Alta has seen better days. With no fresh snow in almost two weeks conditions are starting to feel rather pathetic. Alta Ski Patrol recently made it possible to access Baldy…
Continue ReadingIf you missed the opening of Backside yesterday don’t fret. The mountain was completely empty leaving plenty of lines for you late comers. The coverage is excellent and the High Notch is…
Continue ReadingThe past 48 hours have been good to Alta. It dumped an inch shy of a foot Saturday night and made for some very impressive skiing over the past two days.…
Continue ReadingCheck out some classic Alta footage from back in the day. Let’s hope we start to see conditions like this in the near future. Here’s to 75 more years of living…
Continue ReadingAlta’s 75th Anniversary season kicked off this morning with plenty to write home about. Alta Ski Patrol opened all of their lifts, besides Supreme and Cecret, and even better opened…
Continue ReadingMother Nature is BACK! After falling asleep at the wheel last season she is off and running early this year. With a massive 51″ dump over the weekend skiers and…
Continue ReadingThe conditions at Alta right now are not to be missed. Friday morning skiers woke to a storm total of 23 inches and with skies clearing Alta shredders were treated to…
Continue ReadingThe weathermen must not be doing their homework because forecasts have been pretty off lately. Fortunately for us skiers they’ve all been wrong in a good way. With only 2″-4″…
Continue ReadingConsidering that only 3″-6″ were forecasted for today the 12″ that did fall were a welcomed surprise. Alta’s lifts didn’t start running until almost 10:00 and apparently most skiers are over…
Continue ReadingThe winds must have been howling last night because the 8 inches that fell in the past 24 hours were hard to find. Even when you did find a nice…
Continue ReadingWith skies clearing and temps warming, the snow at Alta thickened up just enough to disguise that awful ice layer. Patrol opened Baldy Shoulder and Backside by first chair providing the early risers…
Continue ReadingAfter missing last weeks massive 50 inch dump, the 5 inches from today helped to ease my pain and lift my spirits. This morning was pretty brutal with a severely…
Continue ReadingOne of the most infamous lines in North America has to be Jackson Hole’s Corbet’s Couloir. On March 7th Jackson Hole Mountain Resort closed Corbet’s so that TGR’s film crew…
Continue ReadingThe lift lines today at Alta may have been the longest I have ever seen them. The Collins lift line at one point started to turn and wrap towards the…
Continue ReadingMother Nature did Alta a big favor last night by buffing out the entire mountain. You could take as much speed as you wanted…no holding back. Locals were decending…
Continue ReadingWith over two feet of pow forecasted to blanket the Wasatch yesterday, a storm total of 7″ was disappointing. Normally for this season 7″ would be considered an epic day but…
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