[VIDEO] “Spicy” Entrance Into Main Chute Leads to Chalky Snow on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT – Ski Day #282 Report from November 14, 2023 Yesterday, I got up and into Alta’s crevasses for the 5th time this month. What I mean to say is, I skied Main Chute again for the 5th time. The last time I skied it, November 11, the entrance was about as spicy as it gets. Yesterday was ski day #282 of my “300” project. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 15, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] “Nasty, Sketchy” Entrance to Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT Right Now… | Ski Day #279 Report from November 11, 2023 Today was ski day #279 on my way to 300. I hiked up and skied Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT. Every foot of the run was earned. Despite taking 5-days off to chill in the Caribbean at a family reunion, I was still bushed… I did have my best time of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 11, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: “Icy, Rocky, Sh**ty, & Sketchy” | I’m Done with Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy for Now – Ski Day #277 Report from November 4, 2023 Yesterday I hit Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT for the 3rd time in 4 days. Yesterday was ski day #277 toward my “300” project. I was worked… I oozed uphill like a globular amoebic puddle. Fatigue pain the entire hike. I made it to the top in 2 hours and 5 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 5, 2023 0 Comments
Alta, UT Report: “The Dirty Entry Rainbow” | 2nd Day in a Row Down Main Chute on 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT – Ski Day #275 Report from November 2, 2023 Yesterday, I hiked back up 11,000′ Mt. Baldy at Alta, UT to ski the legendary Main Chute once again. Ski day #275 of “The 300 Project.” The entrance is getting very steep and dirty… I took it as a good omen that a cirrus cloud rainbow appeared above Main Chute just after I’d exited it. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | November 3, 2023 0 Comments
Trip Report: Snowbird, UT – “Pipeline Couloir” on July 21, 2023 Report from July 21, 2023 “Pipeline Couloir” at Snowbird, UT yesterday was a buck-wild adventure ski! Maybe the best adventure skiing I’ve ever had anywhere… Rockfalls, waterfalls, evil melted-out black bomb holes, second-thought-inducing steeps, convoluted/corrugated snow, violent pitch changes, unholy spine-chokes, a large rocky waterfall mid-chute, and more rocks-embedded-in-snow than you can shake a stick at. I actually removed about […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | July 24, 2023 2 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
Wasatch Mountains, UT Report: Powder Stash in Secret Chute Report from March 17, 2023 We knew the sun had gotten to most of the snow in Utah when we awoke yesterday morning. Martin had a secret stash, though… Good tree skiing to a hidden chute. I blindly trusted him, got out there early, and follwed. He was right. The snow up high in the trees was perfect powder. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 19, 2023 0 Comments
Wasatch Mountains, UT Report: Fast Powder on Little Superior at Dawn Report from March 16, 2023 We did the Salt Lake City thing today:Â Wake up early and started skinning with headlamps in the dark Waking up early hurt. Hiking up was critically cold. Once the sun first hit, it all felt worth it. I kinda get it now. I especially got it once we started driving down the canyon at […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 16, 2023 0 Comments