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Photos and video: 4th of July skiing at Snowbird
Skiing the 4th of July has only happened three times in Snowbird’s history. 2011 was year #3, but the season will also go down in the books as the longest season at 202 days, and for record-breaking snowfall with a total 783 inches. To celebrate these amazing stats, but to mostly experience the novelty of…
Summer skiing at Snowbird
2011 will go down as the one of the greatest Utah ski seasons in anyone’s memory. Surely the over 700 inches of snow our Wasatch Mountain ski resorts were buried under, as well as the incredible wet spring that followed, will be talked about in bars and skier gathering places for decades to come. And…
Utah ski resorts full of summer activities
Ski resorts in Utah don’t go dormant in the summer months. Every area offers something for summer fun, from mountain biking and hiking, festivals, and family activities. SkiUtah.com has compiled a list of all the things Utah resorts have planned until the snow flies again. There’s plenty to keep you busy in the mountains until…
Deer Valley expands lift-served mountain biking
Deer Valley has long been the undisputed king of lift-served mountain biking among Utah’s ski resorts, and it’s going to get a whole lot bigger when the resort expands its summer operations to include new chairlifts and trails to an already impressive network. Cross country and downhill riders will all have something new to look…
National Forest Service accepts Snowbird expansion proposal
Snowbird may get a whole lot bigger in the coming years, as a massive expansion proposal by the ski resort has been accepted by the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Service. This acceptance doesn’t mean the Forest Service will approve the expansion proposal, but they will begin the evaluation process including environmental impact statements, serious discussion with…
Video: tiny skiers shred tiny mountains from a tiny tram
Sometimes a video comes along on the internet that just makes you stop and go, “wow.” The past few years, tilt-shift photography has been making waves. This technique involves using a special camera lens that allows for a very narrow depth of field and blurry edges to give the impression that everything in the shot…
Get some sun at Brian Head Spring Carnival
People get a little crazy at ski resorts come springtime. Can’t understand why, I mean, skiing’s about to end for the year. That’s bad, right? Well, maybe parties at Utah’s ski resorts are a good way to soften the blow, and Spring Carnival at Brian Head looks to be a good way to distract us…
Ski Utah hosts Media Day at Snowbasin
The media is the vehicle in which skiers and snowboarders get all the information they need to plan ahead for their vacations to resorts in Utah. Ski Utah realizes the importance of the media, and as a result, they honor the local news outlets at the annual Ski Utah Media Day. This year the event was held…
Utah ski resort closing dates for 2011
It’s March, and the days are already getting longer and warmer. It won’t be long before we’re greasing up our mountain bike chains and organizing the rock climbing gear racks. That means ski season is on the death walk toward summer, and now’s the time to plan ahead for corn skiing and barbecues in the…