Happy New Year from Utah Outside Here’s to all of you skiers, snowboarders, hikers, mountain bikers, rock climbers, backpackers, runners, river rats, and general outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy everything Utah’s amazing landscape throws at us. We hope all of our readers had a grand 2010. So toast the new year. May your road through 2011…
Tag: snowboarding
Grand opening of Utah’s 14th ski resort Eagle Point
Eagle Point, Utah’s newest ski resort (bringing the total to 14,) had their grand opening on Wednesday, December 15th. Skiers and snowboarders from around the state made the trip to the Tushar Mountains above Beaver to be a part of Utah ski history and be among the first to ride the lifts and make turns…
Canyons fires up the Orange Bubble Express on opening day
Canyons opened for the 2010/11 on Friday, December 10th to much fanfare over the new, first-of-its-kind in North America, Orange Bubble Express with heated seats. According to Canyons, the seats are set at a toasty 56 degrees, and judging from people’s reactions on the first day, the Orange Bubble is a hit. The first 100…
Get real time Utah Avalanche Center info on your phone
Imagine you’re skinning up for some backcountry skiing in Days Fork near Alta. You checked the avalanche report in the morning and feel good to go as the day is forecast to be a moderate, level 2 rating. Just as you enter avalanche terrain in a high elevation area, your phone chirps with a new…
“Snowvember” allows more Utah ski resorts to open early
After yet another epic storm pounded Utah, ski conditions are unbelievably good for this early in the season. The latest round of storms dropped over two feet in some Wasatch Mountain locations, allowing a few resorts to open weeks earlier than anticipated. And in the case of Deer Valley, it’s no soft opening. On Saturday,…
100 inches of snow falls at Utah resorts before Thanksgiving
Skiers and snowboarders at Utah resorts are enjoying early season snow conditions that haven’t been seen in years. The start of the 2010/2011 ski season will go down in history as over 100 inches of natural snowfall has covered the Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon resorts before December, and there’s even more on the way….
Vote favorite Ski Utah Snowflake Commercial and win gear
Three new television commercials were unveiled by the Utah Office of Tourism at the State Capitol this week, featuring the Ski Utah snowflakes as part of a media campaign to promote Utah’s awesome skiing to the masses around the country. We all know that Utah has the “greatest snow on earth,” (trademark, copyright, blah blah…
Deadline approaches for The Canyons Ultimate Mountain Gig
Imagine a job that lasts only four months, pays $40,000 a year, allows you to live in a posh hotel, and all you have to do is ski and/or snowboard every day and blog about it. In case you haven’t heard, this job opening actually exists at The Canyons and it’s appropriately called, “The Ultimate…
3rd Annual Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop at The Depot
It’s the time of year to start thinking about avalanches again, especially if you spend any time in the backcountry. To help educate the skiing/snowboarding/sledding/snowshoeing public, the Utah Avalanche Center holds a workshop every first Saturday in November. Dubbed, the Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop, the event strives to bring avalanche awareness to the masses…
Brighton offers ski season child care
Brighton Child Care – this may be the saving grace for skiers and snowboarders who are married with children. It’s a sad fact of mountain life, but nothing kills the ability to ski or snowboard whenever you want like having kids. You may think you can swing it, but inevitably one spouse has to watch…