Legal Battle Between Wasatch Peaks Ranch Private Resort and the Residents of Morgan County, UT, Comes to an Abrupt Resolution It’s over. For the last five years, there has been an ongoing legal battle between the ultra-exclusive Wasatch Peaks Ranch (WPR) and five residents of Morgan County, Utah. Now the legal saga has reached a swift and stunning conclusion. Background The feud started in October 2019 when the county council voted 6-1 to approve rezoning the land from “forestry” and […] Industry News Brent Thomas | February 2, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Woman Goes for Wild Ride in 2-4’+ Deep Avalanche in Central Wasatch Mountains, UT “Yesterday on Gobblers Knob, the third skier in Davis Gulch triggered a 2-4’+ deep hard slab that failed on a December persistent weak layer of weak faceted snow. She was caught and carried but ok. This was on a steep northwest facing slope at 9800′ and the POV footage is some of the more breathtaking footage I’ve ever seen.Thanks to […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Powdersurfing Report: A Fast and Playful Wave in Grizzly Gulch Report from Monday, January 22, 2024 There’s no better way to start the workweek than going powdersurfing with your friends. We found a nice-looking, south-facing, low-angle wave at the top of Grizzly Gulch in Utah’s Little Cottonwood and went for it. It had snowed 2″ the day before, on top of about 6″ from the day before that, all of […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 24, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Nasty-Fun Big Mountain Skiing on Recrystallized Powder | Tight Chute to Fields of Glory to Tight Chute Report from January 2, 2023 Yesterday morning we got out early-ish and started digging up a long flat trail into a zone I’d never been to in the Wasatch Mountains, UT. The stats are kinda fun: 4,700-vertical-feet 5 hours & 20 minutes to the top 7 hours & 40 minutes round trip 9.8 miles round trip It’s real simple how […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 3, 2024 0 Comments
Inside the Legal Battle Between Wasatch Peaks Ranch Private Resort and the Residents of Morgan County, UT Morgan County, Utah, is a 611 square mile, lush, wooded valley surrounded by the beautiful Wasatch Mountains in northern Utah. The Weber River bisects it and nearly a third of the county is forested and undeveloped and provides fertile farming grounds. With a mere 12,295 total residents as of the 2020 census, it epitomizes a rural, small, western town atmosphere. […] Industry News Brent Thomas | January 3, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: 45º Steep East Couloir of 11,330 Twin Peaks | Wasatch Mountains, UT Report from December 31, 2023 Yesterday I decided to go for a long walk and try a scary, steep line that I knew was going to hold bad, wind-hammered snow. I’d seen the east couloir of 11,303′ Twin Peaks (Broads Fork, Twin Peaks East) from Cardiac Ridge on December 15, 2023, and it looked skiable. It had just enough snow. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 1, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: “Benson & Hedges Couloir” | Wasatch Mountains, UT Report from December 20, 2023 Yesterday we went for a legendary Wasatch line that I’d never skied. Benson & Hedges Couloir. For those too young to remember, Benson & Hedges was a famous cigarette brand back in the day. What’s so magical about the B&H is that it has large, old-growth trees growing right inside the chute itself Benson & […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 21, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: 4-Hours of Hiking for 23 Powder Turns… Report from December 18, 2023 Yesterday we went for a long walk and a short ski. The plan was to get up high and ski a line I’d seen from afar a couple days ago. The wind was howling and it kept us off the original goal – which was probably fine because we believe that snow got wind hammered. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 19, 2023 0 Comments