If your opening day for the 2016/17 ski season has to be postponed due to warm weather and a lack of snow, what, oh what is a ski resort to do? Well, instead of wallowing in sorrow, Alta threw a party. The 1st (and hopefully only) “All About That Base” pray for snow party happened…
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Pray for snow at Alta’s All About That Base tailgate party
2016 has seen the slowest start to winter in recorded history with 242 consecutive days above freezing in Salt Lake City. Clearly, ski resorts are going to feel the hurt unless our weather does a 180. So to help out and appeal to the snow gods, Alta is hosting a “celebration of snow” on Saturday,…
Utah ski resorts push back opening dates for lack of snow
UPDATE: Alta has now announced that they too are pushing back opening day to sometime after November 24th. Go to alta.com to stay updated. The winter of 2016/17 is starting out as weird as the Presidential election. Nobody predicted that Utah would feel like summer in mid-November, and skiing pundits are scratching their heads trying…
Powder Mountain to reclaim title of biggest ski resort in U.S.
Well that didn’t last long. Just last season, Park City Mountain became the largest resort in the United States when Vail Resorts combined both Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Resort. But that title will belong to Powder Mountain this ski season when they fire up two new lifts to complete what they say is…
September storm gives Utah first real snow of season
Wax those boards and duct-tape those torn jackets! A late-summer cold front dropped inches of rain in Utah’s valleys and over a foot of snow in the mountains. The two day storm from September 22-24 gave Utah three tornadoes, flooding, and yes, powder in the high country. It’s the first major snowstorm of the 2016/17…
Whisper Ridge opens huge backcountry ski resort in Utah
Utah has a new ski resort opening for the 2016/17 season. No, it’s not the typical ski area with lifts, lodges and restaurants. Instead, Whisper Ridge is a “backcountry resort,” essentially a massive cat and heli-skiing operation that encompasses 110 square miles of mountainous terrain in northern Utah. To say Whisper Ridge is massive would…
Ski Utah seeks skiers and boarders for athlete team
Do you dream of being a sponsored skier or snowboarder? Do you have the chops to ski or snowboard Utah’s 14 resorts while being followed by photographers and look damn good while doing it? Then check this out: Ski Utah is assembling an athlete team for the 2016-17 season. This is the first time they…
Solitude to be venue for 2019 FIS World Championships
Solitude Mountain Resort in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon, will join the venue lineup for the 2019 FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced this week that “The ‘Tude” will host snowboardcross and ski cross events. But you won’t have to wait until 2019 to see the action at…
Powder Mountain proposes two new lifts
Powder Mountain is looking to expand their lift accessed terrain this season with two proposed lifts. Mary’s Bowl and Lefty’s Canyon are the targets – areas that are already within the ski area boundary, but is currently only used for the mountain’s guided backcountry tours and the popular snowcat skiing operation. According to the Standard…
Telluride and Revelstoke added to Mountain Collective Pass
If you are a Mountain Collective pass-holder who’s home mountain here in Utah is at Alta, well your pass just got a whole lot more awesome, as Telluride and Revelstoke have been added for the 2016/17 ski season. The Mountain Collective already had an impressive lineup of 12 resorts, including Alta/Snowbird, Whistler/Blackcomb, Jackson Hole, Sun…