With 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 ReadingACE: Alta Community Enrichment is having their 26th annual Snowflake Festival & Chili Cook-off this week, March 22-March 25. It’s an annual festival in Little Cottonwood Canyon to celebrate the…
Continue ReadingSunny and icy was the name of the game at Alta today. With the extremely warm temps you would have thought the snow might soften up a bit, but this was not the…
Continue ReadingThere is a memorial service for Jim Norman Jack at Alta Ski Resort this Tuesday, March 13th, 2012. Join us and pay tribute to a friend, coach, mentor and true…
Continue ReadingAfter the warm temps on Sunday, a weak 1″ storm was not enough to cover up the crusty and icy snowpack currently residing at Alta. It was quite a disappointing morning when I…
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 ReadingWow! What a week it has been, or so I’ve heard. My friends have made sure to fill me in on the many face-shots that I’ve missed all week while up…
Continue ReadingWith 15 inches of light fluff falling in the past 24 hours conditions at Alta are likely skiing better then they have all year. I unfortunately am out of town at Big…
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…
Continue ReadingMain Chute opened this morning sometime around 10:30am. I unfortunately missed the opening but did get a chance to ski it about an hour later. Although not super fluffy like I’m sure it was…
Continue ReadingWith a storm total of 13 inches and the entire mountain opening by early morning you couldn’t ask for much more out of a powder day. Even though the mountain…
Continue ReadingSnow was dumping hard at Alta today with nine inches falling over the past 24 hours. Another 6-12 is predicted to start dropping Monday afternoon through Tuesday. Conditions today remained soft…
Continue ReadingIf we can’t have powder then why not have oysters on the mountain?!?! Yes that’s right, AltaJava is serving up oysters Saturday, February 11th at the base of Albion Day…
Continue ReadingWith only three inches falling in the past few days you wouldn’t expect much, but the conditions at Alta today were actually pretty decent. The little amount of snow that…
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