Alta Storm Causing Delays – 2 Day Timeline The past 36 hours we have been experiencing very large storm. A moisture plume has been aimed straight off the Pacific Ocean and up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Here’s a quick timeline of the past couple days. Saturday 12/20 @ 11am: Snow beings to fall, but is scattered and mostly light to moderate. Saturday 12/20 @ 8pm: Snow rates drop off over the evening and temperatures rise a bit. Sunday 12/21 @ 4am: Snow rates pick up, it is warm and the density is very high. Sunday 12/21 @ 9:15am: We have received 6 inches of snow and lifts open on time. Sunday 12/21 @ 10:30am: The skiing is really good. Conditions Report Aaron Rice | December 22, 2014 5 Comments
Alta Conditions Report: Surprise Storm With More to Come This past week has really felt like winter here in Alta. With 14″+ on Saturday and a low sun, we have been skiing great powder. ast Saturday we were forecasted to receive 3-6 inches of snow. Well, with a bit of Alta magic, we ended up with 14 inches. This storm was a Goldilocks storm. Not too little snow and not too much (that avalanche danger became a big deal), it was also […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | December 17, 2014 0 Comments
Alta, UT Conditions Report: High and Dry, With Snow on the Way It’s been high and dry here in Alta for over a week now. But luckily the sun is low angle and the snow has remained good. The groomers have been soft and fast all day. There has been enough snow to open backside and tower ten traverse and there are good chalky turns to be found out there. For the weekend there is a storm arriving that should be in the 6-12 inch range. In Alta it is generally frowned upon to ski the tower ten traverse and the ski school traverse on backside. However, with low snow conditions right now, they are our […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | December 10, 2014 2 Comments
Alta Got So Much Snow, They Couldn’t Open Today… A huge storm in Utah left Alta with so much snow, they couldn’t open today. On what would have been their third day this season, Alta decided to remain closed for the safety of their skiers. “After our morning of work, this great storm is still ahead of us. We are going to continue control work and grooming this afternoon and remain closed for skiing. We plan on opening Monday morning at 9:15. We are sorry you had to miss skiing today! – Alta” This early in the season, Alta is likely understaffed and just doesn’t have enough patrollers to perform avalanche control in a […] Industry News ameliatraynor | November 24, 2014 0 Comments
1-3 FEET of Snow Forecast for Alta & Snowbird This Weekend | They Both OPEN Tomorrow… If you’re in Utah, get ready to call in sick tomorrow. Both Alta and Snowbird have announced they will be opening for the season on Friday, November 21. Park City will follow suit on Saturday the 22nd.Brighton was the first resort in Utah to open, welcoming guests on Tuesday, November 18th. The resort now has four lifts serving nine runs. Thanks to low temperatures in the Wasatch Range over the last month, snow technicians at Utah’s resorts have been cranking their snow guns to prepare for the upcoming season. But a forecast of new snowfall this weekend may be the push many resorts need to open up their doors. Industry News ameliatraynor | November 20, 2014 0 Comments
1ft+ of Snow Forecasted for Alta! NOAA.org and Wasatch Snow Forecast are calling for the first(sorta second) good storm of the season for Alta, UT! WSF is calling for “Total accumulations by Sunday should be 6-12+” above 7,000 feet”. Read the full report here. If you believe the NOAA point forecast, it is calling for 12-26″ by Sunday morning. I find that a bit hard to believe… The snow has just begun to fall in LCC. The Alta cams are all down or not refreshing at this point in time […] Weather Aaron Rice | November 13, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: 6″ of Lake-Effect Snow for Utah Today NOAA is calling for 6″ of snow for the upper elevations of the Cottonwood Canyons today. The snow started last night and it’s part of the Utah magic: lake effect snow. In Utah, it likes to snow even when there isn’t a storm. Cold wind blows across the warm Great Salt Lake, picks up moisture, then drops it in the form of snow on the Wasatch mountains. Pure magic. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. […] Weather SnowBrains | November 3, 2014 0 Comments
2014/15 Utah Ski Resort Opening Dates: Utah is one of the most consistent places on Earth for snowfall. Last year, Alta had what they consider a “rough, below average year.” They still got 432 inches of snow… Which is more than most places ever get and it still put Alta in the 10th spot for most snow in North America in 2013/14. Utah sits in a unique spot for an El Nino year. Utah is far south enough to potentially do great in an El Nino year and North and Central enough to still get winter storms from the North. This is no secret to Utah snow freaks. This is the general pattern that makes Utah’s magic work. They’re someone on the track of both southern and northern storm. We don’t […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 9, 2014 0 Comments
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