Circle All Peak, located at Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon, is the first place I went backcountry skiing in Utah. As a result, it is still one of my favorite places to go, especially when the avalanche danger is high. Butler Fork has few large terrain traps, is at a lower elevation and...
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Things are looking grim in the Wasatch for skiers right now, as we're nearing the end of the first week of December and the primary color in the mountains is... brown. Sure, most ski resorts in Utah are open, and that's great if you're okay with ripping it up on thin ribbons of man-made...
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There are very few opportunities to ski for $15 at Utah resorts, and there aren't many options for people who want to ski for a good cause. But Brighton has come up with a way to combine the two into a sweet way to ski cheap and help out Utah charities at the same...
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As a skier who enjoys riding both in the backcountry and at resorts, I have mixed feelings when stories are told of resorts trying to expand their acreage by overtaking pristine mountain landscapes. On one hand, I think it would be awesome to have new in-bounds terrain to explore. On the other hand,...
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It is a time of celebration for some people in Utah, as the first real snowfall of the season has hit the Salt Lake Valley. The mountains have been pounded a few times already, but it just doesn't feel like winter until there's snow on the ground in the backyard.
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Skiers and snowboarders across the state probably have more knowledge about the forecast than most people, since their favorite winter hobby revolves around the weather. We keep our eyes glued to the television when there is a big storm coming, in order see if the local weather man will bless us with the words...
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Winter can wait. Autumn is a schizophrenic season where sometimes the weather doesn’t know what it wants to be. Summer and winter play tug-of-war over the months of October and November, and we’re all caught in the middle. For those of us who recreate in the outdoors, the highs and lows of the temperature...
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Every winter, ski resorts pray for enough snow to be able to open before their competitors. Whether it's for promotional purposes, to please hardcore skiers who are chomping at the bit, or just for bragging rights, saying you were able to open for business before any other ski mountain is a feather in a...
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The canyons of the Wasatch Mountains may look a bit different in the years to come as new land-use policies are being drafted to replace the Salt Lake County 1989 Wasatch Canyons Master Plan. The plan essentially is the Bible for how we use the land in City Creek, Emigration, Red Butte, Parley's. Mill...
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