A String of Crashes on Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah Leaves Skiers and Riders Out To Dry This past Monday afternoon, March 25, skiers and snowboarders were left disappointed after multiple crashes took place and icy road conditions closed down Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah. It was reported by the Unified Police Department (UPD) that at least two vehicles rolled over in the canyon due to the slick conditions. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported as […] Industry News Noah DeVries | March 29, 2024 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts — North America’s Top 5 Snowfalls, March 27, 2024 What happened to spring? Maybe we got the season’s wrong but the snow just keeps coming this March like it’s January! These open resorts across North America saw the most snow in the last 24 hours, confirmed at the time of writing. Others with bigger totals may have not yet updated their websites. All numbers were taken from the resorts’ […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 27, 2024 0 Comments
Top 9 Snowiest Ski Resorts in North America [Updated 2024] All data was pulled from each resort’s website as of March 2024. It’s no secret that the West is the snowiest region in North America. Cold fronts come down from the Gulf of Alaska, hit our North-South oriented mountain ranges, and orographic lifting does the rest. There are 10 ski resorts in the west that average over 500” of snow. […] Brains Liam Abbott | March 25, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: Utah Enters a Wet Spring Pattern | Up to 2′ of Snow by Tuesday A week of snow building up in Utah. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast prepared the evening of Saturday, March 23 Forecast Summary An active week in Utah begins Saturday night as a cold front brings several inches of widespread mountain snow. Snow showers continue for the next few days, with some convectively-enhanced snow showers expected at times. The active pattern continues through […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 23, 2024 0 Comments
Alta Ski Area, UT, Hits 500″ of Total Season Snowfall Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT, has always been known as one of the snowiest resorts in America. This season is no exception. A 20″ storm total (and still snowing) has brought the legendary resort to 501″ for the season as of today, March 13, 2024. Related: Alta, UT, Report: 447″ of Snowfall Already This Season & High Rustler […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 13, 2024 0 Comments
I Finally Took a Mountain Collective Road Trip and it was Incredible Trip Report for March 2-9, 2024 I love ski trips. Over the years I have been on many throughout the western U.S. and Canada, including Colorado, California, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia. The trips were typically to a single destination, however, for years I had always wanted to get the multi-resort Mountain Collective Pass and go on an […] Trip Report Brent Thomas | March 12, 2024 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: The Rich Get Richer | Utah Prepares For Another 1-2′ of Powder The latest Utah snowstorm. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast Summary A large trough dives down across the Western U.S. over the next few days. California will see several feet of snow, while Utah receives the leftovers. Snow starts over far Northern Utah on Friday, with a few inches of snow expected at Snowbasin and Powder Mountain through Friday afternoon. Measurable snow likely […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 29, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Devil’s Castle Opens For The Season & Delivers Elevator & Sneaky Peak Chutes Report from January 30, 2023 Today was my last day in Utah for a while. I wanted to do something memorable and we’d seen that the Devil’s Castle zone had opened at Alta yesterday for the first time this season (East Castle opened today for the first time as well – Baldy Chutes tomorrow?). I’d never skied that zone and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Failure in Maybird Couloir in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report from January 29, 2023 This morning we decided to go for a chute we’d never skied in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT. It has been really hot the past few days so we thought we’d go for corn/slush on a south-facing couloir – Maybird. When we were scoping it at 8am, Martin mentioned that he saw some fierce rumble in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Solo Dawn Patrol at Suicide Chute On 11,000′ Mt. Superior, UT, In Powder Snow Report from January 26, 2023 5 a.m. Pitch black and foggy… The forecast was for sun but I couldn’t see a single star. 11,045′ Mt. Superior, UT – “Suicide Chute” Details Summit (actually a notch): 9,900′ Car: 8,400′ Vertical From Car: 1,500′ Vertical skied: 1,500′ Max Pitch: 45º Avg Pitch: 40º Aspect: East Distance: 1.5-miles round trip Time From Car to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Backflips, Backslaps, & Sunny West Buffler Laps Report from January 18, 2023 I rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10am on Thursday. It didn’t snow overnight but the wind had been ripping when I left at 5:30pm the day before. As I walked through the parking lot I wondered if there’d been enough wind to buff things out. A local skier ripped a 26m […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: The Tounge Mai (Church) Double Drop, Impeccable High Rustler Laps, Gunsight Pure Powder Report from January 17, 2023 Yesterday was a windy, wild, stormy powder day at Alta, Utah. I showed up around 1:30 pm (after a gnarly 1 hour and 45-minute drive from Park City). I went straight to High Rustler and had the best Hi Boy run of my life… Fluffy wind-buff, medium deep powder, top to bottom, full speed. I kept […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: The Bad News Double Drop, High Rustler Wind Buff, Ballroom Powder, Supreme Sunshine, & Babbers Bomber Report from January 16, 2023 Rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10:30am today. Met up with Brandon and we grabbed a fresh powder lap in the sunshine on Supreme then stacked in line for first tracks in the Ballroom. Both were delectable. I ran into Jamie & Benny Blair in the line for the Ballroom and we […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Soul of Alta | A Short Film from Alta and Sweetgrass Productions When I saw there was a new short film from Alta and Sweetgrass Productions titled Soul of Alta, I knew I would have to take time to watch it. Alta is a unique mountain that only allows skiers, has some of the greatest snow on earth, and possess a unique culture. The film is less than 22 minutes and highlights […] Brent Thomas | January 16, 2024 0 Comments
Alta and Snowbird, UT, in Interlodge as Little Cottonwood Canyon Closed for Avalanche Mitigation Snowbird and Alta went into Interlodge last night after the Utah Department of Transportation announced the overnight closure of Little Cottonwood Canyon due to avalanche mitigation. Interlodge is where no one in the Alta nor Snowbird areas is allowed to go outside due to the very high risk of avalanches. Interlodge is rare, usually only happening once or twice per season. […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 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. 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
Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Nasty-Fun Big Mountain Skiing on Recrystallized Powder | Tight Chute to Fields of Glory to Tight Chute Report from January 2, 2023 Yesterday morning we got out early-ish and started digging up a long flat trail into a zone I’d never been to in the Wasatch Mountains, UT. The stats are kinda fun: 4,700-vertical-feet 5 hours & 20 minutes to the top 7 hours & 40 minutes round trip 9.8 miles round trip It’s real simple how […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 3, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: 45º Steep East Couloir of 11,330 Twin Peaks | Wasatch Mountains, UT Report from December 31, 2023 Yesterday I decided to go for a long walk and try a scary, steep line that I knew was going to hold bad, wind-hammered snow. I’d seen the east couloir of 11,303′ Twin Peaks (Broads Fork, Twin Peaks East) from Cardiac Ridge on December 15, 2023, and it looked skiable. It had just enough snow. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 1, 2024 0 Comments
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe, NV Report: Sun-Kissed Groomers, Moguls, Lake Views, & Mini-Park Love Report from December 23, 2023 Yesterday, we got out into the Lake Tahoe backcountry in the morning. Lake Tahoe, NV Report: Skiing Powder Thru Rotten-Rock Towers Above The Largest Alpine Lake in North America Powder, sunshine, smiles, old friends, rotten rock towers, good times. From the backcountry, we could see Mt. Rose ski resort across the way. It looked glorious… […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 24, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: 119 Switchbacks Up 10,403′ Kessler Peak, UT | The Catcher’s Mitt Report from December 21, 2023 – the shortest day of the year Yesterday I woke up worked after hiking and skiing the “Benson & Hedges Couloir” and didn’t get out of the house until after 10am. I was tired enough that I brought my ski resort setup and my backcountry gear so that I’d have options… I’d talked to Andrew […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | December 22, 2023 0 Comments
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