The air is freezing, and the snow guns are firing. Ski season in Utah is only a few weeks away! After a big snowstorm in September got skiers and snowboarders excited, summer returned and we got back on our mountain bikes. But a early November storm dropped a healthy amount of snow in Northern Utah….
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Interview with “This is Home” skier, Johnny Collinson
Johnny Collinson is a Utah born and bred ripper. His big mountain backcountry exploits have been captured by the lenses of Teton Gravity Research, and now, Faction Collective. I caught up with Johnny at the SLC premiere of This Is Home, just as his autograph line was filling up. He was kind enough to talk about…
Video: September Pow 2017
It’s only September in Utah but winter had already arrived in the Wasatch Mountains. A massive, early-fall storm dropped tons of snow in upper Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons that made the peaks look more like January than September. Of course diehard locals with no fear of gouging their skis hiked up Alta for some…
Discrete Cirque Series continues at Alta
Discrete is back with their mountain race, the Cirque Series. The first race took place at Deer Valley in June, and the type-1 fun continues at Alta on July 15th. Formerly known as the Discrete Peak Series, the Cirque Series is much the same – trail runners start at the base of a ski resort,…
Videos that make Alta Frank again
Alta has the best closing day of any ski resort in the U.S.A. Period. The 2017 ski season at Alta is now over, and while that’s a bummer, the last-day-at-Alta parties definitely take the sorrow away. High Boy, and the Wildcat parking lot are two venues for celebrating, but the mother of all on-slope parties…
Compilation of Alta “Snow and” videos by Sweetgrass Productions
As I write this, Alta closes in two days for the 2016/17 season. That makes me sad, because Alta is such a special place and it bums me out knowing that I must wait seven long months before I get to ski there again. Alta is almost sacred in a way, and throughout the season,…
Alta’s Supreme and Cecret lifts replaced by next season
Alta is going to look a bit different in the 2017/18 ski season, as a new high-speed quad is being installed this summer. The Supreme and Cecret lifts will run for the last time on Sunday, April 16th when Alta closes for the season. Those two lifts will be dismantled and a new quad will…
Alta in April 2017 spring skiing events
April is one of the best months to ski at Alta. Sure the winter powder is less likely to fall, but along with the spring corn snow, there are several Alta in April events you can attend to say goodbye to ski season. Closing day at Alta is officially on April 16th, so there’s a…
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,…
Wasatch ski resorts get 4 feet of snow in three days
The winter of 2016/17 has been one for the ages, and it just keeps getting better and deeper. Over the course of three days from February 22nd – the 24th, northern Utah ski resorts once again got hammered, with snow totals exceeding four feet of snow in favored areas. Alta Ski Area is one such…