Alta, UT Report: St. Patrick’s Day Shenanigans Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from March 17, 2021 Today at Alta Ski Area, we had a blast celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with ski blades and retrofits. We spent most of our time on the Sugarloaf chair runs. Right off the bat, we hit Devil’s Castle, eager to shred it on our blades, something neither of us had […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | March 18, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: A Day of Shredding and Sending Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from February 12, 2021 We woke up early today and skied from open to close. It dumped heavy, wet snow for the first half of the day and then lightened up in the afternoon. The line for the Collins chair was too long for our inpatient ski legs, so we stuck to Supreme, […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | February 13, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Big Stoke For Big Flakes Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from February 3, 2021 The guys had school and work this afternoon, so we got up early to get in some turns. We forgot to look at the forecast beforehand and were pleasantly surprised by some giant flakes! The snow was wet and the visibility was low, but we didn’t care because any […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | February 4, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Sending it on Ski Blades Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from January 29, 2021 Today at Alta Ski Area, we brought the ski blades out to play in some leftover powder. We got up early, caffeine pumping, ready to shred the morning away. While ski blades may not be the best choice for powder skiing, they are the best choice for maximum fun […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | January 29, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Shredding New Snow Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from January 19, 2021 Utah finally got some new snow last night, so we made it up to Alta for first chair this morning. We got up to Alta around 8:30am, excited to get some turns in before the workday. For our first run, we took High Traverse and hit Greeley Bowl and […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | January 20, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Skiing Into The New Year Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from January 1, 2021 To ring in the new year, we brought out our ski blades and had a blast at Alta. We woke up bright and early, so stoked we could hardly sleep. We showed up around 8:30am and ate breakfast in the car as we waited for open. We lugged our ski […] Conditions Report Shannon Fiegel | January 2, 2021 0 Comments
Winter Chalk: Alta Conditions Update + Photo Tour After receiving over 6 feet of snow over Christmas week, the skiing continues to rip at Alta with the start of the New Year. Soft wintery snow was to be found all over, with the best turns hanging out off of High Traverse on Collins. Supreme lift also had some fun off the skiers right, as well as skiing upper chair line under Collins. Alta is always one of our favorite places, even a week after the storm, the majority of the mountain remains smooth, chalky, and ripping. This is exactly how High Boy and the trees to the skiers right were skiing. They took winners for the day, with smooth and chalky […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 6, 2015 2 Comments
Alta Got So Much Snow, They Couldn’t Open Today… A huge storm in Utah left Alta with so much snow, they couldn’t open today. On what would have been their third day this season, Alta decided to remain closed for the safety of their skiers. “After our morning of work, this great storm is still ahead of us. We are going to continue control work and grooming this afternoon and remain closed for skiing. We plan on opening Monday morning at 9:15. We are sorry you had to miss skiing today! – Alta” This early in the season, Alta is likely understaffed and just doesn’t have enough patrollers to perform avalanche control in a […] Industry News ameliatraynor | November 24, 2014 0 Comments
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