As amazing as it sounds, there are people who have lived in Utah their whole lives, yet have never been skiing, not even once. Despite having some of the most famous, world-class resorts on earth in their back yards, these Utahns, for some reason, have been deprived of the exquisite feeling of sliding down...
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Have you ever sat on a chairlift, watching the snow covered silhouette of a skier arch graceful and harmonious Telemark turns as though they were dancing with the mountains? If that mountain gypsy got you thinking “I wish I could do that,” or “I want to give that a try,” the time is now!...
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“Skiing is Life!” Those who ski more than two or three times a year really do live by that creed. I bumped into this idea 15+ years ago as a new ski instructor at Brighton Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, deep in the Wasatch Front. The other philosophy used by avid skiers is that there...
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Ski swaps are among skidom’s most cherished traditions. Every fall, our ski and snowboard gear is given the once-over, and if those old boards purchased 10 years ago desperately need to be sacrificed to the ski gods in a backyard bonfire, then you’ll need some new ones. Utah ski swaps can be a pretty...
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As winter draws near, Utah ski resorts start touting all the new improvements they’ve made in the off season to try and lure skiers and snowboarders to the mountains. If the list recently put out by Ski Utah this week is any indication, construction crews have been busy in Utah upgrading facilities both on...
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Want to write a blog about skiing and snowboarding in Utah and get a Ski Utah Silver Pass in return? Think you got the writing chops and motivation to shred your heart out at all 14 Utah ski resorts? Then you may be the guy or gal who deserves to be the new Ski Utah...
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Skiing the 4th of July has only happened three times in Snowbird’s history. 2011 was year #3, but the season will also go down in the books as the longest season at 202 days, and for record-breaking snowfall with a total 783 inches. To celebrate these amazing stats, but to mostly experience the novelty...
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2011 will go down as the one of the greatest Utah ski seasons in anyone’s memory. Surely the over 700 inches of snow our Wasatch Mountain ski resorts were buried under, as well as the incredible wet spring that followed, will be talked about in bars and skier gathering places for decades to come....
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Ski resorts in Utah don’t go dormant in the summer months. Every area offers something for summer fun, from mountain biking and hiking, festivals, and family activities. SkiUtah.com has compiled a list of all the things Utah resorts have planned until the snow flies again. There’s plenty to keep you busy in the mountains...
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Deer Valley has long been the undisputed king of lift-served mountain biking among Utah’s ski resorts, and it’s going to get a whole lot bigger when the resort expands its summer operations to include new chairlifts and trails to an already impressive network. Cross country and downhill riders will all have something new to...
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