Alta, UT Opening Day Report: 89″ of Snow Already This Season! Report from November 25, 2021 Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Riding chairlifts again yesterday for the first time in 176-days was Awesome! Alta skied like a dream today after 2″ of fresh snow overnight and 89″ already this season. Everything you’d hope for on Opening Day was on tap: cold temps, good snow, hard crashes, great off-piste, mid-day […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 25, 2021 0 Comments
Utah’s Ski Season is Up and Running. Finally. Brighton Resort kicked off Utah’s ski season on Monday, opening to passholders and pipping Solitude to the title of first resort in the state to open. After Solitude announced they would be opening on the 23rd, Brighton quickly jumped to action and opened to passholders on the 22nd. Due to our employees putting in some amazing work we are able to […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 24, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Full Speed Down Little Chute w/ Mandatory Air Report from November 21, 2021 I started hiking at the crack of 1 pm yesterday. I generally avoid Little Cottonwood Canyon on weekends and especially powder weekends, so I’d been trying to stay away, but it was clear that the 3+ inches of snow they got on Friday night had made things pretty sweet up high. I figured if I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 22, 2021 1 Comment
Alta, UT Report: Opening Day Groomer Preview – They Open Nov 24 Report from November 18, 2021 Big John and I went for a casual, talk-way-too-much skin up the Collins Chair at Alta yesterday. It was cool to see Alta patrol and employees spinning laps and getting everything in place and ready for opening day. Alta opens for the season on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. It took us about 1.5 hours to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 19, 2021 0 Comments
[UPDATED] Utah Ski Resorts Opening Dates for Winter 2021/22 As the leaves start changing and the days grow shorter and shorter, it can only mean one thing: winter is coming. But not just yet… after the snowiest October in 17-years got us all stoked for winter, Mother Nature had other ideas. Lack of snow and warm temperatures have resulted in several Utah ski areas postponing their opening days. Related: Colorado […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 17, 2021 1 Comment
The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 5: “Tombstone” [arve url="https://youtu.be/5IADewASM34"] Martin Kuprianowicz | November 9, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 6-12″ of Snow For Parts of Utah’s Wasatch Through Thursday Forecast By SnowBrains Chief Meteorologist – Eric McNamee  5:00 PM MST, 11/08/2021 Forecast Summary: A shortwave trough will move through Utah Tuesday/Wednesday and bring 6-12″ of snow to Utah’s Wasatch. Snow will initially start Tuesday and continue through the day Wednesday. Showers will taper off during the day Thursday as the trough moves east. Dry and quiet conditions look to […] Weather Eric McNamee | November 8, 2021 0 Comments
The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 4: “Soft Snow Stashes in the Castle Apron” Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from Sunday, Nov. 7 Soft snow stashes in the Castle Apron. There’s still soft snow out there—even if it hasn’t snowed in a week. Dustin and I found some in the Apron yesterday. My college roommate Dustin and I set off touring up Albion Basin at Alta yesterday around 1 pm. It was […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | November 8, 2021 2 Comments