[VIDEO] Digging Deep to Find Powder in the Wasatch Mountains, UT Report from December 16, 2023 The plan today was to ski the south face of Mt. Superior, UT. I’d been trying to ski it for a few days but it didn’t quite line up. So today, I paid the $25 to park in LCC for backcountry skiing and headed up at about 8am. The snow was so gross on the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 17, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Perfect Powder Tree Skiing in Mellow Terrain Report from December 11, 2023 Yesterday we went for a walk in the woods in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. Maxwell, Martin, & I. The highlight of the day was running into legendary avalanche forecaster Bruce Tremper. Bruce agreed to come on The SnowBrains Podcast, which would be epic. We kept it mellow as we are still scared of the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 12, 2023 0 Comments
Private Utah Resort, Wasatch Peaks Ranch, Issued Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Construction and Sales Wasatch Peaks Ranch (WPR) is a 12,700-acre luxury private ski resort in Utah and has distinguished itself in ways no other ski resort can compete. It originally opened in the 2021/22 season for the ultra-wealthy and is just 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City. It features 3,000 acres of skiable terrain, elevations ranging from 4,820 to 9,570 feet, private skiing, and […] Industry News Brent Thomas | December 5, 2023 0 Comments
Le Super-Mini Tour de Wasatch, UT: Wolverine to Tuscarorita to Sunset to Catherines + Complex Sun Halos Yesterday morning we rolled up into Little Cottonwood Canyon after 20″ of new snow without a solid plan. Our plan A was called off due to low snow and our plan B was overly loose. Luckily we ran into Juan and simply followed him around all day and ended up skiing what we’re calling Le Super-Mini Tour de Wasatch. Le […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 21, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: A 1,500′ Wiggle Down Suicide Chute Report from Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Yesterday was the first day of summer so we went skiing. We had heard a quiet buzz about there being a long wiggle running down the length of Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior and wanted to go see it for ourselves. When we got to the base of that Blonde Bitch of a […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | June 22, 2023 0 Comments
Proposed Little Cottonwood, UT, Gondola Included as 3rd Phase in Wasatch Front’s Transit Plan After Heated Meeting Following an argumentative meeting on Thursday, May 25, the Wasatch Front Regional Council approved a regional transportation plan that includes a gondola up Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. The gondola project—which has yet to garner official approval from the Utah Department of Transportation—was included in the plan on certain conditions, as reported by Deseret News. The approval came after a unanimous […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 31, 2023 0 Comments
Mountain Trails Foundation, Park City Mountain Through Vail Resorts EpicPromise Donate $100,000 to Support Wasatch Back Trails Nonprofits South Summit Trails Foundation and Wasatch Trails Foundation to receive funding from Mountain Trails Foundation through Park City Mountain and Vail Resorts EpicPromise to expand and improve local trail networks  Mountain Trails Foundation, through its partnership with Park City Mountain and Vail Resorts EpicPromise, is helping Wasatch Back Trails nonprofits, South Summit Trails Foundation, and Wasatch Trails Foundation expand […] CycleBrains | May 29, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Backcountry Report: Birthday Headwall Report from Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Pinch me, I must be dreaming—is it really May 9th? The current snowpack in Little Cottonwood Canyon is making it hard to tell. However, it’s the spring sunshine, songbirds birds, and trees turning bright green that give it away. We started at the trailhead at 7:30 and the snow was bulletproof, informing us that […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 10, 2023 1 Comment