Utah’s Ski Season is Up and Running. Finally. Brighton Resort kicked off Utah’s ski season on Monday, opening to passholders and pipping Solitude to the title of first resort in the state to open. After Solitude announced they would be opening on the 23rd, Brighton quickly jumped to action and opened to passholders on the 22nd. Due to our employees putting in some amazing work we are able to […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 24, 2021 0 Comments
Top 15 Ski Areas for Early-Season Skiing Early-season skiing is insanely valuable. With winter break providing a great window to take a vacation, unfortunately, ski resort conditions do not always comply with the break. Luckily, Z Rankings broke down the best early-season ski resorts in terms of the resort’s average snowfall and the percentage of terrain open by December 25. Steamboat Resort, CO 93% of Steamboat’s terrain is […] Industry News Breya Bergom | November 2, 2021 0 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT Report: 2 Ski Areas, a 1,300-Vertical-Foot Backcountry Couloir, and 1 Closing day Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report From Sunday, April 18, 2021 We started at Alta. By 11 am we were on top of a 45-degree, 1,300-vertical foot couloir. We were in Brighton by noon and back at Alta for last chair at 4:20. Yesterday was a day that’ll be etched in the walls of my mind for as […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 20, 2021 1 Comment
Photo & Video Tour: February, is That You? Utah Just Got Dumped On Just because Spring has sprung and resorts across the country have begun closing doesn’t mean it’s time to put your skis away just yet. You can never count out April. A storm hit the Cottonwoods yesterday, dumping well over a foot of fresh snow. February, is that you? 48-hour totals: Alta: 19″ Brighton: 17″ Snowbird: 18″ Solitude: 16″ Industry News SnowBrains | April 15, 2021 0 Comments
SnowBrains Forecast: 8-12″ of Snow For Utah’s Cottonwood Canyons Through Friday, More In The Uinta’s Forecast By SnowBrains Meteorologist – Eric McNamee Brought to you by Alta Ski Area 2:15 PM MST, 4/13/2021 Forecast Summary: A slow-moving closed low will develop over the Great Basin, bringing 8-12″ of snow to the Cottonwood Canyons in Utah and with more falling in the Uintas. Snow will start later tonight and continue on and off through Friday Conditions […] Weather Eric McNamee | April 13, 2021 0 Comments
Boyne Resorts to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2030 Boyne Resorts, which owns the ski resorts of Big Sky, MT, Brighton, UT, Boyne Highlands, MI, Boyne Mountain Resort, MI, Cypress Mountain, BC, Loon Mountain, NH, Sugarloaf Resort, ME, Summit at Snoqualmie, WA, and Sunday River, ME, has announced its commitment to be 100% carbon neutral by the end of 2030. This announcement comes after Boyne Resorts announced a […] Liam Abbott | February 12, 2021 0 Comments
Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons, UT To Close Uphill Traffic on Busy Days This Winter Seven a.m.—powder day. Make coffee, grab a quick bite, pack gear into car—off for the races by eight. Stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic by eight-thirty. “It’s Saturday,” you remember. Little Cottonwood Canyon is always packed on a Saturday powder day. Thirty minutes pass and you make it a half-mile to the mouth of the canyon—it’s still dumping hard. As you creep […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | November 17, 2020 2 Comments
Origins: How The New Deal Helped Foster The U.S. Ski Industry In this week’s edition of Origins, we will take a deep dive into how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’ New Deal initiatives helped influence ski areas and mountain towns. If you missed last week’s edition of Origins on heli-skiing, check it out here: Related: Origins: Heli-skiing The New Deal was a series of programs and institutions created during the Great Depression […] Ryan Flynn | October 30, 2020 5 Comments
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