Beginner Terrain at Alta Ski Area, UT, “Severely Limited” Early Season Due to New Chairlift Delays Beginner terrain at Alta Ski Area, UT, will be “severely limited” early season due to supply chain issues affecting the completion of the new Sunnyside lift. The resort made the announcement in a social media post yesterday. The Sunnyside chair (and the now defunct Albion) serve the Albion base area and the resort’s only green runs. Until the Sunnyside opens beginner terrain […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 17, 2022 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 1-3 Feet of Snow Across Utah’s Mountains Through Thursday Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee 9:10 PM MST, 11/7/2022 Forecast Summary: A trough will move through Utah Monday night through Thursday and bring 1-3 FEET of snow to most mountain locations. Snow will develop Monday night as the cold front associated trough stalls over the NW part of the state. This cold front will slowly move and […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 7, 2022 0 Comments
These Are All The New Chairlifts Being Installed Out West This Year After a slump in lift installations during the pandemic, there are a ton of new projects this year and it can be hard to keep track of them. Here are most of the significant (non-beginner) lift installations and expansions happening out west this year. Colorado Vail New lifts: Game Creek Express #7, Sun Down Express #17 After nearly 4 decades […] Industry News Spencer McLaughlin | November 4, 2022 4 Comments
Alta Ski Area, UT, Adjusts Uphill Travel Hours After Eager Skiers Interfere With Mountain Ops Recent snowfall in Utah has reawoken the powder monster in eager skiers and riders so much so that Alta Ski Area has had to adjust its uphill hours. In a social media post yesterday the resort wrote that “the number of skiers in our parking lots and on the mountain—in the dark—has interfered with our on-mountain snowmaking and nighttime operations.” In […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 28, 2022 2 Comments
Alta, UT Report: October Powder in Main Chute Off 11,000′ Mt. Baldy on Day #1 Report from October 27, 2022 Yesterday, I was kayaking in a T-shirt in 77ºF weather in California. Today, I was getting backhanded by a -1ºF wind chill at 11,000′. Yesterday, I jumped on a late-night plane to Utah. I slept for five hours. I awoke at 5 am and drove to the mountain thinking we’d be one or two or […] Miles Clark | October 27, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] The Daily POW | Skiing Alta, UT’s, First Dump of the 2022/23 Season [arve url="https://youtu.be/WWD10QcTfzY"] The Daily POW | October 25, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
1st Human-Triggered Avalanche of the Season on Mount Baldy, UT, on Sunday The last flakes of the first significant snowfall of the winter in Utah had barely even settled when a skier triggered an avalanche in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Related: The Dangers of Early Season Backcountry Skiing According to Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) forecaster Craig Gordon, the slide was triggered near Main Chute on Mount Baldy above Alta Ski Area. Nobody was injured. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 24, 2022 0 Comments
Utah Governor Speaks Out in Support of Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola In a news conference yesterday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox spoke out in support of The Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) favored solution to the transportation crisis affecting the Little Cottonwood Canyon—the controversial gondola. Cox claimed that whatever solution is implemented will cost a large amount of money—the gondola is expected to cost at least $500 million—and he is in favor […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 21, 2022 2 Comments
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