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…
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Utah ski resort closing dates for 2012 season
Utah’s ski resort closing dates are set, that is if the weather cooperates. The ski season of 2011/2012 was unusually dry and warm, leaving Utah’s resorts with thin snowpacks. Add summer-like temperatures in March, and the snow is melting fast. This warm spring begs the question – will Utah’s ski resorts be able to stay…
Update: Skiers break record skiing all 14 Utah resorts in one day
A group of local skiers, led by the folks at Ski Utah, broke a record after skiing all 14 Utah ski resorts in one day. On March 15, 2012, history was made after the skiers completed their statewide tour at Beaver Mountain in northern Utah, 16 hours and 45 minutes after starting at 3 a.m….
Skiers will try to ski Utah’s 14 resorts in one day
Think it’s possible to ski all 14 of Utah’s resorts in one day? Well Ski Utah and a group of local skiers are going to find out. On Thursday, March 15, these crazy kids will rise way before the sun at Brian Head, then work their way north to end the day at Beaver Mountain,…
Snowbird Coaster and Wasatch Canyon development full speed ahead
Ski resort development in the Wasatch Mountains has been a controversial issue this year, with proposed projects like the Snowbird Roller Coaster and SkiLink Gondola setting off a firestorm of anti-development skiers clashing with resort owners. In recent weeks, many of these proposals to expand the reach of ski areas into the Wasatch backcountry have…
Learn to ski or snowboard in January
As amazing as it sounds, there are people who have lived in Utah their whole lives, yet have never been skiing, not even once. Despite having some of the most famous, world-class resorts on earth in their back yards, these Utahns, for some reason, have been deprived of the exquisite feeling of sliding down a…
Learn to Telemark in the Wasatch
Have you ever sat on a chairlift, watching the snow covered silhouette of a skier arch graceful and harmonious Telemark turns as though they were dancing with the mountains? If that mountain gypsy got you thinking “I wish I could do that,” or “I want to give that a try,” the time is now! The…
Get yourself and your gear in shape for Utah’s ski season
“Skiing is Life!” Those who ski more than two or three times a year really do live by that creed. I bumped into this idea 15+ years ago as a new ski instructor at Brighton Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, deep in the Wasatch Front. The other philosophy used by avid skiers is that there are…
List of Utah ski swaps for fall 2011
Ski swaps are among skidom’s most cherished traditions. Every fall, our ski and snowboard gear is given the once-over, and if those old boards purchased 10 years ago desperately need to be sacrificed to the ski gods in a backyard bonfire, then you’ll need some new ones. Utah ski swaps can be a pretty good…
Utah ski resort improvements for 2011/2012 season
As winter draws near, Utah ski resorts start touting all the new improvements they’ve made in the off season to try and lure skiers and snowboarders to the mountains. If the list recently put out by Ski Utah this week is any indication, construction crews have been busy in Utah upgrading facilities both on and…