It’s official! Ski and snowboard season has begun in Utah, and Brighton Resort is the first to open. The lifts started spinning on the morning of Wednesday, November 18th. Utah is having a good start to the snow year, as Brighton opened with a 22 inch base. Three lifts are running including Crest Express, Explorer,…
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May is Mountain Madness for Mountain Trails Foundation
May is Mountain Madness for the Mountain Trails Foundation. And what is that you may ask? The MTF is a Park City-based nonprofit organization that advocates for non-motorized trails along the Wasatch Back. They help conserve open space, build trails and keep users informed about volunteer events and trail conditions. So if you hike or…
Learn Backcountry 101 at Brighton
Ready to leave the resort boundaries and explore untracked slopes in Utah’s backcountry? Well you better get educated about avalanches first. One way to get started is by attending the Backcountry 101 course at Brighton. This course is geared toward skiers and snowboarders who are brand new to off-piste riding who need to learn how…
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,…
Ski Utah upgrades to “Version 3.0” for the 2014/15 ski season
Ski Utah held its annual pre-season press conference on Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. The typical stats were tossed around about skier visits and resort upgrades. But the big news is that huge changes are coming to the Utah ski scene, so much so that Ski Utah Director, Nathan Rafferty,…
Lonely? Try chairlift speed dating at Brian Head Resort
With Valentines Day coming up, there’s lots of events and places where you can take your love to show him/her a good time. But for you sorry saps who have nobody to ski with on Valentines Day, Brian Head Resort has got you covered with chairlift speed dating. Brian Head cupids say this will be…