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Skiing is simply one of many, many activities that have a large carbon footprint - it's arguably nowhere even close to the worst in terms of total impact. Take Hawaii - there are somewhere around 60 million annual visitor days based on 7 million+ arrivals. So just one beach destination is...

and seemingly rock free...

That's a great idea, especially if you're planning to hit Powder Mountain. That's the one Utah resort you simply can't get to with 2WD under heavy snow since the road is so steep and bus access is extremely limited. And hitting PM on a powder day is simply a blast (and the only time you really...

Totally agree with the economy car approach - for the price of a cab or shuttle you'll have the freedom of your own car. For lodging I personally stay with either family or friends. However, there is a glut of cheap lodging in the SL valley - there are many suite-type hotels (with kitchens)...

Great videos! Nice editing and camera work - felt like I was along for the ride. Thanks for getting the season started!

I think socal is generally spot on. If you're only going to have 1 or 2 trips to Utah then spending the extra money to basically guarantee you'll have powder conditions is the way to go. If you're thinking you'll go on 3 or more trips, then planning gets a little more tricky - unless money is...

Thanks a bunch Admin!!! Just booked an early December flight (hope I'm not speculating too much there) and a flight over Sundance, both from Oakland for $141 total per flight. Crazy... I totally would have missed this without you pointing it out.

From what I can gather the Sierra uplift (4-10M years ago) started well after the Rockies (65-100M years ago). The youngest Rockies range (Tetons) started to uplift ~9M years ago. There is a fascinating study of range ruggedness at http://www.peaklist.org/spire/rug/rugged-ranges.html. The...

Ha. I still think Alta has this mysterious resort beat. As a hypothetical let's say these two resorts were 1000 miles away from each other, instead of next door. Which would you choose? Which would win as the area most likely to give you the most powder over the course of a season? My guess...

First of all, backcountry is a misnomer here. Backcountry is for those who truly earn their turns. We're all relative wimps, using lifts to get us to places where others use nothing but their hard work and sweat. The title we're really talking about is lift areas that get you the most quality...

Best of luck to them. Hard to imagine they can be viable either as a local's area or especially a destination resort, though. 20,000 skier visits seems way too low to support any lift operation, and I wouldn't imagine you could get too much beyond those numbers with the tiny local population...

I think Marc_C is referring to a halo type of effect, a lot like how car manufacturers will build a hi-performance coupe that's a loss-leader but gives the brand cred across the board. If the Canyons could provide additional access to it's upper bowls then a couple hundred skiers directly...

The reality is that the Canyons is a real estate play. The ski experience is just to get people in the door - it doesn't have to be best-of-breed. The owners have thousands of acres of private property to play with, compared with most resorts that have to deal with the Forest Service and...

As a destination skier (who often skis in groups including intermediate skiers) Canyons has been reasonably compelling. Of course, we always take advantage of QuickStart - I wouldn't ever pay full-price (or even ski-store discount-rates) to ski there given the myriad of better options in the...

I collided with Tony's recent post - I'm mainly rehashing things he just said... I think Marc is correct on all points. I've virtually given up trying to get my old high school friends in SLC to ski with me when I visit Utah - either they find skiing too expensive, they're too lazy, or they...

Totally feel the same way. There are hundreds (or thousands) of places across the country/world where you can get good snow with good terrain, assuming you time it right. But the Southwestern desert is uniquely beautiful in terms of it's geography, isolation and ability to simply leave you...

Wow - what a great trip. Sounds like the snow conditions ended up being better than you expected. It's cool that you were able to hit so much of S. Utah - amazing country. It's surprising that with almost a 3500' vertical Steamboat skis so flat. Seems like there would be at least some...

Totally agree with socal that you go to Utah to ski, not drink. However, there's still some WTF? alcohol laws in Utah that make it feel like a backwater compared to Europe, California, etc. The big ones I've run into are the fact restaurants can't serve alcohol before noon and the limitations...

Admin probably already linked to this in the News, but if so I didn't see it. PM has added an additional 1000 acres/3000 ft vertical sidecountry, accessed by what looks like a combination of short snowcat ride + a hike up James Peak + a return van. This area used to be out-of-bounds (and...

Amazing shots - you definitely got your money's worth on this one.