Salt Lake mountain bikers rejoice! A new mountain bike trail has opened in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and it’s a doozy. The Big Mountain Trail was unveiled at Snowbird on Monday, July 14, with tram rides, and a ribbon cutting only mountain bikers could pull off. I got to be among the first members of the…
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Snowbird ownership changes hands
The big news coming out of Little Cottonwood Canyon is that Snowbird has been sold. In an announcement on May 12, 2014, Dick Bass sold his majority ownership of Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort to the Cumming family, who also own Powdr Corp, which also operates Park City Mountain Resort. Dick Bass will remain as…
Sherpa fundraiser to help Everest avalanche victims
The single most deadly accident ever to befall Mount Everest happened on April 18th, when a block of ice broke loose above the Khumbu Icefall above base camp, which unleashed a massive avalanche that killed 16 Sherpa guides. The slide at 20,000 feet buried Sherpas who were setting up ropes and camps along the route…
Backcountry skiing Lake Peak and Red Baldy
Spring backcountry skiing often means that approach routes are bare dirt, mud or even green grass. But one place that still hold snow from the car to the peaks is White Pine in Little Cottonwood Canyon. This high-elevation canyon is a corn-mecca with mountains like Red Stack, Lake Peak, Red Baldy and White Baldy all…
One Wasatch to connect 7 Utah ski resorts
Ski Utah and all seven Wasatch ski resorts dropped a big announcement that may well push the long-talked about Interconnect into reality. One Wasatch is a new idea that will connect all the Central Wasatch resorts from Deer Valley in Park City to Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The combination of joining these resorts means…
The Snowbird Freeride World Tour comp that almost wasn’t
During the throws of a powerful winter storm in March, the top riders from around the globe gathered in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah to test their might against the formidable steeps of Little Cottonwood Canyon. After an abysmal snow year in the Sierras, the fourth stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The…
Freeride World Tour comes to Snowbird
The Swatch Freeride World Tour is coming to Utah. Due to a lack of snow at Kirkwood in California, organizers were forced to move the event to Snowbird. Lucky us! Snowbird’s first possible day of competition is scheduled for March 1, 2014 with an open weather window through March 5, 2014. So if you’re a…
Snowbird to help tear down Old Grit Mill
Everyone has seen the old Grit Mill. You drive into little Cottonwood Canyon, and one mile up the road, there it is on the north side – an ugly, concrete, graffiti-painted structure. The Grit Mill has been abandoned for decades and is a serious eyesore for anyone who enters the canyon to seek out natural…
New Year’s Eve celebrations at Utah ski resorts
New Year’s Eve is always a good time at Utah’s ski resorts. There’s parties, events, music, fireworks, and of course the traditional torchlight parade. Plus, who wouldn’t want to stay up until midnight in the mountains, then start the new year right by skiing on New Year’s Day? So below is a list of New…
New Gad 2 lift at Snowbird opens to the public
The long-awaited, new Gad 2 chair lift at Snowbird officially opens to skiers and snowboarders on Thursday, December 12. This new version of the beloved Gad 2 chair is a high-speed, detachable quad that replaces an old two-seater. Personally, I always think it’s a shame when a classic double-chair is retired for a quad, but…