Man Buried in Avalanche Near Park City Resort, UT: Exact Same Spot Where a Snowboarder Was Killed in 2019 An avalanche in Dutch Draw buried a 31-year-old man from Clinton, Utah today near Park City Resort in Utah. Town Lift reports that the man was evacuated by helicopter to medical treatment. His condition is currently unknown. Today’s avalanche that buried the man happened in Dutch Draw, which is the exact same location where a snowboarder was killed in 2019 […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 8, 2021 0 Comments
Park City Mountain, UT to Install a New Lift to Improve Connection to Canyons Village Park City Mountain, UT has announced plans to install a new lift in time for the 2019-20 season, pending permits. The fixed grip quad chairlift, named “Over and Out,” will transport guests from a location near the bottom of the Tombstone Express Lift and unload near the top of Sunrise Lift on the front side of the mountain. As the […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 31, 2019 0 Comments
Utah Ski Area Opening Dates For The 2018/2019 Season Utah has trademarked the saying “The Greatest Snow on Earth.” Most seasons, that holds true. After just an OK season last year, let’s hope that the Beehive State gets back to its usual pattern of heavy accumulations. Not everyone has a projected opening date yet. Here’s what’s out there so far: Projected Opening Dates Park City: 11/21 Brighton: 11/21 Alta: 11/23 Brian Head: 11/23 […] Industry News Mike Lavery | September 24, 2018 0 Comments
Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons, UT Awarded Lions Share of $100-Million Fund to Remedy Traffic Congestion After a fierce statewide battle for $100 million that the Legislature pegged to reduce traffic congestion at crowded recreational areas, Little and Big Cottonwood canyons won the lion’s share of the jackpot Friday, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The Utah Transportation Commission voted to give them $66 million of the total, or $2 of every $3 available. Other smaller winners […] Industry News Steven Agar | May 16, 2018 0 Comments
2015/16 Closing Dates For North American Ski Resorts Ahh, the sweet, distinct smell of cheap hot dogs and brats being grilled accompanied, with of course, some PBR or the other cheapest libation you can get your hands on. Puppies are running around everywhere and there are girls skiing in bikinis, sometimes even guys too. Closing days will soon be had by many ski resorts around the […] Brains Keenan Grady | March 31, 2016 8 Comments
Skier Takes 500-Foot Ride in Avalanche in Park City, UT A skier was caught in an avalanche Friday afternoon in the Dutch’s Draw area near Canyons Ski Resort. After triggering the slide up near the “Goal Posts”, he was carried about 500 feet, managing to stay on top of the wash. Buried up to his neck, the skier was dug out by his party, and he luckily walked away unharmed. According to the report from Utah Avalanche Center, the avalanche was 300 feet wide and ran 500 vertical feet. UAC received a report from the skier caught in the avalanche, who’s said to be “one of the most experienced […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | December 28, 2014 5 Comments
VAIL: Park City & Canyons WILL CONNECT in 2015/16 Vail just bought Park City ski resort last week for $182.5 million. What many of us missed in the announcement is that they stated that they will be connecting Park City ski resort to the Canyons ski resort (also run by Vail). When these two ski resorts connect, it’ll create the largest ski resort in the USA. The Canyons has 4,000 skiable acres. Park City has 3,300 skiable acres. Combined, they’d have over 7,400 skiable acres making it the biggest ski […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 17, 2014 4 Comments
Canyons Resort, UT Conditions Report – March 6th With a warm week and rain in the forecast (and a very flexible boss), we had to get out of Tahoe. The first stop on our tour of snowy places was Canyons Resort. It was so nice to ski on some proper wintery snow again that I don’t think the smile left my face all day. We were able to find nice chalky snow in the trees and some really fun powdery bumps all around the mountain. […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 7, 2014 0 Comments
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