Alta Conditions Report -The Last High Pressure Report! This is the last high pressure report I am going to write for a while. Alta started off the season great! big, consistent storms. However January and most of February we have been stuck under a massive high pressure ridge. One big storm snuck though in early January, but other than that our best days have been a quick refresher, some wind to smooth things out, and some legitimately great corn skiing. But come on! This is […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | February 20, 2015 0 Comments
Alta Conditions Report – 100% Open If you have skied Alta, you know how sweet the terrain is! However, due to the high level of awesomeness of said terrain, often avalanche danger or low snow may not allow Alta to open everything for our skiing pleasure. Recently we have been graced with high pressure that has lasted for well over a month. We have had a few nice quick hitting refresher storms, but avvy danger has remained low. With low danger and prolonged high […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | February 12, 2015 1 Comment
Alta Conditions Report – Rapid Refresh! With Junuary gone we are all hoping that our long dry spell is over. February started with a few small disturbances. Though the storms were small they were dense and we ended up with about an inch of water weight, at normal Utah densities that would be about 10-20 inches of snow!It looks like we are in for a couple more refreshers this weekend. Hopefully we can get a full pattern change and get some […] Conditions Report Aaron Rice | February 6, 2015 0 Comments