Alta, UT Report: THE FRANK 2019! Yesterday, we went to our first ever Frank World Classic at Alta. The Frank appears to have started circa 2011 by some of the guys who work at the Deep Powder House ski shop up at Alta. The idea was to make fun of the “bros” and skiers trying way too hard in the Wasatch. Frank is the guy who […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 22, 2019 2 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Mt. Baldy 100% Open + Wiggle Season Begins! Report from April 19th, 2019 Big mountain skiing and wigglin’ it on the same day? Yep, that’s Alta right now. Alta Ski Area in Utah opened legendary 11,068′ Mt. Baldy wall-to-wall yesterday for the 2nd day in a row. The snow was still fun up there and the options plentiful. I strolled up and cruised down “Little Chute” simply because […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2019 2 Comments
Alta Ski Area, UT Has Received Over 600″ of ‘The Greatest Snow on Earth’ this Season What a season it has been! Alta Ski Area, UT yesterday surpassed 600″ of snowfall so far this season. And the season isn’t even over yet! SnowBrains’ Latest Report: Alta, UT Report: 598″ of Snow & Counting… The latest storm dumped over a foot of ‘the greatest snow on earth‘, taking their season total to a massive 609″, that’s over 50-feet. […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2019 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: 50″ Storm Total Makes For Killer Spring Skiing Report from April 13th, 2019 Alta just picked up 50″ of snow from the storm that hit Wednesday-Friday this week. Yesterday was a stellar day at Alta ski area, UT. The day started out stormy and dark and ended sunny and bright. The snow was leftover chopped up powder, packed powder, big powder patches, and a few lightly skied zones. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 14, 2019 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Filled In And Firing at 416″ of Snowfall Already Report from March 5th, 2019 Alta ski area in UT is chalk-full of snow right now. Very filled in and looking great. These photos really show it. Alta has seen 416″ of snow already. We jumped onto the lifts early today and took a tour. Wildcat, Collins, Sugarloaf, and Supreme. The snow was still skiing great everywhere and if you […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 6, 2019 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Still Plenty of Great Snow from Last Week’s Mega Storm Report from 28th January 2019 After an 8-hour drive to Utah from Colorado on Sunday, we hit Alta Ski Area, UT first thing the next morning. The weather was perfect, not a breath of wind and temperatures in the mid-20s. We headed up the Supreme chair, skiing Challenger and Sleepy Hollow. Despite no new snow since the last storm dumped […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | January 30, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Daily Pow Hits ‘Devil’s Castle’ Alta, UT and it’s Only Mid-December! Alta skiers know Devil’s Castle, a rugged cliff area, for the open powder fields that form on its north-facing lower slopes. With a season-to-date snowfall of 125″, and a solid base of 44″, early season conditions at Alta continue to impress. The fact that the area is open, and skiable right now is a testament to the hard work of […] Featured Video SnowBrains | December 21, 2018 0 Comments
Wasatch Dispatch: Dawn Patrolling | Fresh Snow & the Fast Crew After an endless dry spell (ok… like 10 days) a quick hitting cold front moved through dropping 20 to 25 cm of dry Utah powder. Great Salt Lake even got in on the action firing off a few convective showers of the fabled “lake effect”. Reason enough to get out early; time for a dawn patrol. Upper Little Cottonwood came […] Trip Report John Solder | December 14, 2018 0 Comments