Alta, Snowbird, and Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Into 3rd Day of Closure Due to Avalanche Threat With five-feet of snow since the beginning of the week, Alta, Snowbird, and Little Cottonwood Canyon (Hwy 210) remained closed for the second consecutive day yesterday due to the serious threat of avalanches. There is no estimated time of opening as the resorts enter the third day of closure while UDOT and resort crews battle to make the area safe. Today, […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 18, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, Snowbird, and Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Remain Closed This Morning Due to Avalanche Activity 🚧 #RoadClosureUpdate 🚧 #SR210 is still CLOSED to all travel in both directions due to avalanche activity overnight. Control work ongoing & high snowfall rates. Road crews staged where safe. Traffic is closed in both directions until further notice. No est time of reopening. pic.twitter.com/qAtU3cQD2T — UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) February 17, 2021 Extreme avalanche danger and snowfall rates up […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 17, 2021 0 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT Moves to ‘Extreme’ Avalanche Danger Today | What That Means and Why That’s So Rare The avalanche compass turned black in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah today. Black on the avalanche compass means ‘Extreme’ avalanche danger—the highest danger rating there is. The Utah Avalanche Center wrote in the Tuesday, February 16 avalanche forecast: “Today the avalanche danger is EXTREME at mid and upper elevations. The avalanche danger is HIGH at low elevations. Avoid being under or near any […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 16, 2021 0 Comments
What I Learned From Triggering an Avalanche in the Backcountry Last Season Brought to you by SCARPA You think you’re slick until you’re not. On April 16, 2020, I unintentionally triggered a small (but terrifying) soft-slab avalanche while skiing ‘Little Chute‘ on Mount Baldy at Alta Ski Area in Utah. This happened in the heart of a pandemic. It was my first real encounter with an avalanche and, needless to say, I […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 8, 2021 4 Comments
The Alta Environmental Center: A Model For The Future Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Alta Ski Area recognizes the importance of sustainability in the ski industry. The mountain created the Alta Environmental Center (AEC) in 2008 to guide sustainability efforts and look after the natural environment in which the ski area operates. As the volume of skiers increases, the Alta Environmental Center strives to continue minimizing the […] Featured Article Ryan Flynn | February 4, 2021 3 Comments
How To Earn Your Turns Like A Local At Alta Ski Area, UT Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Few ski resorts in the world have as much pride and character as Alta Ski Area in Utah. One of the oldest resorts in North America, and one of only three resorts in the USA that are strictly skier-only, Alta and its locals embody the true spirit of steep skiing: always remaining respectful […] Featured Article Lucy Ferneyhough | January 29, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 12-18″ of Snow For Utah Mountains This Weekend, More In The Cottonwoods Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 11:10 AM MST, 1/22/2021 Forecast Summary: A shortwave trough currently off the California coast will move through Utah this weekend, bringing 12-18″ of snow for mountain locations, with more falling in the Cottonwoods. Precipitation will fill in across the state this afternoon as upper-level dynamics associated […] Weather Eric McNamee | January 22, 2021 0 Comments
Utah Governor Spencer Cox Shares His Interest For Proposed Little Cottonwood Canyon Gondola Because traffic on a powder day up to Alta Ski Area and Snowbird equates to living hell, one of the proposed solutions to mitigate traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon has captured Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox’s attention. That option is a 30-seat gondola that would cost an estimated $576 million to build and $6.9 million to operate. Related: The SnowBrains Podcast | […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | January 20, 2021 2 Comments
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