Vail Resorts scored a huge win this week as their capitol improvement plan for Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and Canyons was approved by the Park City Planning Commission. The biggest news of the plan is that Vail will now be able to construct an interconnect gondola, linking Canyons Resort to Park City Mountain Resort,…
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Brighton part of new 22 resort M.A.X. Pass
The Utah ski industry is about to be shaken up once again. For the 2015/16 season, Brighton Resort will join 21 other ski areas in the U.S. and Canada in a new pass network that will give the Vail Resorts Epic Pass a run for its money. It’s called the M.A.X. Pass – a collaboration…
Liberty Sequence ski review
Liberty is a small ski company based in Avon, Colorado. While they are relatively new (they were founded in 2003) they are rapidly growing. Their exclusive use of bamboo cores set them apart from the pack, and successful skis like the Helix proved that they were the real deal. As a Colorado native, I’ve been keenly…
Snowmageddon 2014 shuts down Utah ski resorts
To much of a good thing? Not if you’re talking about snow… unless that snow shuts down ski resorts. Salt Lake area resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon are in clean-up mode after a massive winter storm blew in with wet snow measured in feet, 100-per-mile-an-hour winds, and high avalanche danger. But while Solitude…
Video: One Run with Pep
Alta is a magnet for some of the best freeskiers in the world. Guys like Pep Fujas and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa have made Alta their home. With so many huge and gnarly ski resorts in North America, why are they in Alta? One look at this POV video from Cattabriga-Alosa, and it’s pretty clear – Alta…
Vail reveals proposed Canyons/PCMR connection
Ever since Vail purchased Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and announced a connection between the two that would create the largest ski area in the United States, people have speculated how that would happen. New ski runs in the undeveloped mountains between the resort boundaries with new ski lifts? A gondola link much like the…
Alta’s 2014 opening weekend was one for the ages
Opening weekend at Alta for the 2014/15 season was one for the ages. Never in recent memory has so much variety, strange events, and the physical manifestation of “too much of a good thing” come together in the span of three days. There was bony conditions, skiers making pancakes in the lift line, creamy powder,…
Brighton first to open for 2014/15 ski season
Last week, Ski Utah announced expected 2014/15 ski season opening dates for Utah’s 15 ski resorts. On that list, it showed Alta and Solitude vying to be the first resort to open on Friday, November 21st. But, right on cue, and so predictably, Brighton, who originally announced a November 22nd opening, suddenly dropped the ropes…
Alta and Solitude vie to be first resort open for 2014/15 ski season
The race is on! With winter here and snow falling in Utah, ski resorts around the state have announced their opening dates. Historically, Brighton and Solitude have had an ongoing, friendly competition to see who can open first. But this year, it seems Alta is gunning for top honors, as both Solitude and Alta plan…
Ski Utah upgrades to “Version 3.0” for the 2014/15 ski season
Ski Utah held its annual pre-season press conference on Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. The typical stats were tossed around about skier visits and resort upgrades. But the big news is that huge changes are coming to the Utah ski scene, so much so that Ski Utah Director, Nathan Rafferty,…