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  1. Evren

    Park City Mountain Canyons Park West Wolf Resort announced!

    Read all about it here: http://www.firsttracksonline.com/2014/1 ... t-in-utah/ As for the name, it is only my idea -- but you need something like that given how wide it will be. Otherwise, you can't write it across and fill the space on a map. What do I like about it? 20 minutes...
  2. Evren

    PCMR & Canyons, 11/23/14

    Sorry for the click-bait, I just went to those places to pick up my pass. But now that you are here... It looked like Christmas day at PCMR. Around noon, the parking lot was full -- with cars searching for a spot: The line to get your pass was long: The line to ski a few blue runs was...
  3. Evren

    Snowbasin 2/27/14

    Here is the relevant picture for this post: ...showing total precip so far today. Darkest blue is where Snowbasin is at. And where I was. Like Woody Allen says, eighty percent of success is showing up. It almost didn't happen. WasatchSnowForecast called for a last-chair-today /...
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    Snowbasin 1/9/14 with a little Deer Valley the next day

    There were some questions on another thread about Snowbasin so might as well post a new one. I didn't previously because I have no pictures. I have no pictures because Thursday was one of those days when you race down the hill at 3:55 trying to make last lift. So good. so good. so good. This...
  5. Evren

    Off-topic: Utah car camping question

    I will be doing the rounds in Southern Utah soon and I know people here are knowledgeable about the area. So I have a few questions. The emphasis will be on scenic drives and day hikes. I've been to many of these places at least once so the idea is to add a few I haven't while my friend sees...
  6. Evren

    Deer Valley Monorail

    Any ideas what it does?
  7. Evren

    Utah mountain pass openings

    Crews are working on East Canyon; saw the machines making their way back yesterday. This is about the same time as last year (which was the earliest by a long shot in the last 5 years). That gives me hope for Guardsman. It happened on May 4th for PC-Midway and May 15 for PC-BCC last year. The...
  8. Evren

    Almost Alta... Brighton UT instead 4/20/2013

    The morning report showed 5 inches at both Alta & Brighton. There was a snow band set up over the Cottonwoods so I knew there'd be more. And more at Alta than at Brighton. Trust me, I know these things! On the other hand Alta was closed all week... so there was a smallish possibility a bunch of...
  9. Evren

    Sublime Snowbasin

    The phrase, "best day ever" is thrown around these days :) I just know that between a repeat of Friday at Snowbasin and a freebie heli-ski day... I'd go for the repeat. It was another set of three just like two weeks ago: A decent Thursday, a come-from-behind winner Friday, and Saturday...
  10. Evren

    WHOA! Snowbasin, 2/24/2013

    Question. If you had to choose between the three days below, which one would you -- realistically -- ski? a) Friday, 5 inches in the last 24, forecast cloudy skies and maybe snow showers b) Saturday, 9 inches in the last 24, forecast cold front passage with 2-3 hours of heavy snow and high...
  11. Evren

    Snowbasin 1/11/13 halftime report

    It is coming down at a prodigious pace here since morning. Basin reported 6"-- I just spoke to patrol, and it's up to 17" by 1pm. Light as feather. Been doing knee-deep faceshots all morning on men's downhill. I could've skied so many lines just there for the taking but downhill was just as...
  12. Evren

    Snowbasin 12/24/12

    Christmas came... on time, this year. Snowbasin reported 2'', which was 6'' of creamy goodness by mid-morning. Not really light, but easy on the legs. I'd say 8%. That sounds like a good number. Another 6-8 of progressively lighter stuff would fall throughout the day. Despite Needles being the...
  13. Evren

    An indecent proposal from Canyons

    I got an email from Canyons offering a full season pass for $899 between now and Christmas. And it has me thinking. On the one hand, I will end up having passes to the resorts with the least amount of snowfall: Sundance, PCMR (10-pass), Canyons, Snowbasin. On the other, Canyons is 20 minutes...
  14. Evren

    Sundance, Park City MR, Snowbasin 12/17-21/12

    Not a typical trip report here but some general comments (and no pictures, unfortunately, if you have ADHD). Snowbasin currently sucks. They have more of a base than Sundance but they need even more because of what's underneath which are jagged rocks instead of the flimsy shoots of undergrowth...
  15. Evren

    A very curious forecast for Northern Wasatch

    Oh, boy! Oh, boy! We are all very hopeful for the next few days in Northern Utah, obviously. But there is one little area that is returning *highly* unusual snow predictions on the NWS site. The location I am looking at is 8600 ft right around Mt Ogden -- Snowbasin. The prediction bands through...
  16. Evren

    Hit piece on Tony Crocker

    "Ski Good or Eat Wood: White Grizzly Adventures" by Dick Dorworth Oct '12 Mountain Gazette ...and now you know.
  17. Evren

    Couchsurfing

    Hey, I figured it would be as good a time to mention this as any: If you are on this forum, and thinking of a trip to SLC anytime soon... I am on couchsurfing and well, I'd be happy to host you as much as any of those backpackers from who-knows-where. Just shoot me a request.
  18. Evren

    Snowbasin cuts pass prices drastically

    Snowbasin just announced pricing for its passes and they're cheaper -- by a lot! The equivalent of their full pass from last year is $649 instead of $999. And there is a no frills, some blackouts pass for $449. This is huge. Park City started this, now Snowbasin one-upped them. Colorado prices...
  19. Evren

    Guardsman Pass being paved

    Never thought I'd see the day but... Wasatch County started laying a new surface in parts of Guardsman last week. Today I caught up with one of the workers. He said that they were tired of having to deal with incessant washboarding (tell me about it). They are currently putting down some...
  20. Evren

    Wildflowers?

    Has anyone been up to Alta recently? What is the situation with wildflowers -- are they out, expected, etc.? I was up at Guardsman today: It is by no means illustrative of what you'll find in BCC overall. It has been a very poor year for wildflowers here (for obvious reasons). I am a little...
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