Announcements
Alaska Family Slideshow in Anchorage Tonight (Thursday)
If you live in Alaska, I will be up there today giving a slideshow at the Beartooth Theater Pub on skiing Denali, Mt. Hunter and Sultana. Please stop by and say “hi” if you can make it!
Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop
I know – I’ve been a slack-tart on updating StraightChuter.com and apologize profusely. We had family in town last week, plus I’ve been working on a cool little website addition that has to remain top secret until our Antarctica trip. But, on to more important items. Taking a cue from the ISSW, the Friends of […]
Beginning of the season?
It snowed at 7,100′ in Park City today! Alta supposedly got 10+ inches and I’d imagine some of their tilled slopes will be skiable tomorrow. The first snow of the year is one of many landmark seasonal skiing events. I prefer to wait until there is some solid coverage before I start going out as […]
FUAC Party of the Year – Thursday
The Black Diamond/Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center (FUAC) party is by far and away my favorite party the year and is the unofficial start to the 2009/10 ski season. This is the 16th Annual holding of the gala and over the years it has played a big part in helping to fund the UAC. […]
Flagstaff Letter Writing Campaign – Part II
(continued from previous Alta history posting) In the current scheme of ski resorts, ASA has done a great job of improving their existing facilities instead of going on a manifest destiny land-grab like Snowbird, The Canyons and Vail. But times may be changing. After serving as Alta Town Mayor for 34 years, Bill Levitt retired in […]
Alta Trivia & the Proposed Flagstaff Lift – Part 1
Although they share a common name and many of the same interests, the town of Alta and the Alta Ski Area (ASA) are different entities. ASA runs the lifts & facilities of the ski resort and the township of Alta governs things like planning, the library, public safety, transportation and the budget for the booming (as […]
Hans Saari Ski Exploration Grant – Deadline 03/01
Skiing expeditions have been described as many things, but “cheap” is not usually one of them. A three weeker to Alaska is about $2k per person. Baffin Island might come in at around $3,500. Patagonia might run about $3k, the Himalayas are 6-8k depending on the peak and the granddaddy or them all, Antarctica, could easily […]
The Unbearable Lightness of Greg Hill
A month ago I received a suspicious looking unmarked package in the mail from Canada. On one hand it was too small to hold a bomb, but it could have easily been filled with Anthrax spores, so I opened it with extreme caution. To my dismay, a quick death by Anthrax would have been a […]
First Annual Big LePOWski ~ Feb 26-28 SLC
Tune in at 10:00am for the third Chuting Spree Clue – coming soon… I love attending “First Annual” anything as the events tend to have a great mix of new energy and borderline control. The Big LePowSki, coming up Feb 26th – 28th in Salt Lake City and Brighton promises to be just such an […]
PNW not so hot, but ‘Stoke looks good
The Pacific Northwest is definitely a feast or famine area for snow. One season it sets a world record for recorded snowfall (Baker with something like 1,250″) and the next… nothing. Right now it is unfortunately in a solid nothing cycle, so I’m going to pass on the logging and head back to the Wasatch. […]
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