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Land Swap in the Central Wasatch, UT: Conservation, Expansion, and Grizzly Gulch

Wasatch, Little Cottonwood

The Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Actย is up for discussion inย Central Wasatch Commissionย meetings.ย  After being introduced in 2016, the bill was never enactedย and has been debated for the past two years.ย ย While the conservation act encourages protection of pristine land in higher elevations in the canyons, there are underlying suspicions about the future of the Cottonwoods. Central Wasatch National […]
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Katy Shipley |
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Boyne Resorts to Acquire Ownership of Six Mountain Resorts Across North America

boyne, Brighton, utah

In a press release yesterday, Boyne Resorts announced an agreement with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate, to acquire six mountain resorts and a scenic chairlift attraction currently leased by the resort company. As operator of the assets and owner of additional resorts, Boyne Resorts has a 70-year history of ski industry innovations and is the […]
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Steven Agar |
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A Pair of Skiers Survive 52 Hours in the Colorado Backcountry Completely Unprepared

Dillon, Colorado native Kelsey Malin and her friend spent 52 hours in the backcountry unprepared afterย accidentallyย leaving the boundary of Monarch ski resort in Colorado.ย The pair were skiing Monarch for the first time on the 25th of January when they exited the resort boundary by accident and dropped into a perfectly fresh powder run down the backside of the resort. According […]
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Dylan Cautela |
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California’s January Storm Cycle Provided Much Needed Improvement to Historical Drought

From late December through early January California has been getting pummeled by winter storms in the form of atmospheric rivers.ย This month long parade of storms has significantly helped the historical five-year drought that has been plaguing California, but it doesn’t mean the state is in the clear. “Early in the January storm cycle, lower mountain elevations received some rain, but […]
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Australian Family Survives Freezing Night Just Outside Japanese Resort Boundaries

  A family of four Australians spent the night in a snow cave just outside the Japanese resort of Nozawa Onsen this Monday.ย On Tuesday morning around 9, the mother and three sons were rescued by emergency ski patrol who were alertedย of the missing persons by a distraught friend. The friend of this Australian family had noticed a distress message on […]
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Fatal Skier Triggered Avalanche in Austria Yesterday

Yesterday around noon a group of three men skiing in Lech-Zurs, Austria triggered an avalanche, which caused the burial of a single skier from their party.ย The group consisted of one guide and twoย Dutchman who were skiing off-piste on theย Trittkopf Gamsmulde (2720 meters). One of the Dutchman, 33-years old from Amsterdam, was caught in the avalanche and buried completely.ย The avalanche danger […]
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Dylan Cautela |
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