Conditions off-piste at Alta are holding steady at skiable. Currently: Chalky Alta Skiing! The Tower 10 traverse past West Rustler has sections reduced to pure rock and dirt. But if…
Continue ReadingAlthough the current conditions at Alta are hard to complain about, seeing the snowfall totals from around the state role in it’s hard not to wonder what happened. Even the Salt…
Continue ReadingAfter a two week dry spell Winter Storm Gandolf has finally arrived. Conditions this morning were pretty brutal with most of Alta’s slopes skiing very hard and icy. By 1pm…
Continue ReadingDevils Castle opened today for the first time this season. The early shots got tracked up quick but very few were venturing all the way out. The snow was velvety smooth…
Continue ReadingToday at Alta was one of those pow days where everything seemed to work out perfectly. High T runs in the morning were untracked and deep. By about 11am gates…
Continue ReadingWith a storm total of 26″ and 13″ falling in the past 24 hours the skiing at Alta today was exceptionally dank. For a weekend pow day the lift lines weren’t…
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingAlta 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 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 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 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 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…
Continue ReadingAlta continues to suffer from the annoying high pressure hovering over California and Nevada. The storm that split and lightly sprinkled over the area today is supposed to drop a…
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…
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