Wow, after what has been a so-far record breaking season, it seems premature to be talking about spring and estimated closing dates at Utah ski resorts. Yet here we are. Ski Utah released a list of closing dates for the 2017 season, which of course is always subject to change. In addition, there are several…
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Wasatch ski resorts get 4 feet of snow in three days
The winter of 2016/17 has been one for the ages, and it just keeps getting better and deeper. Over the course of three days from February 22nd – the 24th, northern Utah ski resorts once again got hammered, with snow totals exceeding four feet of snow in favored areas. Alta Ski Area is one such…
Protect our Winters with 2nd Annual POW Day
Climate change is real and winters are at risk of becoming warmer and with less snow. This is bad news for skiers and snowboarders (and the ski industry as a whole). To raise awareness about our own contribution to climate change thanks to driving card to ski resorts, Ski Utah, along with Protect Our Winters…
White Christmas a deep gift for Utah ski resorts
Thanks to Bing Crosby, everybody dreams of a white Christmas. But for the 2016 holiday season, skiers saw nothing but white as Santa left the best present of all under Utah’s trees – several feet of powder. According to Ski Utah, the state’s 14 resorts got hammered with a holiday storm. The snow fell all across…
Suffering from the Powder Flu? Enter to win a Ski Utah Recovery Kit
Flu season is upon us… the Powder Flu that is. Fortunately you don’t need a shot to recover from this affliction, all you need is to go skiing in some deep pow with the help of some medicine found in Ski Utah’s Powder Flu Recovery Kit. To celebrate the start of the 2016/17 ski season,…
Updated 2016 Utah ski resort opening dates
Update – 11/21/16 Due to a lack of snowfall and warm temperatures, Utah ski resorts have been forced to push back their opening dates. Thankfully, as I write this, the Wasatch is getting buried in snow, so fingers crossed that we will be skiing by the updated opening dates below. Skiers in Utah are digging…
Utah ski resorts push back opening dates for lack of snow
UPDATE: Alta has now announced that they too are pushing back opening day to sometime after November 24th. Go to alta.com to stay updated. The winter of 2016/17 is starting out as weird as the Presidential election. Nobody predicted that Utah would feel like summer in mid-November, and skiing pundits are scratching their heads trying…
September storm gives Utah first real snow of season
Wax those boards and duct-tape those torn jackets! A late-summer cold front dropped inches of rain in Utah’s valleys and over a foot of snow in the mountains. The two day storm from September 22-24 gave Utah three tornadoes, flooding, and yes, powder in the high country. It’s the first major snowstorm of the 2016/17…
Ski Utah seeks skiers and boarders for athlete team
Do you dream of being a sponsored skier or snowboarder? Do you have the chops to ski or snowboard Utah’s 14 resorts while being followed by photographers and look damn good while doing it? Then check this out: Ski Utah is assembling an athlete team for the 2016-17 season. This is the first time they…
Enter to win a Ski Utah Powder Flu Recovery Kit
Winter has returned to the Wasatch with a major storm dropping powder on Utah’s ski resorts. On Monday, Brighton reported a Monster Dump with 12 inches of new snow, and Alta is not far behind with 11 inches on the snow stake. The problem, is that this Monster Dump happened on a Monday when most…