Recent content by Twisted

I was at Snowbird on Saturday. Visibility at the peak was about 15 yards :( I should have waited and went Sunday. It was still fun though :)

Apparently resorts in Big and Little Cottonwood got 7-9" last night but how much does that actually help with opening up more runs? What's the minimum base required to open your average blue run and does anyone have any idea what might be open in the cottonwoods by this weekend? I'm trying to...

Thanks for all the good resources. There were several there that are very interesting, I particularly like the NWS glossary of terms - it helps me get my head around the weather techno babble. Now I can sit comfortably at home and wait patiently with all these weather websites until there's...

My weather obsession here in Salt Lake has become somewhat out of control. I find myself looking at a combination of 10 different websites and getting mostly the same data from each. So, does anyone have any good sources for long term forecasts and maybe a good explanation of what some of the...

I came here back in 2001 to work for Microsoft on their XBox snowboarding game Amped. So, naturally, I figured I should try snowboarding and having never been skiing or snowboarding before (at age 23) I had several very frustrating experiences in my first two years here trying to board. I never...

Does anyone know anything about the plans for a new Ski area on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley in the Oquirrh Mountains. I saw a report in the Salt Lake Tribune that said it was a near certainty but I haven't heard of anything since. If a new resort were to be built how long does that...

It's driving me mad that Brighton hasn't announced an opening day yet! I have a forced day off work (server maintenance) on the 16th of November and a bunch of us are planning a ski day. I'm really dying to know if Brighton will be open by then or not. I know we can always hit Solitude on...

Ok, I am being a little mean towards Sandy and the rest of the salt lake valley - there are good restaurants scattered all over the place. I just haven't been to many of them yet. My preference towards downtown is almost entirely based on beer availability so given that you are travelling with...

Personally i'd stay downtown, mostly because I already live there and i'm biased but I can make it from my house to Brighton in 35 minutes on a good day! I keep hearing people tell me traffic in Sandy is getting worse and worse for morning commutes but I haven't experienced it first hand so...

I never realized the Canyons had such good tree runs. I have never actually been there because eveyone tells me that the lift lines can get pretty bad. I definately plan on visiting at least once this year though - maybe i'll go after a good storm rolls past.

I didn't realize PCMR had good tree lines but from what Admin says I haven't looked hard enough. Most of my days there were family ski days with everything from an 8-year old to a 65 year old in our party so we stuck to the groomers for the most part. What parts of park city have the best tree...

I'm trying to decide where to spend my time this winter, I've been living in Salt Lake for six years and I've become increasingly obsessed with skiing over the last three years and finally last year I felt like I became good enough to actually be able to enjoy most of the runs at a resort...