Skiing for charity – can there be a better combo? One way you can ski for a good cause is at the 6th annual Bob’s Vertical Challenge at Snowbasin. This year, Ski Utah has teamed up with Bob’s Vertical Challenge to help promote the event, which takes place on Tuesday, February 26th. Brandon Ott with…
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2012 goes out with a bang in the Wasatch
Boy, what a way to end a year. After a relatively dry autumn start to the ski season, the latter days of 2012 have been blessed by our god Ullr (or is it Skadi?) Since Christmas Eve, Utah’s mountains have been hammered by snow measured in feet, as in more than one. This has given…
Friday Video: Valhalla Trailer from Sweetgrass Productions
Sweetgrass Productions is currently our favorite ski movie company, so it is with much excitement that this week’s Friday Video is the trailer for their upcoming release, “Valhalla.” All of the Sweetgrass films are different from any sort of ski porn out there, visually and from a storytelling standpoint. Judging from this preview, “Valhalla” is…
Going deep in Garden City Canyon
Wanderlust can cause a backcountry skier to not only travel in many different places, but also travel farther than what would normally be prudent. The urge to see just over that ridge, or peer around the next corner can turn “wanderlust” into “wanderlost.” Garden City Canyon in far northern Utah’s Bear Lake Mountains was the…
The Patroller Z Chronicles: The Big Push
The jetstream has finally dropped and Utah is squarely in the sights of the storm machine. Nearly a week of snowfall has prompted our team to make a push to open more terrain. “It’s snowing out there and it is time to get in the game,” says our Winter Operations Director. His sentiment is well…
Never miss a powder day with Salomon Powfinder
The elusive search for powder – it can be easy depending on where you live, and we here in Utah are lucky enough to live in the Grand Central Station of the powder train (sometimes.) But during those dry spells, one must travel to get the freshie goods. Enter the Salomon Powfinder, a smartphone weather…
The Patroller Z Chronicles: Getting High (Pressure)
The current storm not withstanding, we have been in the doldrums. Lack of snowfall and prolonged high pressure has left us with plenty of time on our hands. Keeping busy skiing the same runs over and over, most of us had tried every line variation possible. Acres of terrain remained closed and it becomes a…
Skier foray into the Bear River Range
WANDERLUST – Definition: “a strong desire for, or impulse to wander or travel.” The definition is apt, as I’ve had a strong impulse of wanderlust lately. Backcountry skiing is a nice way to tamp down any feelings of wandering, but limiting myself to the Wasatch Range the last 11 years has made “The Lust” come…
Friday Video: “Into the Mind” trailer from Sherpas Cinema
If a ski movie trailer comes out an entire year before its release, and it’s this damn good, then the movie itself better be a life-changing experience. Well, judging by this week’s Friday Video, the trailer for “Into the Mind” by Sherpas Cinema aims to do just that. Into The Mind – Official Teaser from…
Take the “Bring a Friend Challenge” at Utah resorts
January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month, and it’s a time for first-timers to get onto local ski slopes and learn how to ski or snowboard from a professional instructor for a minimal cost. It’s all meant to encourage more people to take up the sport. Well, organizers of the January Learn to Ski…