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…
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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…
Wasatch ski conditions update: 02-12-18
A little bit of powder goes a long way. Once again a small storm swept over the Wasatch Mountains, leaving 5-6 inches on the ground. While that doesn’t sound like much to local skiers used to storms that drop snow measured in feet, not inches, this season those small amounts have meant a world of…
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…
Attend the 38th Curt and Adam Naisbitt Memorial Groundhog Day Race
Want to race? Want to race at Alta? You won’t find a better reason to race than at the 38th annual Curt and Adam Naisbitt Memorial Groundhog Day Race. This groundhog, “funhog” race happens on Friday, February 2nd at Alta’s Sunnyside Race Arena. Both men and women Telemark and Alpine categories will be available to…
Utah ski conditions update: 01-22-18
The storm we’ve all been waiting for finally arrived in the Wasatch. And while it was a bit of a sleeper storm, and didn’t have the water content to create much base, the snow that did fall gave skiers and snowboarders an awesome weekend. Utah resorts report up to 21 inches over the two-day storm….
Utah ski conditions update: 01-15-18
Utah ski resorts are opening more and more terrain, and it should only get better as a big storm is on its way. Much needed terrain openings happened at both Alta and Solitude over MLK weekend, providing new places to explore and untouched powder to those lucky enough to be there at the rope drops….
Vasque thanks Utah at 2017 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
Generations of boots… Vasque has been around a long time and has a whole ancestry of boots in their lineup… you could call it a “saga.” Well, at the Outdoor Retailer 2017 Summer Market, Vasque showed off a boot combining their most advanced technologies called, you guessed it, the Saga GTX. The Saga GTX is…
Outdoor Retailer officially moving to Denver
Well, it’s official, the Outdoor Retailer trade show is moving from Salt Lake City to Denver. In what was one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry (Denver was long assumed to win their bid for the show) the announcement was made today that Denver will host all shows starting January 2018. The contract will…
Outdoor Retailer to stay in Utah through 2018
Another Outdoor Retailer has come and gone this summer, and another will-they-stay-or-will-they-go drama has played out. Outdoor Retailer will remain in Utah through 2018. Before the 2015 Summer Market held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Outdoor Retailer officials announced that they were looking at moving to other cities. Las…