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Alta is for Skiers | Judge Dismisses Snowboarders’ Lawsuit

Alta Ski Area is known for some of the deepest powder on the planet and its policy banning snowboarders from their lifts. Because of this, Alta “Ski” Area has been in the cross-hairs of Snowboarders for years who wish they could ride the lifts, and now thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson, Alta can breathe a sigh of relief. If you haven’t been following the debate for nearly the last year, a group called Wasatch Equality has claimed their 14th Amendment rights were being violated by Alta Ski Area for not allowing them […]
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Throwback Thursday: Searching for Snow in Alta, UT

It’s Thursday, and hence its everyones favorite day to reminisce on the past with the classic #throwbackthursday. We here at Snowbrains thought we would get on the Throwback Thursday Train and highlight some of our best videos from last season, and with roughly four months to go before winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re all itching for snow. This week we take you back to January, where Tahoe saw little snow and people began to seek alternatives. Eric and […]
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Snowbird, UT Conditions Report | Big Pow on June 18th

Today it was hard to discern between it being April 18th or a June 18th powder day. The deciding factor ended up being a couple of things. Green trees everywhere being crushed by the weight of a foot of new snow and the lack of lifts running. As nice as lifts are it certainly isn’t a limiting factor when it comes to skiing creamy SUMMER POW. Line choices of the day included: Silver Fox through Rock Chute, Run-out of North Chute, Tram Cables, Run […]
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Alta, UT Conditions Report: Closing Day, May 4th

Alta has a 101″ base right now. They’ve gotten 432″ of snow this season and the place is still looking good. They had a great closing day and this video proves it. If you haven’t heard of it, Alta threw the 2nd annual Frank ski competition in the end of April. This is clearly the coolest ski competition on the planet. It’s basically a chance to get weird in Utah. Naked skiing, crazy tricks, costumes, and general weirdness. This is a ski party not to be missed. […]
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Forest Service Backs Alta Snowboarder Ban | Asks Judge to Dismiss Case

The Forest Service has stepped into the Four Snowboarders vs. Alta lawsuit over the ‘unconstitutional’ ban of snowboarding from Alta, and has asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit against Alta. In January four boarders banded together to create Wasatch Equality, a nonprofit organization, and filed a lawsuit against Alta for violating the 14th amendment. The 14th amendment was created to protect certain classes of people from discrimination. Classes of people in the 14th amendment are defined by […]
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Blower Dust on Crust @ Alta, UT | Conditions Report, Photo Tour

Even as the snow started falling in Tahoe, I made my way east to Utah to continue in my search of snow, and I was not disappointed in any way today at Alta. The snow started out slow this morning, a dusting on some very firm snow. However, by noon the snowfall rate increased, as did the stoke factor. Alta was all-time today, that is for someone who has been skiing Squaw all winter, with blower […]
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Jesse Cassidy |
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