Introducing the Resorts and Venues of the 2034 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics On Wednesday, July 24, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided that the Winter Olympics will return to Salt Lake City in 2034. The Winter Olympics’ return to Salt Lake City was mostly due to the fact that the infrastructure from the 2002 Winter Olympics is still usable and that there was strong public support for the bid, with about 80% […] Olympics Jake Benton | July 31, 2024 0 Comments
Park City, UT, Conditions Report: Easy Weekend Powder Skiing Report from Saturday, March 30, 2024 Park City, Utah, is a massive resort that spans miles of canyons and valleys. As broad as the resort is, lift access extends far into the upper reaches of the nearby peaks. Saturday was a powder day with six inches of fresh after warmer weather. Snow at lower altitudes was heavy, but the upper mountain […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | April 1, 2024 0 Comments
Today’s Deepest Resorts — North America’s Top 5 Snowfalls, March 27, 2024 What happened to spring? Maybe we got the season’s wrong but the snow just keeps coming this March like it’s January! These open resorts across North America saw the most snow in the last 24 hours, confirmed at the time of writing. Others with bigger totals may have not yet updated their websites. All numbers were taken from the resorts’ […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | March 27, 2024 0 Comments
Public Money Gets Funneled into Massive Deer Valley, UT, Expansion Deer Valley Ski Resort, a New York real estate developer, and a state development authority with ties to the military walk into a bar…heard this one before? Probably not. Murky details about what is being built, who is involved, and who is paying for it have led to many rumors about what is happening at Deer Valley. Because of this, […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | March 26, 2024 1 Comment
SnowBrains Forecast: Utah Enters a Wet Spring Pattern | Up to 2′ of Snow by Tuesday A week of snow building up in Utah. Source: maps.weatherbell.com Forecast prepared the evening of Saturday, March 23 Forecast Summary An active week in Utah begins Saturday night as a cold front brings several inches of widespread mountain snow. Snow showers continue for the next few days, with some convectively-enhanced snow showers expected at times. The active pattern continues through […] Weather WeatherBrains | March 23, 2024 0 Comments
Ski Industry Unions Across America Fight For Experienced Staff Retention and Training Incentives This past year the ski industry saw a continued rise in labor organization. Ski patrollers at Loveland, Colorado, voted to unionize, lift mechanics at Park City, Utah, recently approved their first contract, and ski patrollers at Eldora, Colorado, are waiting to schedule their own union election. This recent momentum in the labor movement has also led to lift mechanics unionizing […] Industry News Zach Armstrong | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Uinta Mountains, UT, Backcountry Snowmobiling Report: Powdersurfing in a Whole New World Report from Sunday, January 21, 2024 With the avalanche danger at a deadly level throughout most of Northern Utah, it was a lovely day for a snowmobile ride. To make it interesting, we decided we’d scope out a different mountain range than what we were used to in search of some white waves to powdersurf—the Uinta Mountains east of Park […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | January 24, 2024 0 Comments
Deer Valley, UT Report: From -32ºC in Calgary To Chowder Tree Skiing & Meeting Legendary Wayne Wong Report from January 13, 2023 I awoke in Calgary, Canada at Brother Li Homestay at 3am in -32ºC temps yesterday. Drove to rental car place, dropped off car, jumped in Lyft, and rolled into the Calgary airport. After a strong dousing of de-icing fluid, we were off to SLC, UT. Hoped on a bus to my car in the lot […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 14, 2024 0 Comments
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