Alta, UT Report: October Powder in Main Chute Off 11,000′ Mt. Baldy on Day #1 Report from October 27, 2022 Yesterday, I was kayaking in a T-shirt in 77ºF weather in California. Today, I was getting backhanded by a -1ºF wind chill at 11,000′. Yesterday, I jumped on a late-night plane to Utah. I slept for five hours. I awoke at 5 am and drove to the mountain thinking we’d be one or two or […] Miles Clark | October 27, 2022 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Main Chute on 11,068′ Mt. Baldy | Still Firing Top-to-Bottom in June Report from June 8, 2022 Yesterday was my penultimate day of the 2021/22 ski season. It’s been a helluva journey. I decided to end it where I started it: Main Chute at Alta. Main Chute is where I experienced my 1st turns of this season on November 2, 2021, and I crashed horribly on my 4th turn of the year […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | June 9, 2022 3 Comments
The Alta Skiing Journal, Vol. 6: “Earliest Main Chute Opening Ever?” Brought to you by Alta Ski Area Report from Monday, Nov. 29 Patrol opened Main Chute today—is it really only November? This is the earliest I’ve ever seen Main Chute open. When I got word that the Baldy Chutes were open when I got there around 11, Gavin and I headed straight there—no questions asked. We crushed the booter starting above […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | November 29, 2021 1 Comment
Alta, UT Report: Dark, Ominous, Alone – Main Chute in Powder Snow [arve url="https://youtu.be/P8JC-1YwqxI"] Miles Clark | November 9, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Main Chute Top To Bottom on a Gorgeous Day Report from November 3, 2021 Back to Main Chute at Alta, UT, for redemption on Day #2 of the season yesterday (crashed on Tuesday). It took all I had to ski this thing top to bottom yesterday… It turns out, 5-months of surfing doesn’t get you in great shape for backcountry skiing… The chute was pretty icy and firm with […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 4, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Embarrassed & Humbled on Day #1 in Main Chute Yesterday Yesterday morning, Martin & I walked up to the top of Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT. This was my very first day of the 2020/21 winter season. It was cold and windy and wintery and foggy. 2 skimo guys in spandex and no backpacks rolled up to the top of Main Chute near the summit […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 3, 2021 7 Comments
Woman Attempting to Ski “Main Chute” Seriously Injured, Life-Flighted Out of Alta Ski Area, UT Salt Lake County Sherrif’s Search and Rescue, Alta Ski Patrol, and Unified Fire responded to a call for an injured skier in Main Chute at Alta Ski Area last Saturday, June 12. Main Chute is one of the Baldy Chutes: some of Alta’s steepest, most advanced hike-to terrain accessed via the summit of Mount Baldy on the boundary of Alta […] SnowBrains | June 14, 2021 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Topless in “Main Chute” off 11,000′ Mt Baldy in 70ºF Temps Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from April 30, 2021 I rolled up to Alta Ski Area in Utah yesterday at the crack of 1pm yesterday after getting my 2nd COVID Vaccine (check out the red bandaid on my left arm in the video above). It was hot. 70ºF at the base… Alta is closed for the season, but […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 1, 2021 1 Comment