Wasatch Range, UT, Backcountry Report: Learning How to Powsurf in 2 Feet of Blower Powder The Central Wasatch’s snowpack effectively doubled overnight. Above 9,000′ over two feet of new snow was reported and the avalanche danger was high. Mark Staples with the Utah Avalanche Center shared today’s avalanche forecast, writing: “I am totally uncertain how the snowpack will react today. What I know for sure is that I would avoid avalanche terrain today. For these […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | November 9, 2022 0 Comments
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Alta, UT Report: October Powder in Main Chute Off 11,000′ Mt. Baldy on Day #1 Report from October 27, 2022 Yesterday, I was kayaking in a T-shirt in 77ºF weather in California. Today, I was getting backhanded by a -1ºF wind chill at 11,000′. Yesterday, I jumped on a late-night plane to Utah. I slept for five hours. I awoke at 5 am and drove to the mountain thinking we’d be one or two or […] Miles Clark | October 27, 2022 0 Comments
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2022-23 Utah Ski Area Opening Dates “Greatest Snow on Earth”—it’s on the state license plate. Most winters it holds true for Utah. After last season starting off strong but then experiencing a 7-week drought from January to March followed by an unusually cold, snowy spring, let’s hope that the Beehive State gets a little more consistency in terms of snowfall this season. Here are the projected […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 10, 2022 0 Comments
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 […] Ryan Flynn | July 15, 2022 30 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 20 Comments
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