Aliens at Alta? Nope, Just the Latest Avalanche Mitigation Technology With an average of 540 inches of the best snow on earth every year, Alta Ski Area constantly has avalanche mitigation on its mind. Now they are adopting the latest technology in avalanche safety and prevention. Alien-looking pods, called O’Bellx, are being installed on the mountain to be integrated into Alta’s network of avalanche control systems. They are a new […] Avalanche Brent Thomas | July 22, 2022 2 Comments
Top 11 U.S. Big Mountain Ski Resorts: Opinion From a Freestyle Skier Lists are inherently wrong no matter how you look at them. There will almost always be something to argue about. So why make them at all? Well…I love a good debate. There are no set factors that I decided to rate each resort on. The majority of this list are resorts that I have had experience skiing and I ranked […] Ryan Flynn | July 15, 2022 24 Comments
Alta or Snowbird? Utah is known for its steeps and deeps. I mean c’mon, the state claims to have the greatest snow on earth, even saying it on their license plate. Powder titans hidden at the end of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird and Alta, boast some of the nation’s best skiing and most snow. The two resorts, only separated by a ridge-line, have […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 11, 2022 19 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Main Chute on 11,068′ Mt. Baldy | Still Firing Top-to-Bottom in June Report from June 8, 2022 Yesterday was my penultimate day of the 2021/22 ski season. It’s been a helluva journey. I decided to end it where I started it: Main Chute at Alta. Main Chute is where I experienced my 1st turns of this season on November 2, 2021, and I crashed horribly on my 4th turn of the year […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 9, 2022 3 Comments
Remembering Bob Murdoch: The 98-Year-Old Alta Ski Area, UT, Legend Months after celebrating his 98th birthday, longtime Alta community member Bob Murdoch passes away, leaving behind a legacy of skiing at the world-class Utah ski area. Alta Ski Area shared Murdoch’s passing in a blog post this morning and detailed his remarkable life. Alta shared, Bob was born in Salt Lake City and learned to ski at an early age, […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 7, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 16″ Fresh Pow at Alta, UT, on Memorial Day | The Skiing Couldn’t Have Been Better The Daily POW | June 1, 2022 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta + Snowbird, UT, Report: 16″ of New Snow on Memorial Day Report from Memorial Day, 2022 This past Memorial Day will be etched into the walls of my mind as the Memorial Day where I skied 16″ of winter powder at Alta and Snowbird. It was deep, cold, and surfy. Only three nights ago did I feel the warm summer’s sweat letting me know that winter was dying. But as it […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 31, 2022 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Dirty Dogleg Report from Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Mt. Baldy on the border of Snowbird/Alta has a lot of solid descent options, but if you hear someone talking about “the chutes,” they’re referring to: Main Chute (NE facing) Little Chute (NE facing) and Dogleg. (East-NE facing) Main Chute is big, wide, fun, and not that gnarly. Little Chute is steep, feels a […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 25, 2022 0 Comments
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