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
Solitude, UT, Report: Skiing “Ortovox Chute” on 9,850′ Evergreen Peak Report from April 3, 2024 Yesterday morning I met up with Juan and Martin for a stroll up Fantasy Ridge at Solitude, UT. Fantasy Ridge is terrain that only opens a few days per year. It’s challenging, wild, beautiful, alpine, short, and sweet. It’s also one of the 97 lines in legendary Andrew McLean’s “Chuting Gallery” book. He calls the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 4, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: “The Y Couloir Alternate” in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report from April 2, 2024 I drove from Tahoe to Utah 2-days ago. Yesterday, I decided to go for a classic: “The Y Couloir” in Little Cottonwood Canyon. I’d skied The Y Couloir with Martin & Daryn back in 2019 and loved it. I haven’t been in Utah for 2 months and I wasn’t familiar with the snowpack but I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 3, 2024 0 Comments
A String of Crashes on Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah Leaves Skiers and Riders Out To Dry This past Monday afternoon, March 25, skiers and snowboarders were left disappointed after multiple crashes took place and icy road conditions closed down Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah. It was reported by the Unified Police Department (UPD) that at least two vehicles rolled over in the canyon due to the slick conditions. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported as […] Industry News Noah DeVries | March 29, 2024 0 Comments
Alta, UT, Report: Devil’s Castle Opens For The Season & Delivers Elevator & Sneaky Peak Chutes Report from January 30, 2023 Today was my last day in Utah for a while. I wanted to do something memorable and we’d seen that the Devil’s Castle zone had opened at Alta yesterday for the first time this season (East Castle opened today for the first time as well – Baldy Chutes tomorrow?). I’d never skied that zone and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: Failure in Maybird Couloir in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report from January 29, 2023 This morning we decided to go for a chute we’d never skied in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT. It has been really hot the past few days so we thought we’d go for corn/slush on a south-facing couloir – Maybird. When we were scoping it at 8am, Martin mentioned that he saw some fierce rumble in […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Solo Dawn Patrol at Suicide Chute On 11,000′ Mt. Superior, UT, In Powder Snow Report from January 26, 2023 5 a.m. Pitch black and foggy… The forecast was for sun but I couldn’t see a single star. 11,045′ Mt. Superior, UT – “Suicide Chute” Details Summit (actually a notch): 9,900′ Car: 8,400′ Vertical From Car: 1,500′ Vertical skied: 1,500′ Max Pitch: 45º Avg Pitch: 40º Aspect: East Distance: 1.5-miles round trip Time From Car to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Powdersurfing Report: A Fast and Playful Wave in Grizzly Gulch Report from Monday, January 22, 2024 There’s no better way to start the workweek than going powdersurfing with your friends. We found a nice-looking, south-facing, low-angle wave at the top of Grizzly Gulch in Utah’s Little Cottonwood and went for it. It had snowed 2″ the day before, on top of about 6″ from the day before that, all of […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 24, 2024 0 Comments