The mountain bike trails at Deer Valley are going to look (and ride) a whole lot different starting this summer, as the Park City ski resort has big plans for trail upgrades. Mountain biking has become a big draw for ski areas looking to cash in on summer operations, and massive bike parks like the…
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Summer skiing in the Uinta Mountains
Summer is a sad time of year for skiers. But what we lose in snow, powder turns and cold air, we gain in having a brief window to ski a place we can’t otherwise access. The Uinta Mountains is one such place. The Mirror Lake Highway, the main artery through the Unitas that goes from…
Eric Ghanem skis Gunsight at Alta in September
It’s crazy. A very, very early winter storm dumped 6 inches of snow on Alta, and insane skiers thought that was enough to drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon and make some turns. One of those skiers, our good friend Eric Ghanem, even went so far as to ski Gunsight. A bunch of that new snow…
Summer Sizzles at Utah Ski Resorts
If you are looking for something fun to do this summer, look no further than the nearest ski resort. Yes, I said ski resort! Here’s a list of happenings at each resort: ALTA SKI AREA Open all summer for hiking and biking. The Alta Lodge is also open daily through mid-October for meetings, weddings, retreats…
Summer skiing at Snowbird
2011 will go down as the one of the greatest Utah ski seasons in anyone’s memory. Surely the over 700 inches of snow our Wasatch Mountain ski resorts were buried under, as well as the incredible wet spring that followed, will be talked about in bars and skier gathering places for decades to come. And…