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PHOTOS: Owner of Cabin in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT STILL Digging Out After Friday’s Avalanche The owner of a cabin in Little Cottonwood Canyon, near Alta Ski Area, is still digging out after an avalanche barreled into his property over the weekend. In the 15-years Hugh Ferguson has had his cabin, he says he has never faced anything like the damage from Friday’s avalanche, reports KUTV. “It’s been here 46 years, I believe, somewhere in […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 10, 2020 0 Comments
Detailed accounts from 2 avalanche survivors on Utah’s Mount Olympus Memorial Couloirs Author of the “Chuting Gallery,” Andrew Mclean, describes Mount Olympus’ Memorial Couloirs as “hard to see, hard to get to and hard to find, but quality skiing nonetheless.” The Memorial Couloirs are a series of easting-facing chutes with about a 45° pitch that flank the Mount Olympus Couloir which is tucked behind the far left-hand (north) shoulder of Mount Olympus […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 10, 2020 0 Comments
Alta and Snowbird, UT CLOSED Due to Avalanche Danger for 2nd Day in a Row Based on current conditions in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta and Snowbird are not planning to open today, Friday, February 7th. Both resorts, and Highway 210 (Little Cottonwood Canyon’s highway), closed just after noon yesterday. The Town of Alta is currently Interlodged (meaning that no one is allowed to leave the buildings for any reason whatsoever). Related: Alta & Snowbird & Little […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 7, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Wasatch | Ski Areas Could See 10-20″ New Snow The NOAA has issued a winter weather advisory, beginning Wednesday night (02/05/20) lasting through late Friday afternoon (02/07/20) for the Wasatch Mountains. Alta Ski Area and surrounding ski resorts could see upwards of 20″ of new snow with wind gusts as high as 55 mph. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 4 PM MST FRIDAY… * […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 4, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT: 4th Snowiest January on Record Since 1980 Director of Alta’s Avalanche Office Dave Richards, aka “Grom,” reports that Alta Ski Area has just recorded the fourth largest January for snowfall since 1980 with 153″ of snow. It’s been a DEEP month here in the Wasatch to say the least. And it’s not done yet. Alta has received 354″ of snow this season to date, and it is […] Conditions Report WeatherBrains | February 3, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT is Already Ahead of Last Year’s 629″ Season Right Now! Alta Ski Area has already received 346″ of snowfall this season, putting them ahead of the amount of snowfall that they received at this time last season during their record-breaking winter (629″ for the 2018-19 season total). This is epic news for the powder-mecca of a ski area as Alta is already well on track for ANOTHER record-breaking season. And […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2020 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Backcountry Report: Mt. Superior In A Whiteout Report from January 28th, 2020 Brought to you by Alpenglow Expeditions I skied Mt. Superior, UT yesterday. The walk up was nice since the ridge is very filled in now and you can skin most of it. The visibility was bad. I met up with Ryan & Dustin on the hike. Ryan guided us. We dropped into a whiteout. A […] Backcountry Miles Clark | January 29, 2020 0 Comments
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