The 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 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 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 ReadingAlthough I really have no complaints about today’s epic Alaskan style conditions, part of me was sort of hoping for last nights dump to be a little more Alta-like. We…
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 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 ReadingAlta received 5 inches in 48 hours making for some exceptionally good slashing over the past two days. Yesterday the mountain was completely empty and although there was a slight ruff layer underneath…
Continue ReadingEric Pollard has done it again, he has produced in collaboration with Line Skis, a true all mountain powder ski. The 2012 Mr Pollard Opus Ski is a slimmed down…
Continue ReadingAlta’s conditions over the past two days have kept with this weeks theme, deep and dank. Yesterday provided some of the best conditions I’ve seen all season with Mother Nature dumping…
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