The 2017 Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop was held this year for the first time at Snowbird. I think it was the best one yet. I pondered why the venue change, as it limited the amount of participants (the South Towne Expo Center had plenty of room for everyone). But I suppose the aesthetics of…
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2017 Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Brewvies
“Celebrating the Winter Human-Powered Experience.” That’s the motto of the Winter Wildlands Alliance. If that’s a mantra you also live by, then get your butt to downtown Salt Lake City on November 16th because their 2017 Backcountry Film Festival is coming to Brewvies. Adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture- you’ll find it…
Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop moves to Snowbird
The Utah Avalanche Center is hosting its 10th annual Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop on November 4th. The big news is that his year is the first time the event will take place at Snowbird. OVERVIEW The Utah Snow & Avalanche Workshop is a gathering of the backcountry ski and snowboard tribe. Both the public…
REI presents “Follow Through” featuring Caroline Gleich
REI is well into their #ForceOfNature campaign. The goal is to “level the playing field” for women recreating outdoors. This week they launched a video featuring Utah’s own Caroline Gleich titled, Follow Through. The film documents Gleich’s successful attempt to be the first woman to ski all 90 routes in Andrew McLean’s classic steep-skiing guide…
Chad Brackelsberg new Utah Avalanche Center Executive Director
The Utah Avalanche Center has a new Executive Director. In a press release, the UAC announced that Chad Brackelsberg has joined the team and will be in charge of the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center – the non-profit arm that plays a vital role in fundraising. According to the UAC, Brackelsberg comes from a corporate…
Backcountry skiing Butler Basin in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Spring is the time to backcountry ski or snowboard those big, steep lines you’ve been eyeballing all season. With a more stable snowpack, and melt/freeze cycles creating supportable corn snow, there’s no better time to tick off a steep objective. Butler Basin on Gobbler’s Knob is one such place. Butler Basin is a huge cirque…
Backcountry Basecamp coming to Alta
Backcountry Magazine is coming to Alta Ski Area on March 11-12 for their Backcountry Basecamp tour. The Backcountry Basecamp is an excellent way to see what’s new with the backcountry skiing and splitboarding scene. Backcountry Magazine staff set up a huge yurt and inside show off the latest gear including skis, splitboards, skins, shovels, beacons,…
Backcountry Touring in Utah’s Hoodoo Country
If you close your eyes and imagine Southern Utah’s red rock canyon terrain, what do you see? Painted cliffs of yellow, orange and red, crumbling rock spires, groves of juniper and… backcountry skiers and snowboarders? Perhaps that last one seems out of place, and rightly so. Hoodoo country isn’t your typical ski touring terrain, and…
Sign up for 2nd Annual Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Free Shuttle Day
Backcountry skiers looking to promote car pooling in the Cottonwood Canyons should sign up for the 2nd annual Wasatch Backcountry Alliance free shuttle day. Relax in a 12-person van as you ride up the canyon, and don’t worry about finding parking in our increasingly crowded trailheads. The WBA free shuttle day services Big Cottonwood Canyon…
Backcountry skiing Point 10420
Point 10420, at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon near Guardsman Pass, is the closest mountain you can backcountry ski from Brighton that isn’t lift assisted. A pleasant ridgeline skin takes you to the summit, where several descent options can be found on all aspects. Thick evergreen forests called Promise Land fall from the northwest…