, which is about […] Martin Kuprianowicz | December 13, 2021 5 Comments
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