Utah Skiing Blog
Content Summary: Powder Ski Review Manufacturer: RAMP (Technology) Type: Big Mtn / Powder Ski (Rocker & Reverse Sidecut Tip) Lengths: 169cm, 179cm, 189cm Sidecut: 146-110-134, 146-112-134, 146-115-134 Average Weight: 8.4, 9.8, 10.4 Turn Radius: 14.4, 17.5, 21.9 Testing Conditions: Powder (in & out of resort)/Chopped Powder/Cold Weather Snow/Groomers A year ago this October I started…
Dave said it best in “Alta Magic“… “the characters of Alta keep me coming back as much as the snow.” Check out this great video edit of birthday wishes for Alta’s 75th. Nice work Casey Thorpe. Participate in the Alta Time Capsule!
I have mentioned Liftopia quite a bit in the past, and they still rock. But here are new KILLER lift ticket deals that just came to my attention, facilitated by Backcountry.com. The best part about these deals is that all the proceeds go to the Utah Avalanche Center. Save money and donate to one…
Although we had a great snow event in October, and a major pounding with “Winter Storm Brutus” early in November, the snow in the Wasatch has been scarce since. Rather than dealing with rocky traverses we decided to spend Thanksgiving this year down in Southern Utah. My folks visiting from central NY, two wee ones,…
This season officially marks 75 years of skiing at Alta! Of course before the ski area opened there were a select few “ultra humans” accessing Alta’s terrain via Park City & Big Cottonwood Canyon…including Alf Engen (Alan Engen interview by Johnny B), who was hired by the Forest Service in 1935 to determine the…
For the past couple of winters I have been proud to be riding Garage Skis. Proud for one because my friend custom builds these out of his garage in the Salt Lake valley. But I was also proud to be on skis that were handmade in the USA, rather than built by machine in…