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, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | May 1, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Pro-Skier Shares Account of Close Call With Avalanche in Get Serious Chutes at Snowbird, UT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Inti Fernandez. (@inti_fernandez_) This account from January 15, 2024, was submitted to SnowBrains by Inti Fernandez. Hello everyone, I’m Inti Fernandez, a professional skier in Salt Lake City, Utah. I hope your winter season has been filled with thrilling runs and abundant powder snow. My go-to ski area […] Avalanche Guest Author | April 5, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 4, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 3, 2024 0 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Report: 6 Inches Overnight, 6 Inches During The Day—March Madness in the Wasatch Goes Out With a Bang Report from Saturday, March 30, 2024 On the mountain slopes they soar, slashing that snow so cold Four slashers with their boards and skis, carving stories untold. Through the powder they glide, with graceful might, Leaving trails of joy, in the soft flat light. Four slashers slashing, and they say not a word, For the powder is much too good […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | April 1, 2024 0 Comments
Snowbird, UT, Report: Falling Through Snow Report from March 28-29, 2024 Snowbird, Utah, changes a rider’s perspective on steepness: not sliding over snow, falling through it. Spending two days in fresh powder at the ‘Bird made hearts race for most of 40,000 vertical feet. At Snowbird, the “black diamond” label covers quite a range of terrain. On the one hand, consider a run called Fluffy Bunny. […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | March 30, 2024 0 Comments
A String of Crashes on Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah Leaves Skiers and Riders Out To Dry This past Monday afternoon, March 25, skiers and snowboarders were left disappointed after multiple crashes took place and icy road conditions closed down Little Cottonwood Canyon Road in Utah. It was reported by the Unified Police Department (UPD) that at least two vehicles rolled over in the canyon due to the slick conditions. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported as […] Industry News Noah DeVries | March 29, 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
Snowbird, UT, Report: Insider Knowledge to the Deep and Steep Report from March 25, 2024 Arriving after multiple powder alerts to Snowbird, Utah, had us out of the car nice and early. Light traffic to the base of the Gad Valley had us in the lot before 8:15 a.m. We spent most of our day in that valley with a couple of trips around the Cirque and a quick moment at […] Conditions Report Nicky Blumm | March 26, 2024 0 Comments
Kids Under 18 Ski Free at Snowbird, UT, With New Kids Freeloader Pass Snowbird Resort in Utah has announced an exciting new program that makes skiing and snowboarding more accessible and enjoyable for the youth, paving a bright future for the ski and snowboard industry. With the introduction of the Kids Freeloader Pass for the 2024–25 season, Snowbird is not only breaking down financial barriers but also incentivizing the younger generation to explore the […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | March 26, 2024 0 Comments
Top 9 Snowiest Ski Resorts in North America [Updated 2024] All data was pulled from each resort’s website as of March 2024. It’s no secret that the West is the snowiest region in North America. Cold fronts come down from the Gulf of Alaska, hit our North-South oriented mountain ranges, and orographic lifting does the rest. There are 10 ski resorts in the west that average over 500” of snow. […] Brains Liam Abbott | March 25, 2024 0 Comments
I Finally Took a Mountain Collective Road Trip and it was Incredible Trip Report for March 2-9, 2024 I love ski trips. Over the years I have been on many throughout the western U.S. and Canada, including Colorado, California, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia. The trips were typically to a single destination, however, for years I had always wanted to get the multi-resort Mountain Collective Pass and go on an […] Trip Report Brent Thomas | March 12, 2024 0 Comments
Snowbird Resort, UT, Plans To Remain Open Until Memorial Day After a record-breaking February, skiers and boarders at Snowbird Resort, Utah, probably aren’t thinking about spring skiing. Yet it’s just around the corner, as Snowbird announced in an Instagram post last week. “It might still feel like winter, but surfy spring days are right around the corner As spring approaches, we’ll be catching waves for months to come with […] Industry News Alfred Arnaud | March 12, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 26, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 20, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 18, 2024 0 Comments
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 16, 2024 0 Comments
Alta and Snowbird, UT, in Interlodge as Little Cottonwood Canyon Closed for Avalanche Mitigation Snowbird and Alta went into Interlodge last night after the Utah Department of Transportation announced the overnight closure of Little Cottonwood Canyon due to avalanche mitigation. Interlodge is where no one in the Alta nor Snowbird areas is allowed to go outside due to the very high risk of avalanches. Interlodge is rare, usually only happening once or twice per season. […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 14, 2024 0 Comments
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