‘Historic weather event’ in the Wasatch: 48 avalanches in 72 hours Last week’s storm that hit the Wasatch has now been dubbed as a ‘historic weather event‘ and it’s not hard to tell why. Brought about by an upside-down storm, which is when a snowstorm deposits denser snow over less dense snow, rapidly creating a slab/weak layer combination, the snowpack in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons became extremely unstable incredibly […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 13, 2020 0 Comments
NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Wasatch | Ski Areas Could See 10-20″ New Snow The NOAA has issued a winter weather advisory, beginning Wednesday night (02/05/20) lasting through late Friday afternoon (02/07/20) for the Wasatch Mountains. Alta Ski Area and surrounding ski resorts could see upwards of 20″ of new snow with wind gusts as high as 55 mph. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 4 PM MST FRIDAY… * […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 4, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT: 4th Snowiest January on Record Since 1980 Director of Alta’s Avalanche Office Dave Richards, aka “Grom,” reports that Alta Ski Area has just recorded the fourth largest January for snowfall since 1980 with 153″ of snow. It’s been a DEEP month here in the Wasatch to say the least. And it’s not done yet. Alta has received 354″ of snow this season to date, and it is […] Conditions Report WeatherBrains | February 3, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT is Already Ahead of Last Year’s 629″ Season Right Now! Alta Ski Area has already received 346″ of snowfall this season, putting them ahead of the amount of snowfall that they received at this time last season during their record-breaking winter (629″ for the 2018-19 season total). This is epic news for the powder-mecca of a ski area as Alta is already well on track for ANOTHER record-breaking season. And […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Unexpected, Bluebird Pow Day Report from January 10, 2020 Video and text brought to you by The Daily Pow We were expecting a trace to 2 inches last night out of this storm. When it began snowing moderately in the Salt Lake valley late in the evening we realized the winds of change were blowing, right from the lake. 18 inches later and the […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 10, 2020 0 Comments
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VIDEO: Tanner Hall Films Sander Hadley Throwing A MASSIVE Triple in the Little Cottonwood Backcountry The Ski Boss and his pal Sander Hadley are wreaking MAYHEM in the Little Cottonwood, UT backcountry. Check out the 2 videos of Hadley sending it LARGE over the “Pyramid Spine.” Related: VIDEO: “In The Meantime,” A Tanner Hall Film, Just Dropped The first video is from Hadley’s GoPro, while the second one is the one Hall took of him. […] SnowBrains | December 23, 2019 0 Comments
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