Plan for $1 Billion Rail Line From Salt Lake City to Alta Ski Area, UT Being Considered There’s been a lot of chit-chat in the past year about what to do with the absolutely horrific traffic congestion that plagues Little Cottonwood Canyon in the winter—home to Utah’s premier steep-skiing destination resorts, Alta and Snowbird. Even Utah’s governor Spencer Cox has been talking about it. Improved bus service was proposed by the Central Wasatch Commission (CWC), a canyon […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 18, 2021 10 Comments
VIDEO: Utah Avalanche Center Forecasters Analyze Extremely Dangerous Current Snowpack [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMgfcKVI1OI&feature=youtu.be"] AvyBrains | February 17, 2021 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
Alta, Snowbird, and Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Remain Closed This Morning Due to Avalanche Activity 🚧 #RoadClosureUpdate 🚧 #SR210 is still CLOSED to all travel in both directions due to avalanche activity overnight. Control work ongoing & high snowfall rates. Road crews staged where safe. Traffic is closed in both directions until further notice. No est time of reopening. pic.twitter.com/qAtU3cQD2T — UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) February 17, 2021 Extreme avalanche danger and snowfall rates up […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 17, 2021 0 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT Moves to ‘Extreme’ Avalanche Danger Today | What That Means and Why That’s So Rare The avalanche compass turned black in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah today. Black on the avalanche compass means ‘Extreme’ avalanche danger—the highest danger rating there is. The Utah Avalanche Center wrote in the Tuesday, February 16 avalanche forecast: “Today the avalanche danger is EXTREME at mid and upper elevations. The avalanche danger is HIGH at low elevations. Avoid being under or near any […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 16, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 1-3 Feet of Snow For Utah’s Wasatch Through Wednesday, Possibly Higher Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 10:45 AM MST, 2/15/2021 Forecast Summary: A long-duration snowfall event will bring 1-3 FEET of snow to Utah’s Wasatch through Wednesday, with possibly higher amounts in the Cottonwoods. Snowfall intensity will pick up today as the first wave of moisture moves into the state. This will […] Weather Eric McNamee | February 15, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 3-6 Feet of Snow Across Colorado and Utah The Next 7 Days, Locally Higher Amounts Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 11:10 AM MST, 2/12/2021 Forecast Summary: 3-6 FEET of snow is expected across Utah and Colorado mountains over the next seven days as a series of shortwave troughs make their way through the region. The first of said shortwave troughs will move through the region today […] Weather Eric McNamee | February 12, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Active Pattern Out West The Next Seven Days, 1-6 Feet of Snow Possible Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 6:45 PM MST, 2/10/2021 Forecast Summary: 1-6 FEET of snow is expected across the West through the next seven days as a series of storms make their way through the region. Snow will get going tomorrow morning as the first shortwave trough moves into the West […] Weather Eric McNamee | February 10, 2021 0 Comments
What I Learned From Triggering an Avalanche in the Backcountry Last Season Brought to you by SCARPA You think you’re slick until you’re not. On April 16, 2020, I unintentionally triggered a small (but terrifying) soft-slab avalanche while skiing ‘Little Chute‘ on Mount Baldy at Alta Ski Area in Utah. This happened in the heart of a pandemic. It was my first real encounter with an avalanche and, needless to say, I […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 8, 2021 4 Comments
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