While I’m currently trying to forget the 2014/15 ski season ever happened thanks to record-breaking low snowfall totals, it’s hard to get excited for next year’s crop of ski movies. However, the trailer for “Migrations” from Salt Lake’s own Stellar Adventure Media, pretty much threw me out of my funk and made me want to…
Tag: Skiing
Park City Interconnect Gondola approved
Vail Resorts scored a huge win this week as their capitol improvement plan for Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) and Canyons was approved by the Park City Planning Commission. The biggest news of the plan is that Vail will now be able to construct an interconnect gondola, linking Canyons Resort to Park City Mountain Resort,…
Scarpa Freedom SL Alpine Touring Boots review
A happy medium. That’s all I want when shopping for alpine touring boots. That medium is good tourability with excellent downhill performance. The lightest boots with the most range-of-motion I’ve found to be wimps on the ski down, but boots that are stiff and stable on the descent can be heavy and uncomfortable on the…
Backcountry skiing at Idaho’s Coyote Yurt
Backcountry skiing from yurts is among my favorite things to do in the winter months. And my favorite place to go isn’t in Utah, but in Idaho at one of the Sun Valley Trekking yurts in the Sawtooth National Forest. This year, we booked the Coyote Yurt, known for its access to 2,000-foot descents through…
Brighton part of new 22 resort M.A.X. Pass
The Utah ski industry is about to be shaken up once again. For the 2015/16 season, Brighton Resort will join 21 other ski areas in the U.S. and Canada in a new pass network that will give the Vail Resorts Epic Pass a run for its money. It’s called the M.A.X. Pass – a collaboration…
Woolx Merino X-Plorer Base Layer review
I’m very picky about my base layers, mostly because I’ve become spoiled from merino wool. Now, all I want to wear when skiing is merino. So when Woolx, a company based out of Endicott, New York, asked if I’d like to try some X-Plorer base layers, they didn’t have to twist my arm too hard….
Alta speaks out about Mountain Accord
As the blueprint for the Mountain Accord is making its way through public comment, meetings, and presentations, many skiers have expressed concern about proposed federal land trades with ski resorts. Resorts want more land from the U.S. Forest Service for base facility expansion. They are willing to trade higher-elevation, backcountry land in return. The concern…
Video: Snowboarding from the top of Hayden Peak
The Provo Brothers are at it again. These guys have been exploring the Uinta Mountain backcountry for years, and have released edits of their adventures killer enough to make me want to throw down thousands of dollars for a snowmobile so I can access these peaks in the winter months. Well, they’ve gone and descended…
Wasatch Backcountry Alliance seeks trailhead volunteers
The Wasatch backcountry is being set up for some massive changes. From One Wasatch to the Mountain Accord, the terrain we tour in will either be protected, sucked into resort expansion, or both. The Wasatch Backcountry Alliance needs our help to get the message out to backcountry users and is asking for trailhead volunteers. That…
Backcountry Report: Beartrap Fork
Winter finally returned to the Wasatch! With 13 inches falling over three days in the upper Cottonwood Canyons, myself, along with Mason Diedrich and Adam Symonds, skinned up Beartrap Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon in hopes of fresh lines with no crowds. We found what we were looking for. It felt so good to break…