It’s no secret that ski patrols work hard at ungodly hours to make resorts safe for us to enjoy deep powder. But there are few ski areas as challenging as Alta. The folks at Sweetgrass Productions released a spellbinding video all about Alta Ski Patrol called, “Patrol – Early Mornings.” “Patrol – Early Mornings” is…
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Ever doubt why you live in Salt Lake? Watch this Dash Longe shredfest for a reminder
For skiers, residing in Salt Lake City offers the best of both worlds. You can have have a good career in the big city while still living the ski life among mountains. Some of the best skiing in the world is right here in our back yard. In the latest episode from DPS Cinematic and…
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,…
It’s October, time to get ready for winter
October 26th, 2010. It looked more like February than early fall. That year, in the waning days of October, a three-day storm dropped 45 inches of snow in the Devil’s Castle and Sugarloaf area at Alta. Although it was weeks before the resort’s scheduled opening, a mad rush of backcountry skiers descended on Little Cottonwood…
14th Annual Powder Awards in Salt Lake City honor top skiers and filmmakers
On Saturday, December 7, 2013, the 14th Annual Powder Awards dropped on The Depot in downtown Salt Lake City. It’s the biggest, red-carpet type of night as the world’s best skiers and ski filmmakers gather to honor the best of the year. I’m really happy to say that my favorite ski-movie makers took away the…
Sweetgrass Productions “Valhalla” review
Sweetgrass Productions has done it again. The ski movie company known for creating the most art-house flicks in the ski world drove their famous school bus through Salt Lake City where I caught their latest offering, “Valhalla.” If you’ve seen a Sweetgrass movie before, like “Signatures” and “Solitaire,” then you have an expectation of beautiful…
Friday Video: Valhalla Trailer from Sweetgrass Productions
Sweetgrass Productions is currently our favorite ski movie company, so it is with much excitement that this week’s Friday Video is the trailer for their upcoming release, “Valhalla.” All of the Sweetgrass films are different from any sort of ski porn out there, visually and from a storytelling standpoint. Judging from this preview, “Valhalla” is…
Alta gets love from Salomon Freeski TV
If you’re a skier and you ever need justification of why you chose to live in Utah, then the latest installment of Salomon Freeski TV will not only justify, it will make you want to never leave. Season Five, Espiode 8 features Alta, Utah, and the video captures everything that’s amazing about the place in…
Sweetgrass Productions “Solitaire” review
Attending a ski movie screening can feel like deja vu. You arrive at a theater and the parking is lousy with Subarus sporting gear boxes. You go in, get free energy bars, buy a t-shirt and raffle tickets, wait in the dark with hundreds of fellow skiers, and finally watch some ski porn that is…
Sweetgrass Productions “Solitaire” screenings at Brewvies Cinema Pub
Brewvies Cinema Pub in downtown Salt Lake City is the place to be this year for ski movie screenings in Utah. This week they’re hosting the the long awaited “Solitaire” from soul-ski filmmakers Sweetgrass Productions. “Solitaire” is the third movie from Sweetgrass, and is the followup to their highly original Japanese ski and snowboard tale,…