A special thanks to mother nature for making this season one of the best ever. The 2010/11 ski season will go down in Alta’s history as the 2nd snowiest ever.…
Continue ReadingOn Saturday April 9th, The Deep Powder House and the Alta Ski Shop are hosting the annual Alta Spring Demo. Included in the day’s festivities will be the opportunity to…
Continue ReadingYou can check out all the latest and greatest skis from Liberty for free as the 2011 Liberty Demo Tour hits Utah for 4 days in January: Be sure to…
Continue ReadingAs alluded to in the previous post about the 100″ base prior to Christmas, below is a compilation of our best POV footage from the Pre-Christmas storm cycle of 2010.…
Continue ReadingCongratulations Garth Levandoski on winning the December 2010 AltaCam Pic of the Month Contest with this shot: Submit your best ski photos for a chance at a $100 Backcountry.com gift…
Continue ReadingOn New Year’s Eve 2010, Alta will have a torchlight parade and fireworks. If you’d like to participate in the parade you should bring goggles, leave your poles at home and must…
Continue ReadingWe are in the middle of another great stormcycle at Alta. On the 20th of December, 5 days before Christmas, we went over the 100″ base mark, with total snow…
Continue ReadingThe title may be a little dramatic, but the past 2 days of skiing are the coldest I can remember skiing at Alta. Wednesday hit negative 12 degrees at the…
Continue ReadingWhat a difference a couple days make. While opening day was fun, the past few days have been downright epic. The storm hit Saturday night and it hasn’t stopped snowing…
Continue ReadingI was really excited for the lifts to be running again at Alta, but was I committed enough to pull an all nighter for the first chair of the season? That’s…
Continue ReadingIt’s official. Alta’s lifts are now open for the 2010-2011 season. While opening day had some of the flattest light imaginable, the snow was still creamy and the coverage was suprisingly good…
Continue ReadingJust in time for opening day, Alta has rolled out a brand new website. The new Alta.com looks great and now has it’s own blog called My Alta. All the…
Continue Reading44″ inches and counting have fallen in Alta already, and it’s not even halloween yet! The Collins snow stake is showing a 32″ base. This is a great start to…
Continue ReadingWhile this clip has nothing to do with the powder we’ve had at Alta in the past week, it is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6pQwo_9r4[/youtube]…
Continue ReadingSo much for having a below average year. This first week of April has been absolutely incredible. We’ve received over 100″ in 7 days, from 4/1 to 4/7, and we’re now…
Continue ReadingFriday February 26th was another blue-bird powder day up in Alta. The Backside, Ballroom/Baldy Shoulder and Devils Castle all had 18″ of untouched powder from the previous 2 days. The…
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