Recent content by powerlumina77

I'm limited to Ogden area, with two in diapers at home, and I'd love to get to the big SLC resorts. But one of the big things that keeps me away is often mentioned in these reports. The traffic to/from is getting worse with no hope as the secret to Utah life catches on. Wasatch Weather Weenies...

Saw this posted by Powder Mountain on Facebook- "It's been an exciting few months and we're happy to announce that the Summit Group will be submitting a Planned Residential Unit Development (PRUD) application to Weber County at the end of this month.In an effort to keep the community informed...

well, I remember drinking PBR there on tap on New Years eve, 2008, when it was surely not aimed at hipsters. It was used to wash down chili served in a styrofoam cup. UT is always about 25 years behind any east coast trend. Based on the preceeding posts, it looks like PBR will remain for very...

3 questions for me: Will PBR remain on tap? Will the amazing night skiing deal remain? Will the resort continue to operate w/o snowmaking? I agree that it could have been much worse.

So, after 5 years of skiing on my beginner set-up, I upgraded last weekend with a goal of touring/offpiste ability. I'd like to enjoy touring up from the valley at night once a week as I'm currently in Europe, but also want to enjoy more offpiste as we'll be moving back to UT in the next year or...

http://www.visitogden.com/Press-Media/F ... r-Magazine Pretty cool to read about our adopted hometown starting to really hit a good stride. Cool new haunts opening up on 25th street, and still an abundance of affordable historic houses to fix-up. If you learn to home-brew, Ogden is the perfect...

RFID lift pass is common in Europe. There's a €2.00 fee that you get back when you return it. Sure hope it catches on in the states. We left UT in fall 2009, and hadn't seen it there yet. 14 min lift lines? I hope you get out to UT sometime soon!

second that- I'd love to see a TR from snowbasin. Previous year's reports normally mention something like "how come we don't come up here more often?". When we get back to UT I'll be able to afford a season pass there.

Still here in Garmisch, Germany as a civilian. After getting in just one day last year, I'm hoping for about 10 days this year with a much better start to winter and a better budget situation. This first day of the season we had a crew of 6 travel about 30 mins south into the first valley you...

Good to hear Roosters and Snowbasin provided the goods. Now that I'm renting out my home in that town, I'm REALLY an Ogden cheerleader. With the slow chairs you mentioned, I can't imagine there ever being a situation where you'd have to wait in line unintentionally. Even the John Paul is empty...

Haven't gotten many days in for a few reasons: 1) I do love to ski, but only get 12-15 days in per season so I'm probably not up to par with a lot of people on FT. 2) We're here long term, 3-5 years, and we arrived at the end of Oct. Nov and Dec were just a mess with settling in temp housing...

Worth mentioning that we'd be happy to show anybody around these parts. There's some regulars here who really know the ropes. And being pointed to the good restuarants is really important when the EUROS go out the window so quickly.

We'll try and keep 'em coming. I'm lickin my chops over president's day. If we don't get a day in by then, I'll be heading out somewhere with the guys. The German skills do help out in town, but in Garmisch I think the english speakers sometimes outnumber the locals! Kind of strange here...

There's just too much good stuff going on in downtown Ogden to rule it out. They finally have a WING bar down there! Snowbasin is about 25 mins, Powder about 35. The Marriot is probably the nicest, and within walking distance of 25th street and Salomon Center attractions. We've had bad...

Finally getting a post on here from Garmisch. We're here for a few years at a small US GOV school. For all the hype of a good European winter, conditions have been lousy here in the Valley. Considering that all of the longer runs in Garmisch come down to the valley floor, you'll encounter pretty...