Category Archives: Alta

Posts related to skiing/life in Alta & Little Cottonwood Canyon

Powder on the brain..

..contributes to stuffy and sleepless summer nights. In fact just tonight I was laying there restless, thinking about powder skiing. I went to my Facebook acct because no sleepy for me, and on my feed page I saw that Jeff had just posted a new clip on Youtube earlier in the night. It’s below for… Read More »

Alta Last Day 2009

Well “better late than never”…I think is how the saying goes. It’s been almost a week since we spent a great day in the sun at Alta with good friends celebrating yet another 675 dang deep inches of powder plus (and counting, as I type right now!). I did not spend any time this year… Read More »

Today’s Snow Report

Looking at another 15″ at the house. Just cleared the driveway. Check out the image below for the latest snow report from Alta…

Add Another 19″

The “dump” truck that hangs out at the base of Collins lift has been out a lot this past couple of weeks. Check out the latest snow report at Alta.com: Current Conditions as of: Wed April 1st, 2009 at 04:30:00 PM Settled Snow Depth: 162″ Snowfall (Past 12 hrs): 12″ Snowfall (Past 24 hrs): 19″ Snowfall… Read More »

While the spring storm rages…

…we’re cozy in TL riding flexible flyer sleds, eating soup and feeding goldfish 🙂 And this eve I’m heading into the Uinta Forest for some slednecking. I’ve been thinking about our friends and all the other Altafarians that have been unleashed on the powder this week. Glad for ya’ll. I noticed a friend’s status update… Read More »

Alta Represents!

I noticed on Alta’s pics of the day today they were featuring Grant Howard, son of Alta patroller Sam Howard. The caption to the photo (which is below, BTW) reads “Alta local Grant Howard 2nd Place at Junior Freeskiing Nationals”. Wow…Congratulations Grant! In fact, I checked out the results PDF and for age group 12-14… Read More »