The big news from Utah’s ski resorts this week is the release of total skiers visits to the Beehive State. The 2015/16 ski and snowboard season racked up a total of 4,457,575 skier days. That breaks all previous records for the state. According to SkiUtah, this season was up nearly 5-percent from the previous record…
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Alta wants to build tram to Mount Baldy summit
Alta has big plans in the works, including a proposed tram that will run to the summit of Mount Baldy. According to the The Salt Lake Tribune, which posted a link to the U.S. Forest Service’s Alta Master Development Plan Improvement Projects, Alta has a long wish list of chairlift upgrades, parking changes, lodge expansions…
Snowbird wins Utah County approval to expand into Mary Ellen Gulch
Snowbird’s controversial plan to expand their ski resort boundaries into Mary Ellen Gulch got closer to reality last week, when the Utah County Board of Adjustment gave approval for Snowbird to build lifts in American Fork Canyon on private property owned by the resort. According to SkiUtah, the decision was unanimous. Snowbird was granted approval on two…
2016 closing weekend dates and info at Utah ski resorts
Dang, where did the season go? It’s hard to fathom that most Utah ski resorts will close very soon. In fact, a few have already stopped running their lifts. Better get up there and ski or snowboard while you can, because in mid-July you’ll all be dreaming of powder turns again (and you’ll wish you…
Big spring snowstorm brings winter back to Utah ski resorts
Winter returned to Utah this week as a huge snowstorm pummeled ski resorts across the state. In five out of the last eight days, all 14 Utah ski areas have reported new snow, with Wednesday, March 23rd and Tuesday, March 29th being the epic days with new snow totaling from one to almost two feet,…
Try out new skis at Alta in April Demo Day
So you need new skis. Well, there’s no better time to buy skis than in the spring (sales baby). And there’s no better time to demo skis before you buy them than at the Alta in April Demo Day. Of course, this demo day is unlike any other, because it’s your chance to try out…
First Look: Atomic Hawx Ultra alpine ski boots review
Atomic claims to have created the lightest alpine ski boots they’ve ever made. The Hawx Ultra is the newest addition to the Hawx Boot Series and the company says they achieved this by totally rethinking ski boot design and construction. In a nutshell, the Hawx Ultra are 25% lighter, have a 98mm last, and features…
Enter to win a Ski Utah Powder Flu Recovery Kit
Winter has returned to the Wasatch with a major storm dropping powder on Utah’s ski resorts. On Monday, Brighton reported a Monster Dump with 12 inches of new snow, and Alta is not far behind with 11 inches on the snow stake. The problem, is that this Monster Dump happened on a Monday when most…
Skier George shares his Powder Philosophy at Alta
In this nasty and divisive political season, with vitriolic messages bombarding us from all media sources, this video right here contains one message I can actually get behind. And it comes from 98-year-old George Jedenoff, aka “Skier George.” He has been a mainstay at Alta and Snowbird for 56 years, and plans to keep skiing past…
A ride on the new Solitude Summit Express
I’ll admit, I was saddened to hear that Solitude was replacing the classic Summit double chairlift with a high speed quad called the Solitude Summit Express. That old Summit lift was among my favorites for powder skiing in Utah along with Alta’s Wildcat, Snowbird’s Gad 2 and Brighton’s Millicent (of those three, only Alta’s Wildcat…