Brighton Resort, UT, to Require Paid Parking Reservations This Winter Following the footsteps of neighboring resort Park City, Brighton Resort will require paid parking reservations beginning in the 2023-2024 season. Reservations will have a base rate of $20 for all lots with a $25 dollar price tag on holidays. Like Park City, Brighton will require reservations for every day of the year, but will not charge for parking after 1 […] Industry News Tate Sundberg | July 11, 2023 0 Comments
Solitude Mountain Resort, UT, Extends Season Again It’s no secret that it has been a historic season in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon. Resorts like Solitude have seen a constant barrage of snow that has created unprecedented late-season conditions and the resort is doing what they can to make the most of it. Skiing and riding will now continue daily until May 21st. This comes after the resort had […] Industry News Matt Scribner | April 17, 2023 0 Comments
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Closure Update for April 13, 2023 Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, continues to face temporary closures until at least Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Utah Department for Transportation (‘UDOT’) has been closing State Route 190 during the day since April 8, 2023, for extended periods for avalanche clearance and mitigation. State Route 190 had to be closed every day this week from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 12, 2023 0 Comments
Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Closures Next 5 Days Following Avalanche Slide Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, temporarily closed on Saturday April 8, 2023, when an avalanche slid onto State Route 190 just after noon. The Utah Department for Transportation (‘UDOT’) closed the road in both directions, and uphill and downhill traffic had to be redirected. State Route 190 had to be closed from the mouth to Cardiff (MP 10.7) due to the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 8, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT, Report: The Biggest Little Hill in the ‘Satch Report from Thursday, April 6, 2023 The Wolf got back in from Alaska this week. We rendezvoused in the morning with the aim to go ski something interesting on the edge of the Salt Lake Grid but it didn’t pan out. So we cut our losses and headed up Big Cottonwood Canyon, which had received five feet of new snow […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 7, 2023 0 Comments
Utah Artist Paints with Snow to Raise Climate Change Awareness Utah locals have found it hard not to be aware of the changes in climate seen in the past several winters. One of these people is local artist Lexi Dowdall. She grew up skiing the slopes of Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon and she has seen the changes in storms herself and said, “to some of the old veteran patrollers […] Industry News Riley McDonald | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Powdersurfing the Deep (Clip from Monday) Report from Monday and Tuesday, March 6-7, 2023 Another day, another storm. This past weekend’s blockbuster storm brought the Cottonwoods 35-45″ of new snow, and with considerable avalanche danger and lots of new fluff, the past two mornings were perfect for getting out and practicing the fine-tuned art of powsurfing. On Monday, we hiked up Days Fork […] Backcountry Martin Kuprianowicz | March 7, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: 1 Long, Heavenly, Blower Powder Run [arve url="https://youtu.be/2idx8NhLrAM"] Martin Kuprianowicz | January 18, 2023 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
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