Park City Mountain, UT, Announces Summer 2023 Operation Details Summer activities are scheduled to open June 16 at Mountain Village Adventure Park; Canyons Village to open June 30 Following a historic winter with record-breaking snowfall, Park City Mountain is excited to announce it will begin summer operations on Friday, June 16, at the Park City Mountain Village Adventure Park, and summer operations will begin on Friday, June 30, at […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 22, 2023 0 Comments
Teton Gravity Research To Open Pop-Up Retail Shop In Park City, UT TGR Expands to Utah Just In Time For Summer Season Teton Gravity Research (TGR), the global leader in action and adventure lifestyle media, announced today that it will open a pop-up retail shop in the heart of Park City over Memorial Day Weekend, marking the company’s latest move to expand its retail footprint by opening doors to customers in Utah’s […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 17, 2023 0 Comments
Utah Department of Transportation’s $24 Million Budget For Plowing Roads Exceeded by 70% Last Winter With Alta recording over 900 inches of record-breaking snowfall from October 1, 2022, to May 1, 2023, it’s no surprise that snow plow drivers in Utah were working overtime this past winter. But how much more did they work than an average winter? According to Utah Department of Transportation spokesperson John Gleason who spoke with Deseret News, the state’s $24 […] Martin Kuprianowicz | May 15, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT, Backcountry Report: Birthday Headwall Report from Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Pinch me, I must be dreaming—is it really May 9th? The current snowpack in Little Cottonwood Canyon is making it hard to tell. However, it’s the spring sunshine, songbirds birds, and trees turning bright green that give it away. We started at the trailhead at 7:30 and the snow was bulletproof, informing us that […] Conditions Report Martin Kuprianowicz | May 10, 2023 1 Comment
Popular Park in Salt Lake City, UT, Floods Due to Extensive Spring Runoff From Record Winter 900 inches of snowfall has to go somewhere. Sugar House Park, a popular park located a few miles east of downtown Salt Lake City, has been flooded with muddy-brown water. The park’s flooding comes as a result of controlled reservoir releases to help mitigate intensive snowmelt from the record winter northern Utah just experienced. Parts of the park that visitors […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 5, 2023 0 Comments
Powder Mountain, UT, Now Allowing Uphill Access For Touring Powder Mountain closed out the season with 566″ of snowfall, shutting down operations two weeks ago. Yet dozens of feet of snow still sits on the mountain, which currently has a 90″ base despite its lifts not running. To make use of that deep snowpack, Pow Mow has decided to allow uphill access for touring this spring. Here are the […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 3, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: 903″ of Snow Turned “Main Chute” Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Into “Main Bowl” Report from April 28, 2023 Yesterday, I drug my extremely tired keester up 11,068′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT to ski the legendary Main Chute. On Thursday, this hike took me 1 hour and 40 minutes. Yesterday, it took me 2 hours and 10 minutes… I was tired… I was so tired I even sat in my car in the […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 29, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: Legendary Little Chute Off 11,068′ Mt. Baldy Report from April 27, 2023 Yesterday, I slept in and felt damn tired after the previous day’s Pfiefferhorn mission. We’d heard rumors of of Alta opening to uphill yesterday, but we couldn’t confirm. Martin texted me at 7:35am saying that Alta had opened. I jumped out of bed and started my recovery process: Hot shower Big stretch Roller Theragun Breakfast […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 28, 2023 0 Comments