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Skied a half-day at Alta before heading to the airport. No snow in downtown SLC overnight, so I wasn’t optimistic as I headed up the valley, but Alta delivered with about 6-8 inches on the ground when I arrived and probably another 3 or 4 before I left at 1.30. All looked smooth and I was...

It may be a bit of a stretch, but I ended up thinking of Powder Mountain as a sort of squashed Vail – lots of acreage, lots of bowls, but feels like about half of the vertical. (And only about 10% of the skiers, so probably 20 times the chance of scoring some powder) If for nothing else...

So after much deliberation (which many of you have been witness to) Snowbasin was the eventual choice for today. I arrived early, as the drive up from SLC was hassle-free and I definitely did not want to miss first chair, having flown across the country for this storm. Had to wait until...

So I’m taking Tony’s pretty consistent advice for East Coast skiers, which is “if you’re looking for powder days, don’t book in advance, just get on a plane when it’s going to snow” So yesterday I rolled the dice, cashed in some miles and am heading to SLC on Saturday, for 3 days skiing...

…just what the result might be if one were to neglect to remember the box is on top of the car and perhaps casually enter a parking garage while running an errand, the results are below. The way I look at it, I figure it’s really only a matter of time, so I feel pretty good about our 10...

Crazy thought it seems, I think there was a lot less skiing going on in the North-East this weekend than you would think, even after one of the bigger storms in recent history. I think a lot of people planning to head up on Friday were unable to, partly because of the weather but more because...

Four fathers and our 13 year-old sons headed up to New Hampshire for our annual ski-trip. One of the families has a condo in Jackson, which has all the attributes of a great little ski village and is just far enough away from the masses of North Conway. Overall, conditions are really not...

Skied Waterville Valley the day after they got what look liked about 6-9” out of the last storm. Coverage was good, with hero snow in most places. It was a little more blown off and icy on the (looker’s) right side of the ridge, down Tippecanoe. A few crowds – probably 10-15 minutes waits...

So after a day skiing in NH on Friday (Waterville or maybe Cannon), we have a deal at a hotel in St Johnsbury for Friday night this week (the 28th) which gives us two tickets to either Jay or Burke on Saturday. Jay is 60 minutes away from the hotel Vs 30 minutes to Burke and is also an extra...

Back from a 3-day trip to CO with four friends. Stayed at Breck and skied two days there and one at Vail on Saturday. Overall, conditions were better than expected, and for a group of East Coast & Midwest residents, pretty satisfactory. Bright sunshine, no wind and 30-40 degree days are...

So they opened no new terrain today, but the day was still pretty good. There was good snow, no wind, temps just about at freezing, and the sun even made a few appearances. All in all, the mountains looked pretty good. Obviously, most of the snow was cut-up powder and it felt a little heavy...

Wednesday took us to Deer Valley. We felt sort of compelled to try it, but wasn’t sure I was going to like it. While it grew on me during the day, it’s probably the resort I would be least likely to go back to of the three we visited. This week was Spring Break for some parts of the...

This was a slightly different trip from our normal shoestring, bring-the-kids excursions to UT, since we decided to spend part of a recent work bonus on a more luxury trip for just the two of us. As a result we decided to stayed at the Washington School Inn, in Park City. This is a little...

Just heading back from SLC to Boston with my wife, after 3 days in Utah. While it wasn’t the powder-fest we always hope for, this was a good trip for all the other things that make skiing vacations so much fun – sunshine, mountains, and way too much food… Got to SLC late on Sunday night, so...

Easily one of my best ever days on skis today at SB. It looked like it snowed all night and there was 8-10 inches of light fluff on the car at the condo. This was more than any of the previous two mornings, which had already been pretty good days. My wife dropped me at the base area, hoping...

Posting this at a suitably late hour, so Jamesdeluxe knows how fun a day it was today... :) We had the kids back in ski school and my broken-legged son had a marathon Playstation session back at the condo, so my wife and I managed to get a pretty full day in. Managed to get first chair...

More of the same this morning at Sugarbush - sunny weather, no wind, perfect temps and high-speed fun on the groomers, which are still in pretty good shape. Now the clouds are building, so hoping snow arrives as forecast. Looking for any ideas from those who know Sugarbush as to the best plan...

Up at Sugarbush with the family for the week. Arrived yesterday and was not expecting much, but conditions turned out to be pretty reasonable today, as long as you stuck to the groomers, which everybody seemed to be doing. Started with a few runs on North Lynx to get ski legs back. Cover...

Wanted to collect some opinions from the board on the various Alta lodges. The wife and I have a good chance of being able to pull off a 4-day trip in March, leaving the kids with their grandparents. So we were thinking of spending a bit of cash and soaking in the whole Alta experience by...

Arrived for the family ski-trip to Salt Lake on Tuesday, with wife and our boys, who were playing hookie (the kids, not my wife). Settled in to the Courtyard in Sandy, and were a bit worried by the 70 degrees and sunshine we found in Salt Lake on arrival. But trusted to the advice from the...