With 20″ falling in the past 5 days and Alta’s lifts remaining closed all week, skiers were hungry this morning to devour some pow. Conditions were pretty good on…
Continue ReadingAlta’s annual High Boy party has just been out done. The Frank World Classic Ski Competition is now the place to be on Alta’s closing day. Put on by The…
Continue ReadingAlta received a much needed face-lift yesterday with 8″ of fresh pow. The chunder bumps underneath were still evident but with a plethora of pow pillows to dump speed in…
Continue ReadingAfter yesterday’s questionable pow day Mother Nature decided to up the ante dropping an additional 8″, bringing the storm total to 13″. The snow quality wasn’t all-time but it did…
Continue ReadingThe fresh mash potatoes that fell today turned Alta’s slopes around tremendously. Even though only 5″ fell it allowed Alta Ski Patrol to reopen the High T giving the hand-full of…
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Continue ReadingToday at Alta was a complete surprise. The winds from the past couple of days have continued to buff out most runs and the measly inch that fell overnight was…
Continue ReadingConsidering only 5″ were reported by the end of the day today it sure felt a lot more like 10″. The fresh fluff skied surprisingly good. A crusty layer was certainly evident but…
Continue ReadingToday’s storm blew in light and fluffy and made for some supreme skiing conditions. Alta reported 12″ in the past 24 hours on top of the 17″ from this weekend.…
Continue ReadingIf you had a long work week Mother Nature evidently felt your pain. Dropping 17″ over the past 48 hours you couldn’t have asked for better pow days. Although voluptuous, last…
Continue ReadingAlta welcomed 9″ of fresh pow overnight and with skies clearing this morning you couldn’t ask for a prettier day. Patrol opened every gate besides the chutes and Devil’s Castle…
Continue ReadingHappy Valentine’s Day everyone! You couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day. Although Alta only reported 1″ overnight it sure felt like plenty more. What Mother Nature did drop…
Continue ReadingI don’t know if it was my flu like symptoms or the very noticeable rock hard bumps under the fresh snow, but today did not click for me. The disappointing 12″ was…
Continue ReadingConditions at Alta are no bueno. The groomers are a mix of patchy ice and wind buffed chalk. The High T is ruff everywhere consisting of mostly hard packed bumps. And…
Continue ReadingThe past two days have been nothing short of phenomenal. Yesterday (Tues) was just one of those deep powder days that sticks in your mind for months…if not years. There…
Continue ReadingAfter yesterday’s late afternoon pow laps collided with a three hour drive home I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this morning’s powder panic’d canyon snake. Somehow though this was not the case…
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