The past few days at Alta have easily been the best skiing conditions we’ve seen since Winter Storm Brutus. The eight inches that fell in the past 12 hours mixed…
Continue ReadingConsidering most of us weren’t expecting the Supreme Lift to open until tomorrow, hearing that it was going to open at 1pm today was a pleasant surprise. Alta Ski Patrol chose…
Continue ReadingThe fresh snow that fell over the past 48 hours was not your typical light and fluffy Utah powder but, thick and manky snow is still better than no snow.…
Continue ReadingConsidering the dismal conditions on Sunday a meager 5-inch storm overnight didn’t seem like it would be enough to turn things around. Thankfully, it did. The snow was sugary smooth and made…
Continue ReadingOpening week at Alta turned out to be one to remember with numerous premo days. Unfortunately, Mother Nature’s early snowfall is starting to show it’s age. Traverses are becoming rocky…
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 ReadingNearly five years ago to the day we were skiing over-the-head-blower-pow to celebrate Halloween, and it’s starting to look similar to that now! Less than a week before Nov 1st…
Continue ReadingAlta’s closing day turned out to be another beautiful day in the sun. Temps remained just cool enough to keep the snow from getting too slushy or sticky. The high avalanche conditions…
Continue ReadingSix inches fell last night at Alta with another two falling during the day. Unfortunately with only the Collins lift running and the High T remaining closed options were very limited.…
Continue ReadingThe skiing over the weekend was not half bad despite the extremely warm temperatures. Corn was abundant in the morning hours and was skiing fast and grippy. In the afternoon the…
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 ReadingThis is classic footage that’s been circulating around the forum for a couple of years now. But it warrants a post here as well because all Alta skier’s (from any…
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