Hurricane is the new Moab. Don’t agree? Then get your saddle-sore butt down to southwest Utah for the Hurricane Mountain Bike Festival. For three days from March 28- 30, the bike-savvy guys and gals from Over The Edge Sports will be organizing rides through some of the most spectacular trails in the world. With Zion…
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Brighton part of new 22 resort M.A.X. Pass
The Utah ski industry is about to be shaken up once again. For the 2015/16 season, Brighton Resort will join 21 other ski areas in the U.S. and Canada in a new pass network that will give the Vail Resorts Epic Pass a run for its money. It’s called the M.A.X. Pass – a collaboration…
Snowbasin fatal avalanche the first of the 2015 season
We came so close! Myself, along with my backcountry skiing friends, had just remarked how cool it was that there have been no avalanche fatalities yet during the 2014/15 ski season. Fingers were crossed that we might have a zero-fatality season. But with a big storm falling on powder-starved skiers and snowboarders, perhaps it was…
Kick off spring with Moab THAW
Sick of winter’s chill and ready to hop back on the mountain bike? Then it’s about time to head to Moab for THAW. Okay, so we haven’t had much of a winter anyway, but this is still a good excuse to join fellow riders in Utah’s southeast desert for some bikes, beers and good vibes….
Wasatch Splitfest 2015 kicks off at Brewvies
The end of February and beginning of March will belong to splitboarders in the Wasatch. The 2015 edition of Wasatch Splitfest goes down February 26 to March 1 and it will be full of raffles, backcountry snowboard movies, gear demos, clinics, and of course, splitboarding. Splitfest starts out at on Thursday, February 26 at Brewvies…
Atomic and Salomon create online Mountain Academy courses
Avalanche education is expensive. Level 1-3 professional courses cost hundreds of dollars, pricing out many backcountry users. Well, Atomic and Salomon have partnered to create the Mountain Academy, an online avalanche safety course. It’s designed to be a supplement to traditional, in-the-field courses that will cost a lot less money. Designed in collaboration with wePowder,…
Video: “Sierra Quitiquit How Did I Get Here Trailer”
It’s only January, and already ski movie trailers for next October are being released. In this preview for “Sierra Quitiquit: How Did I Get Here” we see Park City’s own Sierra Quitiquit rise from working as an unknown line cook to becoming a world-traveling model and downright ripping skier. The trailer is chock full of…
Snowbird ski racer, Bryce Astle, killed in Austrian avalanche
It is a very sad day for the Utah ski community, as one of our own, Bryce Astle, was killed in an avalanche while skiing in Austria. According to the U.S. Ski Team, Astle was freeskiing with a group of six at the Austrian resort of Soelden. The slide killed Astle along with fellow racer,…
Vail reveals proposed Canyons/PCMR connection
Ever since Vail purchased Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and announced a connection between the two that would create the largest ski area in the United States, people have speculated how that would happen. New ski runs in the undeveloped mountains between the resort boundaries with new ski lifts? A gondola link much like the…
Alta’s 2014 opening weekend was one for the ages
Opening weekend at Alta for the 2014/15 season was one for the ages. Never in recent memory has so much variety, strange events, and the physical manifestation of “too much of a good thing” come together in the span of three days. There was bony conditions, skiers making pancakes in the lift line, creamy powder,…