After logging 39 ski days thus far (38 at Alta - I spent one day pre-Christmas at Powder Mountain) and nearly a half million vertical feet, it's high time I put up an early season recap. I'm taking a day off the slopes, so why not today?
Unlike 2017/2018 we had a tremendous start to the season this year. Strong storms in late November and early December set the tone and built bases. No WROD this year! After drying out in mid-December, storms returned to keep holiday visitors happy through early January, and we just finished off another 27-inch storm cycle. We're now closing in on 200" season to date, and base depths are at 70". Everything -- and I mean everything -- is skiing well. The Wasatch Mountains south of I-80 are now at 109% of normal snowpack for this date.
Let's do this in a photo timeline. The captions will tell the story. Sorry that I didn't color grade some of these, they're straight outta the cell phone.
Unlike 2017/2018 we had a tremendous start to the season this year. Strong storms in late November and early December set the tone and built bases. No WROD this year! After drying out in mid-December, storms returned to keep holiday visitors happy through early January, and we just finished off another 27-inch storm cycle. We're now closing in on 200" season to date, and base depths are at 70". Everything -- and I mean everything -- is skiing well. The Wasatch Mountains south of I-80 are now at 109% of normal snowpack for this date.
Let's do this in a photo timeline. The captions will tell the story. Sorry that I didn't color grade some of these, they're straight outta the cell phone.