Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT To Receive 12 Brand New Remote Avalanche Control Towers in Backcountry View this post on Instagram A post shared by udot avalanche (@udotavy) Avalanche mitigation crews are stepping their game up in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah this year. Related: Trip Report: Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT – “Tanners Gulch” A project to install 12 brand new, remote avalanche control towers in the Toledo and Emma Ridge areas in upper Little Cottonwood canyon […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 5, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Small Storm, Big Fun Report from January 24th, 2020 Location(s): LCC backcountry, Alta Ski Area We started off the morning long before Alta’s ticket windows opened by hitting the Little Cottonwood backcountry. Dawn patrol heavy. We took two backcountry laps on Scottie’s Notch and Red Right Returning and were back at the car by 11:30 am. Snow was just starting to fall. Time to […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 24, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: HUGE Avalanches Triggered in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT by Highway Safety Teams Video brought to you by @udotavy Above are a video and an image of avalanches triggered in Little Cottonwood Canyon by the Utah Department of Transportation from January 2nd, 2020. The avalanche in the video was a massive, mile-wide slide that buried a section of the Little Cottonwood highway 3-4 feet deep. An interlodge ordinance went into effect for the […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 3, 2020 0 Comments
Wasatch Dispatch: March Comes Rolling Deep!! Deep Utah powder has covered everything! It just keeps snowing here in the Wasatch Mountains. Another right-side up storm: a foot of heavy snow to smooth the tracks, topped off by two feet of perfect blower powder. The best thing to do, so they say, is to go ski it. With a couple of options in mind, we figured today […] Backcountry John Solder | March 15, 2019 0 Comments
Wasatch Dispatch: Lisa Falls This past weekend was one for the books all across the Wasatch. People were getting after it! Lots of classic lines went down (hypodermic needle, Y-couloir) and even some of the once in a wild-hair line (Medusa face, yikes). But we had the big mama in mind, the most vert you can ski in the Wasatch, Lisa Falls. Clocking in […] Backcountry John Solder | March 1, 2019 0 Comments
The Magic of the Cottonwood Canyons: Part 2 | Why is Utah Weather SO GOOD for Powder? This is the second article in a two-part series discussing what makes great powder and the reasons why it is found in the Cottonwood Canyons near Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 1 sets the stage and presents the facts for why Utah has some of the best powder skiing in the world. Part 2 is for the weather nerds and […] Weather John Solder | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
Why Does It Snow SO MUCH in Utah? This is the first article in a two-part series discussing what makes great powder and the reasons why it is found in the Cottonwood Canyons near Salt Lake City, Utah. Part 1 sets the stage and presents the facts for why Utah has some of the best powder skiing in the world. For the weather nerds, Part 2 describes why […] Weather John Solder | February 15, 2019 4 Comments
Wasatch Dispatch: Code Blue | After the Big Storm After a long steady Wasatch storm cycle, and a lot of greybird skiing, the clouds finally cleared and the powder was waiting to be harvested under a deep blue sky. Fire up boys, we have a CODE BLUEBIRD! Multiple storms added up to multiple feet of new snow. But the best was saved for last, 2 feet of cold Utah blower […] Backcountry John Solder | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
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