The best way to describe today’s turns is to imagine skiing in a video game. The snow was so thick and smooth you could fly around almost anywhere with the…
Continue ReadingThis year’s 53rd Annual Frank World Classic Ski Competition was the place to be this past Sunday. With competitors throwing everything from high flying tricks to brutal crashes, spectators were…
Continue ReadingThis past storm saw the highest snow totals for the entire season. Yesterday was the storm day, where tracks were getting refilled run after run. Today the sun poked out…
Continue ReadingThe scorching temps today did little to turn us away from the newly opened Main Chute and Devil’s Castle. With a foot of untouched fresh both areas were skiing fantastic.…
Continue ReadingLast night’s additional 4″ did wonders for Alta’s snowpack. The hard crusty layer is now barely noticeable and high speed turns are now good to go. Alta Ski Patrol had…
Continue ReadingAlta hasn’t seen fresh snow in over two weeks. Not that going two weeks without fresh pow has been unusual this year but atleast it’s finally back. Unfortunately the 6″…
Continue ReadingFor the past 4 weekends Alta and SheJumps have been hosting the Boys & Girls Club of America. It’s been a very successful event with over 30 kids participating in…
Continue ReadingWith no additional snowfall looking likely throughout the day we decided to spend the day in Alta’s slack-country. In-bounds was still pretty crunchy underneath and after yesterday’s success in Rocky…
Continue ReadingAfter the unseasonably warm temps over the weekend a cold front packing minimal precip seemed like it wouldn’t be enough to turn things around at Alta. However the 4″ we…
Continue ReadingWell the soft corny conditions from a few days ago are long gone and firm crusty conditions have taken their place. The recent cold front has shown it’s wrath and…
Continue ReadingGuest post by Ski Bum Poet… Best winter ever! For the younger kid skiers that is. We have been biking on dirt in Park City the last two weeks. By…
Continue ReadingFor a month that typically brings loads of snow to Alta March hasn’t exactly been performing to it’s full potential. We’ve seen one decent storm towards the beginning of the…
Continue ReadingWith such a pathetic season so far I wasn’t sure if we’ve even had 5 dumps this year. However after ciphering through all of our footage I was surprised to…
Continue ReadingWow! Finally winter has temporarily returned. This weeks storm certainly produced. We saw a storm total of 22″ and it wasn’t the super heavy stuff either. It snowed all day…
Continue ReadingForecasters called for 3-6″ in the Cottonwoods but Mother Nature treated us to a few extra with a storm total of 8″. Skies were cloudy and filled with flurries for…
Continue ReadingI did miss yesterday which contained a little less sunshine than today so I might have missed the #1 worst day of the season but I certainly caught #2 today.…
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