It’s mid April and many Utah ski resorts are closed for the season. But don’t hang up those skis and snowboards just yet, because a big storm is on the way and it will bring winter back to the Wasatch. This late-season storm is so impressive that Ski Utah has issued a Powder Alert. Powder…
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February frenzy: a look back at the biggest storm of the season
It’s the storm we’ve all been waiting for! A huge blast of deep powder plastered Utah from mountain summit to valley floor. After a dismal start from November to mid-February in terms of snowfall, it finally happened: the reason skiers live in Utah. A huge round of the greatest snow on earth created a February…
Big storm coming: Ski Utah issues Powder Alert
Skiers and snowboarders in the Wasatch have been waiting all season for this: A big, cold snowstorm. We’ve longed for over-the-head powder and all-time conditions. Now, finally, in the middle of February, we get a dose of just that. Ski Utah is even so sure a powder frenzy will happen, that they’ve issued a Powder…
Utah ski conditions update: 01-27-18
Another snow storm passed through Utah just in time for the weekend. Unlike past storms, however, this latest snowfall really felt like an actual powder day in the Wasatch. As a result, conditions are the best they’ve been all season. Solitude Mountain Resort Last weekend’s storm provided soft skiing that lasted all week long. Cold…
Snow arrives in Utah just in time for Christmas
After a dismal start to the 2017/18 ski season, we can celebrate because snow arrives in Utah just in time for Christmas. This week a small storm system swept through the state, bringing 6 inches of snow to the Cottonwood Canyons, and 9 inches down south at Brian Head. Over the weekend, another wave of…
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…
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…
White Christmas a deep gift for Utah ski resorts
Thanks to Bing Crosby, everybody dreams of a white Christmas. But for the 2016 holiday season, skiers saw nothing but white as Santa left the best present of all under Utah’s trees – several feet of powder. According to Ski Utah, the state’s 14 resorts got hammered with a holiday storm. The snow fell all across…
Utah ski resorts get hammered, more snow on the way
Skiers and snowboarders in Utah sure were nervous just before Thanksgiving when there was zero snow in Utah’s mountains. Boy what a difference a week makes! A massive, 48-hour snow storm dumped huge amounts of powder on Utah’s ski resorts across the state measuring in feet, not inches. According to Ski Utah, the big winner…
Utah hit with biggest snowstorm in five years
It’s the storm that Utah skiers and snowboarders have been dreaming about… for years. After several below-average seasons, the biggest snowstorm to hit Utah in five years arrived Christmas week, 2015. According to Ski Utah, some ski areas reported snow totals of over five feet, and even more is on the way. The event was…