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Alta, UT, Report: “Main Chute” On 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Opens For First Time This Season

Report from January 10, 2025 On Monday I rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon without skins… I realized it when I parked to meet up with my backcountry buddies. Fortunately, a friend at Alta borrowed me some skins. At this point, my backcountry buddies had already dove in so I pulled an audible and hiked up Suicide Chute on Mt. Superior. […]

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Miles Clark | February 12, 2025
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Alta, UT, Report: Fear & Loathing in “Main Chute” on 11,068′ Mt. Baldy

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Report from November 12, 2024 Yesterday I made my classic move of skiing Main Chute on 11,068′ Mt. Baldy in a blinding storm. You’ve gotta figure out how to zig when everyone zags in the very busy Wasatch Mountains. The storm arrived the previous night with a forecast pointing out most of the snow falling during the day and ending […]

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Miles Clark | November 13, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | June 6, 2024
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Trip Report: Snowbird, UT | “Pipeline Couloir”

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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:  […]

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Miles Clark | June 6, 2024
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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, […]

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Miles Clark | May 1, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | April 4, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | April 3, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | January 30, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | January 29, 2024
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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 […]

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Miles Clark | January 26, 2024
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Sundance, UT, Report: Trying To Keep Up With World Cup Ski Racer & Hometown Hero Steven Nyman

Report from January 24, 2023 Yesterday World Cup ski racer Steven Nyman invited me to go ski at his home resort of Sundance, UT. I’d been wanting to ski Sundance for years. We jumped in his big truck and rumbled around the backside of the Wasatch Mountains and into the tight canyon leading up to Sundance. Steven Nyman on The […]

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Miles Clark | January 25, 2024
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Alta, UT Report: Backflips, Backslaps, & Sunny West Buffler Laps

Report from January 18, 2023 I rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10am on Thursday. It didn’t snow overnight but the wind had been ripping when I left at 5:30pm the day before. As I walked through the parking lot I wondered if there’d been enough wind to buff things out. A local skier ripped a 26m […]

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Miles Clark | January 20, 2024
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Alta, UT Report: The Tounge Mai (Church) Double Drop, Impeccable High Rustler Laps, Gunsight Pure Powder

Report from January 17, 2023 Yesterday was a windy, wild, stormy powder day at Alta, Utah. I showed up around 1:30 pm (after a gnarly 1 hour and 45-minute drive from Park City). I went straight to High Rustler and had the best Hi Boy run of my life… Fluffy wind-buff, medium deep powder, top to bottom, full speed. I kept […]

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Miles Clark | January 18, 2024
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Alta, UT Report: The Bad News Double Drop, High Rustler Wind Buff, Ballroom Powder, Supreme Sunshine, & Babbers Bomber

Report from January 16, 2023 Rolled up to Alta ski area, UT at about 10:30am today. Met up with Brandon and we grabbed a fresh powder lap in the sunshine on Supreme then stacked in line for first tracks in the Ballroom. Both were delectable. I ran into Jamie & Benny Blair in the line for the Ballroom and we […]

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Miles Clark | January 16, 2024
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BC Hut Trip Report – Day 7 – Following A Wolverine Track Down Sunny Pillows Below a Sun Halo in -15ºF Temps

Report from January 11, 2023 On our final day of the BC hut trip we took our time getting out of the house. It was -15ºF outside with a -30ºF wind chill. The sun was out and a stiff wind was blowing. A big crew of us charged up towards the ridge pillows. As we approached, we saw a sweet […]

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Miles Clark | January 13, 2024
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BC Hut Trip Report – Day 6 – Bubble Bath Powder Skiing in the Sunshine Off The Backside

Report from January 10, 2023 Yesterday was a special day. 3,600-vertical-feet 7-miles 6.5-hours RHC talked us into going up and over the ridgeline and dropping into the backside zone. There’s some great tree skiing out there and it’s a completely different type of zone compared to what we have here around the hut. I was game. The only issue was […]

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Miles Clark | January 11, 2024
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BC Hut Trip Report – Day 5 – One Dry Billowy Powder Run After 6″ of New Snow

Report from January 9, 2023 Yesterday I woke up in a foggy snowstorm feeling pretty darned tired. I broke out of the hut with the crew for a down-valley powder lap. The snow was good. The skiing was phenomenal. Dry, billowy, British Columbian powder snow. On the skin track back up I knew it was the right day to roll […]

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Miles Clark | January 10, 2024
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Wasatch Mts, UT Report: Nasty-Fun Big Mountain Skiing on Recrystallized Powder | Tight Chute to Fields of Glory to Tight Chute

Report from January 2, 2023 Yesterday morning we got out early-ish and started digging up a long flat trail into a zone I’d never been to in the Wasatch Mountains, UT. The stats are kinda fun: 4,700-vertical-feet 5 hours & 20 minutes to the top 7 hours & 40 minutes round trip 9.8 miles round trip It’s real simple how […]

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Miles Clark | January 3, 2024
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Trip Report: 45º Steep East Couloir of 11,330 Twin Peaks | Wasatch Mountains, UT

Report from December 31, 2023 Yesterday I decided to go for a long walk and try a scary, steep line that I knew was going to hold bad, wind-hammered snow. I’d seen the east couloir of 11,303′ Twin Peaks (Broads Fork, Twin Peaks East) from Cardiac Ridge on December 15, 2023, and it looked skiable. It had just enough snow. […]

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Miles Clark | January 1, 2024
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Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe, NV Report: Sun-Kissed Groomers, Moguls, Lake Views, & Mini-Park Love

Report from December 23, 2023 Yesterday, we got out into the Lake Tahoe backcountry in the morning. Lake Tahoe, NV Report: Skiing Powder Thru Rotten-Rock Towers Above The Largest Alpine Lake in North America Powder, sunshine, smiles, old friends, rotten rock towers, good times. From the backcountry, we could see Mt. Rose ski resort across the way. It looked glorious… […]

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