Brighton Resort, UT, Opens Its First Mid-Mountain Lodge and Restaurant Skiers and snowboarders visiting Brighton Resort in Utah will now be able to enjoy a classic mountain dining option with the opening of Snake Creek Lodge and its on-site restaurant, Sidewinder. Located mid-mountain at the base of the Snake Creek lift, the new facility offers a cozy respite from the slopes and a large patio to accommodate hungry skiers and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 20, 2024 0 Comments
Snowboarder Attacked by Mountain Lion After Leaving Beaver Mountain, UT, Resort Boundary A snowboarder’s quick thinking saved him from a potentially deadly encounter with a mountain lion while riding near Beaver Mountain, Utah, on Sunday, February 5. Related: Update on Colorado Wolves as CPW Announces Plans to Capture & Release Additional 15 Wolves Charlie Duffy recounted his experience in an Instagram post, describing how he noticed fresh paw prints in the snow […] SnowBrains | February 12, 2024 0 Comments
Legal Battle Between Wasatch Peaks Ranch Private Resort and the Residents of Morgan County, UT, Comes to an Abrupt Resolution It’s over. For the last five years, there has been an ongoing legal battle between the ultra-exclusive Wasatch Peaks Ranch (WPR) and five residents of Morgan County, Utah. Now the legal saga has reached a swift and stunning conclusion. Background The feud started in October 2019 when the county council voted 6-1 to approve rezoning the land from “forestry” and […] Industry News Brent Thomas | February 2, 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
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 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 25, 2024 0 Comments
[VIDEO] “Apollo” – An Homage to an Aging Fixed Grip Chairlift at Nordic Valley, UT Apollo from Cam McLeod on Vimeo. “Apollo” is an homage to an aging fixed-grip chairlift in Utah, that since 1970, has carried skiers up the sleepy hometown hill of Nordic Valley. For the lucky, Apollo has been the conduit for powder runs under a patchwork of dreamlike lighting and a transportation to an ethereal state of weightless turns. An experience […] SnowBrains | January 22, 2024 0 Comments
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