Get out the disco ball and platform shoes because Snowbird will turn back time to 1971. Snowbird may be approaching middle age, but the ski and snowboard resort in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon has never looked better. Well, maybe in some ways they looked better as far as the hippie skiers who frequented the...
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Now that the resorts are open or are opening in the next couple of weeks, it’s finally time to remind your feet how to turn, stop and stay balanced. As a wise old patrolman once told me, “if you’re not turning right, you better be turning left”. Assuming you have already had your skis tuned, adjusted and checked for safety…...
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Ever bring a camera to the ski resort thinking you’ll get some sweet shots of your friends ripping powder, then discover that your pictures flat-out suck? Well then step away from the point-and-shoot, grab your gear, and sign up for the Third Annual Scott Markewitz Photo Workshop at Snowbird. Scott Markewitz is one of...
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Salt Lake City based DPS Skis has opened a new ski shop and demo center in Sugar House, right next door to the company’s headquarters. On Friday, November 18, the new shop, which they’re calling the DPS Ski Salon, officially opened to the public with a launch party where they showed off the new digs,...
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In the race to see who can claim bragging rights as the first Utah ski resort open for the 2011/2012 ski season, Brighton and Solitude both win. The Big Cottonwood Canyon resorts fired up their lifts early on Thursday morning, November 10th, to the cheers of excited skiers and snowboarders. Both Brighton and Solitude have...
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Snow conditions weren’t perfect, and it was a far cry from the chest deep, 30-something inches that blew the minds of anyone who touched Alta’s slopes in October last year, but my first ski day for the 2011/2012 ski season was fun nonetheless. It was a party atmosphere on November 6th as skiers and...
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It may officially be fall, but winter is upon us. That means ski season is about to arrive, and sooner than one might think considering the dry fall season Utah has experienced so far. Solitude and Brighton are once again competing to be the first ski resort to open for the 2011/2012 season, and...
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Salt Lake City’s Bluehouse Skis are throwing a party at their ski factory, and everyone is invited! But this isn’t just some hang out and chill with the boys kind of deal. No, this party is going to be a GnarBQ, which means it’s also a free screening of the ski movie parody, “G.N.A.R....
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It’s officially time to pray for snow. Get out your retro ski clothes, ritualistically burn ski wax, climb mountains to give alcoholic offerings to the ski gods, and attend the 2011 Ullr Ball “pray for snow” fundraiser to benefit Save Our Canyons. This year’s Ullr Ball takes place on Tuesday, November 15th from 7-10pm...
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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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