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Alta Ski Area, UT Will Require Parking Reservations This Season on Weekends and Holidays: Here’s How it Works

Brought to you by Alta Ski Area As Salt Lake City grows in population and skier visits, Alta’s number of open parking spaces shrinks in availability. More than once last season eager skiers forced to turn around due to lack of available parking at Alta. The culprit? Usually weekends, holidays, powder days, and just a ton of snow-hungry skiers from […]
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The Importance of Tracking Early Season Weak Layers in the Snowpack… How Long do They Persist?

This video and text was originally published on the Utah Avalanche Center website This is a presentation from Utah Avalanche Center director Mark Staples on tracking early season snow and how it may form persistent weak layers as well as how those layers heal. It’s October and it’s snowing in the mountains. Early season snow is exciting, but it can […]
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[VIDEO] Utah Avalanche Center Conditions Update: Good Snowpack So Far in Wasatch, Keep an Eye on Incoming Atmospheric River

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) The snowpack in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains is off to a remarkably good start this year. That’s surprising for October because often early-season snowfall can create weak layers hidden deep within the snowpack which can cause devastating avalanches later in the winter. That is unless it […]
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Utah’s Guardsman Pass Closed for the Season Due to “Ongoing Winter Weather Conditions”

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@udotcottonwoods) Utah’s Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains is now closed for the season due to “ongoing winter weather conditions.” You know what that means… The Utah Department of Transportation wrote in an Instagram post regarding the pass’ closure: “Well folks, you knew this moment was […]
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