Watching ski movies to get psyched for winter is an age-old tradition, but what ever happened to the old-school slide show? Well you can get retro and throw back a few brewskis at the same time during the 1st annual Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal Slide Show at Brewvies Cinema Pub. Hosted by Noah Howell of…
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Video: September Pow 2017
It’s only September in Utah but winter had already arrived in the Wasatch Mountains. A massive, early-fall storm dropped tons of snow in upper Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons that made the peaks look more like January than September. Of course diehard locals with no fear of gouging their skis hiked up Alta for some…
Solitude Mountain Resort now part of Wasatch Benefit Program
If you ski or snowboard in Utah and are thinking about purchasing a season pass to one of our 14 resorts, then you better get on the ball, because price increases happen sooner than you may think. I suggest you consider buying a pass to Solitude Mountain Resort because new this year, Solitude is part…
Chad Brackelsberg new Utah Avalanche Center Executive Director
The Utah Avalanche Center has a new Executive Director. In a press release, the UAC announced that Chad Brackelsberg has joined the team and will be in charge of the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center – the non-profit arm that plays a vital role in fundraising. According to the UAC, Brackelsberg comes from a corporate…
George Jedenoff skis Snowbird Resort on his 100th birthday
A dream of every skier is being healthy enough to ski at 100-years-old. On July 5th, Utah skier George Jedenoff did just that as he marked his 100th birthday by skiing Snowbird Resort. According to a press release from Ski Utah, Jedenoff has been skiing Little Cottonwood Canyon at both Alta and Snowbird every year…
Utah’s own 4FRNT Skis sold to Jason Levinthal
Salt Lake City based 4FRNT Skis has just announced that they have been acquired by Jason Levinthal of Burlington, Vermont. Levinthal is the founder of JSkis and former owner of Line. The amount of the deal has not been disclosed, but according to a press release, the 4FRNT brand will remain intact and be separate…
Utah sets all-time skier day record in 2017
The 2016/17 ski season is officially the biggest ever based on skier days. The numbers are in and Utah’s ski resorts broke the record with 4,584,658. The tally was counted after Snowbird closed on Sunday, June 11th, which ended an eight-month long ski season for 2016/17. According to Ski Utah in a press release, our…
Videos that make Alta Frank again
Alta has the best closing day of any ski resort in the U.S.A. Period. The 2017 ski season at Alta is now over, and while that’s a bummer, the last-day-at-Alta parties definitely take the sorrow away. High Boy, and the Wildcat parking lot are two venues for celebrating, but the mother of all on-slope parties…
Compilation of Alta “Snow and” videos by Sweetgrass Productions
As I write this, Alta closes in two days for the 2016/17 season. That makes me sad, because Alta is such a special place and it bums me out knowing that I must wait seven long months before I get to ski there again. Alta is almost sacred in a way, and throughout the season,…
Alta’s Supreme and Cecret lifts replaced by next season
Alta is going to look a bit different in the 2017/18 ski season, as a new high-speed quad is being installed this summer. The Supreme and Cecret lifts will run for the last time on Sunday, April 16th when Alta closes for the season. Those two lifts will be dismantled and a new quad will…