When skiers talk about Silver Fork Canyon, we immediately think about the Meadow Chutes near Solitude Mountain Resort. Quick access from Solitude and quality skiing just outside the resort’s boundary make the open faces and steep, aspen tree filled lines hugely popular for anyone seeking a short tour. But there’s a lesser traveled side to…
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Backcountry skiing Lambs Canyon
Sometimes backcountry skiers have to get away from the crowds, even outside the ski resorts. Head up a skin track in Little Cottonwood Canyon on a sunny Saturday, and you’ll discover why the Wasatch has earned the moniker, “Wasangeles.” Luckily, there are still less-traveled areas where good backcountry skiing can be found without elbowing the…
Utah photogs win awards in Ski Salt Lake Shootout
Two Utah photographers won awards in this year’s Ski Salt Lake Shootout. Both Lee Cohen and Steve Lloyd snagged some recognition for their photos of skiers in their element among Salt Lake’s ski resorts. According to the folks at Visit Salt Lake, local uber-photographer Lee Cohen won first place in the “Urban Meets Mountain” category…
Backcountry skiing No Name Bowl on the Park City Ridgeline
No Name Bowl, located on the Park City Ridgeline, is a lesser known backcountry ski area that tends to play second fiddle to places like South Monitor or Radar Love. There’s no reason for this, however, since this little gem is just as easy to access from Big Cottonwood Canyon, features a nice pitch, wide…
Backcountry skiing South Monitor
Park City Ridge separates Big Cottonwood Canyon from its namesake town and the Canyons Resort, and is like a backcountry ski resort in its own right. The ridge runs from east to west for over six miles from Brighton to the top of Mill Creek Canyon at a consistent elevation of 10,000 feet. Both sides…
Backcountry skiing God’s Lawnmower
It is huge. It can be seen from Big Cottonwood Canyon road. Its very presence makes every skier driving to Solitude or Brighton look up and imagine skiing that line. It’s called God’s Lawnmower, and this enormous slide path on the north face of Kessler Peak is an icon of backcountrry skiing in the Wasatch….
Backcountry skiing Lake Desolation
Lake Desolation is surrounded by quality backcountry skiing, from south-facing open glades, to tree skiing on north and east aspects. The area draws all kinds of backcountry types – from weathered telemarkers out for a long tour, to modern twin-tippers barreling down from the Canyons ski resort next door. They all come to this tiny…
Backcountry skiing Greens Basin
When it comes to backcountry ski terrain, it’s good to have those go-to places for any eventuality. On a powder day with a stable snowpack, you can ski pretty much anywhere. But sometimes the avalanche danger is too high for open slopes, or it hasn’t snowed in so long that the mountains are covered in…
Ski your legs off at 12 Hours of Snowbird
A new ski event makes its debut at Snowbird this year, and it sounds like a doosy. 12 Hours of Snowbird is a non-stop ski fest where, as the title implies, you ski for 12 hours straight. Plus, it’s a competition that benefits the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center which is reason alone to…
Ski Utah iPhone App to feed powder addiction
Did you ever wake up late one winter morning and casually check the snow report, only to realize in despair that it snowed an unexpected foot of powder in the Wasatch? It’s a painful event that has happened to us all. But thanks to Ski Utah and their new app for the iPhone, involuntary snowfall…