Tag Archives: Alta

2009 Alta Opening – Wed 11/25

Official word just came down via Alta.com. Lifts will be running Wednesday morning, so gear up hippies! With the nice 10” weekend storm and the good snowmaking weather we will be ready to open this Wednesday at 9:15. We will open with our Collins detachable quad, offering top (10,400′) to bottom (8,530′) intermediate and expert… Read More »

The Daily POW

So we installed WordPress at AltaCam recently, but it’s not linked up from the site yet. I found the Panorama Theme by Themocracy from Underground Parent…and I think it’s damn sweet. I just customized the header graphic that came with the theme by using an array of ski photo contest winners over the last few… Read More »

Vintage Alta POWDER

How about this Alta footage! You may have seen this last year on the AltaCam Ski Forum, but a few weeks ago Mark (the guy who shot the film in 1974) posted a new, high-quality version. The best part about this: Although there are more people and tracks nowadays, the blower pow hasn’t changed a… Read More »

Nov 20th Alta Opening

Powderhound (Jesse) posted to AltaCam about opening day recently, and the season is definitely closing in on us. With a good snowpak start in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta announced that opening day for the 2009-10 ski season will be November 20th. That’s on a Friday, so sneak out of work and come up and say… Read More »

First Snow 2009

We have three inches of snow from a cold and wet storm that came through Utah yesterday. Still chilly out, but sun is shinning and it’s sure to be a good day. Here is a pic from our front porch this morning. That’s about 20 miles line of site to Alta, where chances are good… Read More »

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 »