The skiing lately hasn’t exactly been worth writing home about but if you look hard enough there’s still some soft turns to be found. We ventured out into Wolverine Cirque…
Continue ReadingConditions at Alta today were insanely good for a 6″ dump. Most gates remained closed yesterday retaining fresh turns for today. Baldy Shoulder and Backside both opened at the beginning…
Continue ReadingAlta reported a storm total of 8″ this afternoon. The fresh snow completely covered up all the icy bumps from this weekend. Winds stayed consistent all day and refreshed lines…
Continue ReadingThe skiing the past few days has been downright incredible! Even though the snow today was tracked up in most areas if you stuck to the shady spots like Baldy…
Continue ReadingIt was an unexpected country club day at Alta. Only 1″ reported overnight with a moderate amount forecasted to accumulate during the day didn’t sound epic. But the road closed…
Continue ReadingYesterday was the storm day. Today the skies cleared and for the first couple hours we had ourselves a legit bluebird pow day. Only 4″ overnight but it felt deeper…
Continue ReadingOver the past few days Alta has seen some of it’s best conditions all season. From blower pow to dense hero cream skiers have been spoiled all weekend. Alta Ski…
Continue ReadingThe past few days at Alta have been absolutely amazing. The 16″ that recently fell were light and fluffy and with no winds associated with the storms the powder skiing couldn’t…
Continue ReadingOutside of the low light viz the skiing wasn’t half bad today. The couple of inches that Alta reported overnight helped soften up the groomers and fill in the bumps off…
Continue ReadingAlta’s annual torchlight parade is an event not to be missed. It’s the one and only time each season you get to ski Alta at night. This year a few…
Continue ReadingIt was a cold but beautiful day at Alta. Cloudy but sunny at times, and no wind. Most terrain is now open with the exception of Devil’s Castle and Supreme…
Continue ReadingThe snow keeps dumping at Alta. Too much actually. So much that the avalanche danger is extreme. Several areas including Thirds and Greeley broke off all the way down to…
Continue ReadingThere really isn’t any way of avoiding this, today was epic. And if the forecast is correct, tomorrow is going to be more of the same. The first couple runs…
Continue ReadingThe 5″ overnight softened almost all of Alta’s crusty snow from the previous few days. In certain areas like Thirds and North Rustler the snow was skiing much deeper than…
Continue ReadingNot to say today’s fresh 12 didn’t provide some great turns but last night’s winds certainly took their toll on the snow quality. Certain aspects held some fluff but most…
Continue ReadingWeather forecasts for last night’s snowfall seemed to be all over the map. With so much uncertainty waking up to an additional 12″ of fresh made it very easy to…
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