Alta, UT Report: Main Chute Top To Bottom on a Gorgeous Day Report from November 3, 2021 Back to Main Chute at Alta, UT, for redemption on Day #2 of the season yesterday (crashed on Tuesday). It took all I had to ski this thing top to bottom yesterday… It turns out, 5-months of surfing doesnโt get you in great shape for backcountry skiing… The chute was pretty icy and firm with […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 4, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Embarrassed & Humbled on Day #1 in Main Chute Yesterday Yesterday morning, Martin & I walked up to the top of Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT. This was my very first day of the 2020/21 winter season. It was cold and windy and wintery and foggy. 2 skimo guys in spandex and no backpacks rolled up to the top of Main Chute near the summit […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 3, 2021 7 Comments
Utah Ski Resorts Desperately Seeking Employees as Winter Approaches and National Labor Shortage Drags On Utah just had its snowiest October in 15 years and one of its top five snowiest Octobers ever recorded. Alta Ski Area reported 67-inches last month and Snowbird’s snowpack is at 1,400% of normalโsomething that the Wasatch hasn’t seen since the October of 2004. But as winter looms, a national labor shortage grips the countryโand Utah’s ski industry isn’t exempt. […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 2, 2021 3 Comments
[VIDEO] Return of the Turn – Episode 9 | Early Season at Alta and Snowbird [arve url="https://youtu.be/YcfEHnvwL-4"] SnowBrains | November 2, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 3: “Trick or Treating in the Ballroom” [arve url="https://youtu.be/X3mt9_kz8Ys"] Martin Kuprianowicz | November 1, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta Ski Area, UT Will Require Parking Reservations This Season on Weekends and Holidays: Here’s How it Works Brought to you by Alta Ski Area As Salt Lake City grows in population and skier visits, Alta’s number of open parking spaces shrinks in availability. More than once last season eager skiers forced to turn around due to lack of available parking at Alta. The culprit? Usually weekends, holidays, powder days, and just a ton of snow-hungry skiers from […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 29, 2021 1 Comment
The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 2: “Virgin October Powder on Wildcat Liftline” [arve url="https://youtu.be/fUK2Nh8A64M"] Martin Kuprianowicz | October 26, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Utah Avalanche Center Conditions Update: Good Snowpack So Far in Wasatch, Keep an Eye on Incoming Atmospheric River View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) The snowpack in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains is off to a remarkably good start this year. That’s surprising for October because often early-season snowfall can create weak layers hidden deep within the snowpack which can cause devastating avalanches later in the winter. That is unless it […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 25, 2021 0 Comments