Wasatch Mts, UT Backcountry Report: Mt. Superior In A Whiteout Report from January 28th, 2020 Brought to you by Alpenglow Expeditions I skied Mt. Superior, UT yesterday. The walk up was nice since the ridge is very filled in now and you can skin most of it. The visibility was bad. I met up with Ryan & Dustin on the hike. Ryan guided us. We dropped into a whiteout. A […] Backcountry Miles Clark | January 29, 2020 0 Comments
Wasatch Mts, UT Backcountry Report: 11,132-Foot Mount Superior Powder on New Year’s Eve Report from December 31st, 2019 Brought to you by Alpenglow Expeditions Yesterday, we climbed up 11,132-foot Mt. Superior in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Mt. Superior is one of the “50 Classic Ski Descents of North America”. It’s a long skin/bootpack to the top with some spicey, techy sections of climbing that definitely give your adrenal gland a bit of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 2, 2020 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Devil’s Castle Opens For Business [arve url="https://youtu.be/aa4Ssnqbf4Q"] Martin Kuprianowicz | December 20, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: First Ski Of The Season On October 20th, 2019 14″ of new snow fell on Alta Ski Area and the surrounding Wasatch Mountains last weekend. Gone are the warm days full of winter daydreams to ski again. Winter is here in all her glory. October 20th, 2019 was our first ski of the season at Alta, and we couldn’t have been more hyped! We hiked up the summer road […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | October 21, 2019 0 Comments
Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Report: Suicide Chute Is Still Kicking https://www.instagram.com/p/BzllSDKgLns/?igshid=1bhqp1q5eq6zm SnowBrains intern Martin Kuprianowicz shredding down Suicide Chute. Image: Martin Kuprianowicz Location: Mt. Superior, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Date skied: July 7th, 2019 Ascent time: 62 minutes Conditions: Glorious summer corn skiing Music choice: Sublime’s “Everything Under the Sun” album For the 7th of July, the snow on Suicide Chute couldn’t be much better. It was fast and corny […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | July 8, 2019 0 Comments
Trip Report: 11,132′ Mt. Superior, Utah After 3 days of non stop faceshots in -6ºF temps just outside ofSalt Lake City, UT, Big John Solder and I decided avy conditions felt safe enough to give Big 11,132′ Mt. Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah a go. We started climbing around 7:30am and it felt like it took about 3 hours to get to the top. The last hour […] Trip Report Miles Clark | December 22, 2016 0 Comments
2 Caught in Mt. Superior, UT Avalanche Two skiers who were skinning uphill on Mt. Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah were caught in an avalanche on Wednesday. Neither skier was injured nor fully buried in the avalanche but both were carried by the avalanche and one was partially buried (airway not buried). The avalanche was triggered by these uphill travelers. Details are […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 7, 2014 1 Comment