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I skied Alta on 21 Apr 2024 for only the second time this season (1st time was a great powder day in feb). It was their closing day and a large and festive crowd turned out. Magnificent weather, 60 degs on the mtn. Snow pretty good until early afternoon, then heavier, but that's when we...

Did something different today for Eclipse Day, 8 Apr 2024, went up to Solitude, UT for snowshoeing and partying. This is what the eclipse looked like at peak totality in UT (~50%) at 12:30 pm MDT, not too different from a normal day? Here's what it looked like with a filter. Then we went...

Any of you guys telemarkers? I'm not, but sometimes I ski with a real good one here in Utah and he's pushing 70. I think he lurks on FTO. Here's a few photos of him from 6 Apr 2024 at Solitude, UT.

Day started with a drive up LCC, took about 80 mins vs usual 20. The wasatch hadn't seen this much fresh powder since about 13/14 March so the crowds were out to get their Sunday fix. The one foot new snow stuck to trees in lower canyon like cotton candy. Visibility ranged from very poor to...

I skied Snowbird with some friends! L-R: me, Tony C, Big Tony, Stefan Stefan coming down Middle Cirque, very flat light made it tough. Big Tony Middle Cirque Trio with the terrain they just skied (The Cirque) in the distant background. 3K foot vertical drop on this run. Run of the...

I just finished an epic week of Utah skiing. Some resorts in the Wasatch Mtns of Utah reported more than five feet of snow between Feb 2-9, 2024. Friends visited during the week and I skied a variety of resorts with them in fabulous, stormy snow conditions. 2 Feb, Solitude, 4-6" new snow. My...

I must have done something wrong in life. I'm reserving $59 motels for a visit to Monarch, Colorado later this week o_O

My neighbor is a casual alpine and X-C skier. He's going to Los Angeles next week and has one week to tool around the state with his son. He just asked me if there is any good X-C skiing in California right now. It sort of doesn't look like it, but anybody have any suggestions? Bear VAlley...

I've spent the better part of the last five winters in Utah. The winter of 2023 in Utah was a standout and truly unprecedented in a number of ways. I wasn't there for the entire winter, but I caught a good chunk of it, remaining in the Salt Lake Valley for about 4.5 months. I started skiing in...

I've skied 11 out of the last 18 days here in Utah. Nine days at Snowbird and two at Solitude. I stay in the valley and commute up BCC and LCC to ski. As some of you know, the traffic and parking problems in BCC and LCC are bad and getting worse. I've dodged quite a bit of it by...

I've skied Snowbird, UT for the last four days. It's my first days there this winter. I skied about 40 days at Snowbird last winter from Jan to May. Conditions are better now than anything I experienced at Snowbird last year. The cat tracks are all covered with snow, no gravel. The Cirque...

I had an exciting crossing of the US in my Subie this past week. Left Wash DC area at noon on Jan 17. Was originally planning to drive I80 to my destination in UT, but a big storm predicting 15-20" in Neb and 5-10" in KS made me call an audible and I headed towards Indiana and I70. On Jan 18...

Thanks for the beautiful photos. It's nice to see a first hand report of good times in the Alps this winter. This Washington Post article from Jan 12, 2023 is all doom and gloom. It is behind a paywall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/12/skiing-climate-change-alps-snow/ The gist...

How do you folks feel about lunch at ski areas? 1. Is enjoying a nice lunch from a food service operation on the mountain an important part of your ski day? 2. What are some of your more memorable lunches during a ski outing, including location and cuisine? 3. Or are you more of a brown...

I think I know the answer, but wondering what the board thinks. There is a small chance I make a 10-14 day trip to Europe with Ikon base pass in late March and early Apr. It looks like my choices are Zermatt, Chamonix, Dolomiti, and Kitzbuhel. Which is best for that time? Thanks

Ski road tripping misadventures: March 2018, memorable drive in a remote part of western Montana traveling from Jackson, WY, toward Canada. We exited I-90 southeast of Missoula around 8:30 pm to head north in the direction of Revelstoke. There was a motel at the Interstate exit, but I was not...

As discussed in my April 2022 Mammoth trip report, I had a great four-day visit there. But there was a dark cloud hanging over that trip. My wife and I had been exposed to Covid by a close family member. I had prepaid for my condo at Mammoth. The family member didn't need our help and...

From April 15-18, 2022 I skied four consecutive days at Mammoth Mtn. It was my first ever visit there. Days 1, 3 and 4 were excellent. Day 2 was windy with about 8" new wet snow, but visibility was poor and most of the mtn was closed. Apr 15, it was somewhat windy my entire time at Mammoth...

Continuation of pictorial recap of my season: April 1st, a friend in the Eagles Nest area of Alta, UT. That's Mt. Superior in the background April 1st again, hunting for fun snow in the E. Castle area. Apr 2, avi-dog waits with the rest of us to catch the red tram car. This was the next...

In early March one of my daughters came to visit and I skied with her and my son for a couple of days. I have four adult children spread around the world and it's a special treat when I see more than one at a time. This photo was taken at the top of the Gadzoom lift at Snowbird, UT. Visiting...