SnowBrains Forecast: The First Significant Snow of the Year Expected Across Much of the Western U.S. | Where and When Could it Snow? A storm will develop over California on Monday, kicking off a cold and wet week. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast Summary Forecast written on Friday, September 13, 2024, at 10 p.m. MST A robust low-pressure system will move down the West Coast this weekend, bringing much cooler temperatures and precipitation to California/Nevada, including snow in the High Sierra. That system then moves […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 13, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Spring Storm Bringing a Foot of New Snow to Utah NWS Snow Forecast. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast Summary Forecast written on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 9 p.m. MST A low pressure system moves west-to-east across Southern Utah on Monday. Widespread valley rain and mountain snow begin tonight and continue all day Monday before tapering off Monday night. A much drier pattern sets up for the next week beginning on Tuesday. […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 14, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Thy Storm Cometh Report from January 9, 2024 The storm has arrived. I got to Alta’s empty Wildcat parking lot at 1 pm today with flakes beginning to fall and windspeeds increasing.ย The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from today until Thursday at 5 am, calling for upwards of 30 inches of fresh snow for Alta when it’s all said […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 9, 2024 0 Comments
More Legal Trouble for the Gondola Project at Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT The Utah Department of Transportation (โUDOTโ) is facing more legal opposition to its Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola Project. Salt Lake City and Save Our Canyons both filed lawsuits on Monday, December 11, 2023, in Federal Court challenging UDOT’s decision-making process and selection of the La Caille Gondola Alternative to address traffic problems in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Both of these lawsuits […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | December 23, 2023 2 Comments
UTA Launches Ski Bus Service to Cottonwood Canyons, UT, For 2023/24 Season Traffic congestion in the canyons leading to Utah’s top ski destinations has become a significant source of frustration for the local skiing and snowboarding community, particularly on powder days. It can take hours to just get to the mouth of the canyons, and that’s before accounting for the additional time required to travel from the canyon base to the resorts […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | November 28, 2023 0 Comments
The Top 5 Biggest Upcoming Ski Resort Expansion Projects Bigger is better, right? This year, we saw our favorite ski resorts complete expansion projects, finalize plans, or break new ground. Here is an update of the biggest and the boldest so you can plan your trip accordingly in the coming seasons. Deer Valley Resort, UT Alterra Mountain Company recently announced that Deer Valley Resort in Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range […] Industry News Kenneth Condon | September 9, 2023 0 Comments
The 2022-2023 Winter in Little Cottonwood, UT: A Photo Essay This is a photo tour of Little Cottonwood over the course of its record seasonโone that will forever go down in history as the snowiest Wasatch winter ever.ย This year little Cottonwood experienced a record-breaking winter with over 900 inches of snow reported at Alta Ski Area. That’sย about 4.9 inches of snow per day since the first snow on October […] Kiley Chrisman | July 11, 2023 2 Comments
Alta Ski Area, UT, Breaks More Than 40-Year-Old Snowfall Record Utah skiers and boarders have been watching the snowstake at Alta Ski Area, UT, like hawks, wondering: Would the resort, known for its deep powder skiing, break the all-time snowfall record this weekend. Many snowsports enthusiasts had flocked to the powder-rich resort nestled in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon in anticipation of this event, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 24, 2023 0 Comments