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!

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Type: Big Mtn / Powder Ski (Rocker & Reverse sidecut Tip) Sidecut: 146-115-134mm Sizes: 169cm, 179cm, 189cm Average Weight: 8.5 lbs Speed Range: 7-10 Radius: 21.93M

Conditions: Powder (in & out of resort)/Chopped Powder/Cold Weather Snow/Groomers

Back in October I posted about RAMP Sports, a Utah-based company building skis by hand right here [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Just a quick post to give a heads up on a killer list I am aggregating for ski gear deals for Cyber Monday week. CLICK HERE to see the list. More offers are being added to that page each day this week. FEATURED DEALS

Killer deal on custom bamboo ski poles from [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Heard of Soul Poles? The company has been around for over a year, but not yet two. In that short amount of time they have made TONS of progress spreading the word…

No snow. No ski. That’s the simple fact of global warming and the grim predictions of disappearing alpine snow. And [...]

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Every year around this time online ski stores need to clear space for new winter (and next year’s) gear. So there are more than just back-to-school deals to be had out there, especially if you’re active outside during winter months skiing or whatever. If you’re in the “gearing up for winter” mode, check out [...]

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As the Powder House Ski @Facebook person would say.. “If you’re not here for Alta in April, well, you’re blowing it. Check out the full event line up!” (for example) Click the image below. Nice work on that Alta Chamber & Visitors Bureau…tons of info on this page:

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