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Decent Storm Brewing--Wolf Creek Already Has 16"
Not a lot more to say than that. Waiting to see what materializes at Brian Head and the AZ resorts.
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Published 3 weeks ago

Sunrise Trip Tomorrow
I have the day off work at the end of a long week and am heading to Sunrise tomorrow for a day of skiing. Sunrise got 4" or so from the storm last night which is not exactly a powder day, but still is fresh snow. They have gotten a foot and a half in the last 4-5 days so the snow should be...
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Published a month ago

Avalanche Article from the American Spectator
An odd place for an article on Avalanches, but good read nonetheless: Recently, a young man was caught by an avalanche while skiing out-of-bounds at Snowbasin Resort in Utah. When found, he was dead and buried under only a foot of snow. The physics are interesting. When an avalanche stops, the...
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Published a month ago

Is Global Warming Going to Destroy the Ski Industry?
I don't like to wade too deep into the "Climate Change" waters, but got a link from a reader to story by a local news station about the ski industry: Already, the Aspen Global Change Institute forecasts that if global emissions continue to rise, the local ski industry will be little more than a...
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Published a month ago

Truth in Motion
Sat down and watched Truth in Motion last night. Had it Tivo'd and got to watch it on the LCD in HD off of the local NBC station. It really puts a face on the people that compete in the Olympics. So much of what we see is Shawn White this and Bode Miller that, but these are not the Shawn...
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Published a month ago

Intrawest Defaults on Loans, Lenders Start Foreclosure Process (h/t Mark)
A reader sent me this story from CBC regarding Intrawest's financial problems: Wall Street financiers say they are going to put the Whistler Blackcomb resort up for sale while the facility is hosting Winter Olympic events next month. Creditors who have lent $1.4 billion US to the ski resort's...
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Published a month ago

Outstanding Day at Sunrise
Took a day trip to Sunrise with my cousin Zach that took a whole lot of arm twisting. He finally told me on Thursday that if no one else was going to go that he guessed he would because had already committed but that he didn't really want to drive 250 miles each way in the same day. We were...
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Published a month ago

Perhaps the Best Ski Day Ever at Brian Head
I hate making a pronouncement like that but in the last week BH has gotten over 4' of snow and Saturday we cut first tracks on Dunes and by first tracks I mean we took at least four laps down The Plunge before anyone else even tried. Saturday was 15 degrees, sunny without a cloud, and almost...
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Published 2 months ago

Sunrise Closed Due to Massive Storm
When you are closed because you got between 3-4' and the roads are shut down across half the state you know conditions will be good the next day. Record storm in AZ last night. I am debating going to the condo tonight or taking the ski bus to Sunrise tomorrow. Still 50-50.
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Published 2 months ago

Promotions from Brian Head
Just got an email from the promotions folks at Brian Head: Brian Head, UT â Several new lodging/skiing/boarding packages and multiple promotions offering 50%-off adult lift tickets have been introduced at Southern Utahâ s Brian Head Resort, the best-kept skiing and snowboarding secret in the...
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Published 2 months ago

Popular Mechanics Follows Avalanche Patrolers
Cool Article on Avalanche Patrolers in Popular Mechanics: The bomb is the size of a soup can, bright orange, stuffed with two pounds of pentoliteâ€"a chalky mixture of TNT and an even more powerful explosive compound known as PETN. Ross Titilah, a 31-year-old ski patroller at Big Sky Resort in...
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Published 2 months ago

Swift.Silent.Deep
Got a great movie in the mail a couple weeks ago Swift.Silent.Deep about the Jackson Hole Air Force. Seriously loved the movie. Jake, Jackson, Jarrett and I watched it on our Christmas trip to Brian Head. Just awesome and interesting historical perspective. The film had some controversy...
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Published 2 months ago