In what may be the most awesome event any brewery in Utah has ever done, Uinta Brewing Company has launched the Uinta Ski Bus to Brighton. One Thursday night in December, January, February and March, Uinta will haul skiers and snowboarders from the Uinta Brewhouse Pub in Salt Lake City to Brighton Resort in Big…
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Alta’s Wildcat Chair featured in Powder’s Iconic Lifts
Alta’s Wildcat Chair is being featured in Powder Magazine’s Iconic Lifts video series. “Kitty,” as Alta locals fondly call it, is one of the most popular lifts at this Little Cottonwood Canyon ski area, as it accesses some of the most playful, sheltered, and steep terrain on the mountain. Westward Ho is a classic run…
Utah ski resorts get hammered, more snow on the way
Skiers and snowboarders in Utah sure were nervous just before Thanksgiving when there was zero snow in Utah’s mountains. Boy what a difference a week makes! A massive, 48-hour snow storm dumped huge amounts of powder on Utah’s ski resorts across the state measuring in feet, not inches. According to Ski Utah, the big winner…
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…
“Here Comes Winter” coming to Park City
Winter is coming… it’s trendy thing to hashtag thanks to Game of Thrones, but this time of year, it’s a pretty damn accurate statement. Alternatively, you can say, “here comes winter,” and that’s exactly what Wasatch Mountain Arts is saying when they bring their latest ski film-festival to Park City in November. Here Comes Winter…
“Ruin and Rose” ski movie review
I caught the Salt Lake City premiere of Matchstick Production’s Ruin and Rose on Thursday night, and walked away stoked about the upcoming ski season. That’s really why we go to ski movie screenings, isn’t it? We gather with the tribe, catch swag thrown by pro skiers, have a beer, and drool over footage of…
Salt Lake City premiere of MSP’s “Ruin and Rose”
The new ski film from Matchstick Productions, Ruin and Rose, sees its Salt Lake City premiere on Thursday, October 6th at 8:00pm at the Jeanne’ Wagner Theatre in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Ruin and Rose is the first MSP film by acclaimed writer/director Ben Sturgulewski, who is well known as the artistic force behind…
Skiing the National Parks in Powder’s “Monumental”
Ever wondered what it’s like to ski our nation’s National Parks? With the NPS celebrating 100 years, Powder Magazine, along with KGB Productions and REI have teamed up to produce a ski film about that very subject. The film is called “Monumental” and it follows backcountry skiers who travel into the heart of the west’s…
Telluride and Revelstoke added to Mountain Collective Pass
If you are a Mountain Collective pass-holder who’s home mountain here in Utah is at Alta, well your pass just got a whole lot more awesome, as Telluride and Revelstoke have been added for the 2016/17 ski season. The Mountain Collective already had an impressive lineup of 12 resorts, including Alta/Snowbird, Whistler/Blackcomb, Jackson Hole, Sun…