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Here to Help: The Utah Avalanche Center’s New Trailhead Avalanche Awareness Program

High avalanche danger should = low-angle terrain selection which should = keeping powder-hungry hubris in check. That’s essentially what volunteers with the Utah Avalanche Center’s new Trailhead Avalanche Awareness program were explaining to curious passers-by as they toured past the red UAC tent at the Grizzy Gultch trailhead in Little Cottonwood Canyon last Saturday when snow conditions were concerningly suspect. […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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SnowBrains Forecast: 6-12″ of Snow For Utah’s Wasatch Mountains Through Tomorrow

Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area  11:50 AM MST, 12/22/2020 Forecast Summary: A quick-hitting shortwave trough will bring 6-12″ of snow to Utah’s Wasatch Mountains through tomorrow, with locally higher amounts (Cottonwood Canyons). This trough will bring a fairly strong cold blast to the region, coupled with strong NW winds that will […]
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Alta, UT Mayor Asks for Everyone to Quiet Down After Study Reveals That Talking Loudly Can Increase Spread of Coronavirus

If you like seeing the ski area open then you may want to shut the **** up this winter.  At least that’s how the town of Alta, Utah’s mayor feels about it. And the science is there to back him up. Town of Alta Mayor Harris Sondak told the Salt Lake Tribune that being quiet in locker rooms, bathrooms, lift […]
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Martin Kuprianowicz |
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