The weather outside may not reflect it, but it’s time to get stoked for winter. The best way to beat the heat? Get your sweaty butt into a nice, cool movie theater and check out one of the new 2012 snowboard flicks. Film crews and pro shreds had less than stellar conditions to work with…
Category: Skiing
Ski Alta and more with the new Mountain Collective Pass
It’s a good time to be a skier. More and more ski resorts are coming up with creative ways to entice us with discounted lift tickets, but the new Mountain Collective Pass is a whole other animal. The Mountain Collective is an alliance of four western independent ski resorts who have come together to offer…
Snowbasin dramatically cuts season pass rates
Snowbasin has announced the pricing of their season passes for the 2012/13 ski season, and skiers and snowboarders in Utah are now talking about making this resort east of Ogden their home mountain. Why? Because the cost to buy a season pass there has nearly been cut in half. There are a few options for…
Video: The Winter That Wasn’t
Miss winter yet? Didn’t think so. But us skiers sure do, so much so that ski movie trailers are already being released… in July! But aside from the big production companies, Ski Utah’s own Powderhound Matt, made his own movie called “The Winter That Wasn’t” from the hundreds of hours of footage shot last season….
A Canadian perspective on Utah skiing
Utah skiers all know that we have the best snow on the planet, as Ski Utah always reminds us with their “Greatest Snow on Earth” slogan. But what do powderhounds from other countries – other skiing countries, think about Utah? Well, our friends at BackcountrySkiingCanada.com took a trip to the Wasatch Mountains last winter, and…
Patagonia Ski Tours 5 Star Adventure Ski Trip with Jans Mountain Outfitters
It happens every summer. The warm months get downright hot, and all the snow melts in the Wasatch, leaving brown cliffs and scree fields instead of snow. Nothing quite makes me lament the disappearance of ski season as much as the fact that I haven’t skied in months, and the knowledge that the next time…
Getting after it: Backcountry skiing in June
Sometimes the urge to go skiing becomes so overwhelming, that you’re willing to do just about anything to carve a few turns – including hike over 3,000 feet just to get to a sliver of snow. Well, our crew of Justin Lozier, Sean Zimmerman-Wall, Ben Napolitano, and myself did just that when we skied the…
Ski season to “Pre-season” (AKA blister season)
As we close out another amazing season on the snow, saying goodbye to our beloved ski gear takes time… I still have mine sitting by my door, you know just in case. So here is a quick check list to make sure your gear will be ready for action when the snow flies: – Take…
Utah skier numbers down for 2011/2012 season
The final skier number statistics are out for Utah resorts, and the 2011/2012 season was certainly grim. According to the Utah ski and snowboard industry, Utah’s 14 ski areas saw 3,802,536 million skier day visits last winter season, down 10 percent from the 2010/2011 season’s 4,223,064. That season was Utah’s second best on record, barely…
Video: On Fire – behind the scenes with an Alta Ski Patroller
Ever wonder what life is like for an Alta Ski Patroller? Well Alta’s own Brett Korpela shot video all season long called “On Fire,” that gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what winter looks like from a ski patroller’s point of view. There’s explosions, awesome avalanche footage, lots of offbeat Alta culture, and of course,…