Wasatch Mountains, UT, Report: Ski Day #189 = “Suicide Chute” | 11,045′ Mt. Superior Report from June 4, 2024 On Tuesday, I drove to Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah with a plan to ski Main Chute at Alta. I was tired after 188 days of skiing this season. As I drove past Mt. Superior, I saw that there was snow from Suicide Chute right down to the road. I hit the brakes and swerved […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snowbird, UT | “Pipeline Couloir” Report from June 5, 2024 Yesterday was my last ski day of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Ski day #190. Ski day #463 of the past 546 days. I’ve been skiing 6 days per week for 17 months straight (78 weeks). I’m exhausted… 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peak, UT “Pipeline Couloir” Details Summit (actually a notch): 11,300′ Car: 7,900′ Vertical From Car: […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 6, 2024 1 Comment
Alta, UT, Report: Funky Snow Little Chute Fun Report from April 29, 2024 Yesterday I went for a jaunt at Alta, UT. I went for Little Chute which I hadn’t skied this year. I skied Main Chute (just next door) 6 times in November, but back then, Little Chute didn’t have enough snow to be skiable. Alta is loaded with snow right now. I strolled up the lowers, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 1, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Legendary Little Chute Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Report from April 27, 2023 Yesterday, I slept in and felt damn tired after the previous day’s Pfiefferhorn mission. We’d heard rumors of of Alta opening to uphill yesterday, but we couldn’t confirm. Martin texted me at 7:35am saying that Alta had opened. I jumped out of bed and started my recovery process: Hot shower Big stretch Roller Theragun Breakfast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Full Speed Down Little Chute w/ Mandatory Air Report from November 21, 2021 I started hiking at the crack of 1 pm yesterday. I generally avoid Little Cottonwood Canyon on weekends and especially powder weekends, so I’d been trying to stay away, but it was clear that the 3+ inches of snow they got on Friday night had made things pretty sweet up high. I figured if I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 22, 2021 1 Comment
Alta, UT Report: Little Chute with Mandatory Air From the Top [arve url="https://youtu.be/Q4vnm-tL8oA"] Miles Clark | November 13, 2021 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
What I Learned From Triggering an Avalanche in the Backcountry Last Season Brought to you by SCARPA You think you’re slick until you’re not. On April 16, 2020, I unintentionally triggered a small (but terrifying) soft-slab avalanche while skiing ‘Little Chute‘ on Mount Baldy at Alta Ski Area in Utah. This happened in the heart of a pandemic. It was my first real encounter with an avalanche and, needless to say, I […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 8, 2021 4 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Little Chute Absolutely Firing in Spring Splashiness! [arve url="https://youtu.be/YH49uaJB_74"] Miles Clark | May 19, 2020 Likes Tweets 4 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Little Chute Chargin’ [arve url="https://vimeo.com/391636720"] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 15, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Mt. Baldy 100% Open + Wiggle Season Begins! Report from April 19th, 2019 Big mountain skiing and wigglin’ it on the same day? Yep, that’s Alta right now. Alta Ski Area in Utah opened legendary 11,068′ Mt. Baldy wall-to-wall yesterday for the 2nd day in a row. The snow was still fun up there and the options plentiful. I strolled up and cruised down “Little Chute” simply because […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 20, 2019 2 Comments
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