current conditions
Snow in Park City – Oct 6
I don’t think it will stay for the winter, but it was a nice surprise to wake up to!
Wasatch Conditions
The Wasatch has had its temper tantrums this season, but for the most part, it has been a classic year so far with lots of quick 6-12″ refresher storms such as we’ve had for the last week. I’m not sure how the snow totals are stacking up historically, but as of now I’d guess we […]
Skinning the Sliver
Between warm temps, rain, sun, fog, flat light and crazy winds, it is getting hard to find good quality snow in the Wasatch lately. Thinking that The Sliver in upper Hogum Fork was probably no worse than anywhere else, we made the long trek in just for the hell of it the other day.
Wasatch Conditions – Jan 30
After torrential rain to 11,000′, then a deep freeze, then three weeks of little to no snow and high winds, you’d think the Wasatch BC would be toast, but it has been surprisingly good. The south faces are corning up and the ice crust is breaking down. The ridgelines are still skating rinks, but there’s […]
Touring with George Lowe & Tidbits
Have I mentioned what a great season the Wasatch has been having? We haven’t had any significant amounts of new snow for two weeks, but there is still some excellent powder to be had. The 4-6″ trace we had on Sunday (a virtual dump by CO standards) freshened things up a bit, but was so […]
Coalpit Hand Rappel
Now that the snowpack has filled in to about the 6,500′, the Wasatch backcountry is officially open for the season. This is good in many ways, but one of the biggest benefits is that a low elevation snowpack means that many of the bigger lines are now skiable and most importantly, there are many, many […]
Wasatch BC Tweet
Yehaw! The WWW (Wonderful World of Wasatch) was surprisingly good today and if conditions remain stable, should be a blast this weekend. About 4″ of graupel fell in the last day or so and in sheltered areas it was still Sponge-Bob bouncy powder, but in wind exposed areas it was buffed as smooth and creamy […]
November Pow Update
I’ve updated my Wasatch early season opinion from “Pretty good” to “Best in memory.” I may not have the best memory, but I’ve been out three out of the last four days and haven’t hit a rock except when I was trying to. It is still bony below 7,500′ (approx base of Snowbird), but up […]
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