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Wasatch Range, UT Report: 3,300-Feet of Almost-Corn Skiing Down One of Little Cottonwood Canyon’s Best Chutes

Report from Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Little Pine ain’t little. The south-facing roadside chute is one of Little Cottonwood’s best, and Andrew McLean, author of The Chuting Gallery, described it as: “The finest chute proper on the north side of the canyon due to its uninterrupted, perfectly straight fall line.” Hence why McLean gave the line three stars—the highest ranking […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 23, 2022
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Wasatch Range, UT Report: Heaven is a 5,000-Foot Untouched, Blower Powder Run

Report from Tuesday, March 1, 2022 10 miles, nine hours, 5 grand of elevation gain, and two world-class ski descents later, we were back to Highway 210 right as the sun had dipped below the horizon. The three of us were tired, but you wouldn’t have been able to tell from the mega smiles plastered across each one of our […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | March 2, 2022
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Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report: A Steep, Sun-Crusted Descent Down The South Face

Report from January 11, 2022 “A blonde bitch, beautiful and vicious.” That’s how Montgomery Atwater, one of Alta’s first snow rangers and the father of avalanche research in the United States, referred to 11,045-foot-tall Mount Superior. Looking at Mount Superior from the town of Alta at the end of the road in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon, it’s the first thing […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | January 12, 2022
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25-Year-Old Rock Climber Killed in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Fall

An experienced climber was rock climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Sunday when he pulled on a loose rock, fell from the climb, and was crushed by rocks—one of which was the size of a small car. Unified Police officers were called to the area of the Gate Buttress at about 1:15 pm, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Upon arrival […]

CragBrains | October 12, 2021
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Record-Breaking Number of Public Comments Could Postpone Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Traffic Options

A record-breaking 13,000 comments were submitted to the Utah Department of Transportation during the public comment period for the environmental impact statement on how to mitigate traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Josh Van Jura, project manager for UDOT, says the number tops the department’s previous record for public comments on other significant projects by nearly 10,000 submissions, according to Deseret […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | September 15, 2021
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VIDEO: It’s Alta Man! | LINE Skis | This Isn’t East Coast Hardcore Real Stuff

SnowBrains | September 13, 2021
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To Protest the Proposed Gondola, Activists Float Giant Red Balloons in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT

Activists protesting the proposed Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola gathered at the mouth of the canyon on Saturday and floated four big red balloons attached to spools of twine measuring 236-feet—the estimated height of the to-be-approved gondola towers. They filled four spherical balloons, each about three feet in diameter, with helium from a tank that environmental lawyer Pat Shea rented and […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | August 23, 2021
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Snowbird’s Tram Club Closes After 27-Years of Operating as One of Utah’s Most Iconic Bars

Every era has its end. But is it really over for one of Utah’s most iconic bars? Snowbird announced that as of Thursday, July 15, the Tram Club has shut down and will remain so indefinitely. The underground bar—with giant windows looking out to the huge tram wheels that move Snowbird’s legendary aerial tram—closed after 27 years of operation. Snowbird […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | July 21, 2021
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