The big news coming out of Little Cottonwood Canyon is that Snowbird has been sold. In an announcement on May 12, 2014, Dick Bass sold his majority ownership of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort to the Cumming family, who also own Powdr Corp, which also operates Park City Mountain Resort. Dick Bass will remain as…
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Backcountry skiing Lake Peak and Red Baldy
Spring backcountry skiing often means that approach routes are bare dirt, mud or even green grass. But one place that still hold snow from the car to the peaks is White Pine in Little Cottonwood Canyon. This high-elevation canyon is a corn-mecca with mountains like Red Stack, Lake Peak, Red Baldy and White Baldy all…
New rock climbing access plan proposed for Little Cottonwood Canyon
Big changes are afoot for rock climbers who frequent the crags and boulders in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. A new rock climbing access plan is proposed by the U.S. Forest Service that involves a new trailhead, removal of the old Grit Mill, a parking lot, climbing access trails, and stabilization of belay and crash pads….
Alta in April Days are here!
Spring is probably my favorite time of year to ski. The snowpack is deep, the spring storms come in big and heavy, the days are warm, the sun shines bright, corn snow is massively fun to ski on, and every day feels like a party. The beer flows on lodge decks, heavy jackets come off…
Alta Radio “on the air” in Little Cottonwood Canyon
A new radio station is “on the air,” well, more like on the Internet, and for you Alta skiers around the world, this is good news. Alta Radio fired up the microphones and song playlists this season, spinning tunes and serving the Little Cottonwood Canyon community with news, weather reports, and road conditions, 24/7. It’s…
One Wasatch to connect 7 Utah ski resorts
Ski Utah and all seven Wasatch ski resorts dropped a big announcement that may well push the long-talked about Interconnect into reality. One Wasatch is a new idea that will connect all the Central Wasatch resorts from Deer Valley in Park City to Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The combination of joining these resorts means…
The Snowbird Freeride World Tour comp that almost wasn’t
During the throws of a powerful winter storm in March, the top riders from around the globe gathered in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah to test their might against the formidable steeps of Little Cottonwood Canyon. After an abysmal snow year in the Sierras, the fourth stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The…
Snowbird to help tear down Old Grit Mill
Everyone has seen the old Grit Mill. You drive into little Cottonwood Canyon, and one mile up the road, there it is on the north side – an ugly, concrete, graffiti-painted structure. The Grit Mill has been abandoned for decades and is a serious eyesore for anyone who enters the canyon to seek out natural…
Bitter cold and powder snow at Alta
The early December skiing in Utah has been unseasonably good this winter as a few good storms have given skiers and snowboarders a bunch of powder days already. But it came at a price. A massive arctic cold-front descended over the entire state, dropping temperatures well below zero with wind-chill values as low as -32…
First turns of the 2013/14 season at Alta
Alta’s opening weekend for the 2013/14 ski season was better than anyone could have expected! A few major fall storms blanketed the Wasatch, which was quickly consumed by backcountry skiers skinning and hiking up Alta’s runs. But a week before opening day, Alta closed the mountain to uphill traffic. A few smaller storms blew through…