Wasatch Mountains
Wasatch Backcountry Update – 10 Feb 2014
Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it. Two weeks ago we had such a rotten base layer that I was facetiously hoping for rain, which seldom happens in the Wasatch, until of course it started to rain at 9,000+ feet in February. This seemed grim, but then the temperatures dropped […]
Wasatch BC Report, Jan 13 – Wild Weekend
In 24 hours, the Wasatch went from some of the worst skiing of the season, to the best, and then back again. A much needed storm finally rolled in, but was accompanied by warming temps, howling winds and a touch of rain, which created a zipper crust all over. Polly described it as “skiing through […]
Wasatch BC Conditions – 11/23/2013
Executive Summary: A nice excuse for locals to wander around in the mountains, but hardly worth traveling out-of-state for. Yes, there have been quite a few photos of people bustin’ pow in the Wasatch, but that has more to do with the lens craft of good photographers than reality. It is still very rocky, shallow […]
Wasatch Backcountry Alliance
I’ve often thought how wonderful it would be to show up at a Forest Service meeting with a big sack of cash. “Here you go, I brought this for you. Keep it.” While this may sound crass and borderline illegal, it is essentially what all of the ski areas and guiding concession do by […]
Look Who Just Showed Up In Park City
Ahhhh. Hate heat. Summer bummer. The end is in sight! ________________________________ Help support StraightChuter.com and keep as cool as a dog in a Ruffwear Swamp Cooler Dog Vest from Backcountry.com. Click on the photo below…
Stocks, Rocks and Crocus Shock
Seeing the front-page news of stocks hitting a new high only reminded me of the miserable performance of my personal tracking index – the Wasatch Snow Depth Fund (NASDAQ – WDSUX) which is tracking towards a record low. As a measure of intense personal displeasure (IDP), the recent heat wave and lack of new snow […]
First Ever Public SkiLink Meeting Recap
I’m not sure what prompted this meeting, but I was secretly hoping that Mike Goar of the Canyons was going to use it as an occasion to admit he had made a horrible mistake with SkiLink, retract the proposal, and offer everyone a free ski and/or bikini waxing at one of the resort’s empty facilities. […]
Last Night Race and a First SkiLink Open Forum Discussion
Tonight, Tuesday Feb 26th at 7:00pm, is the last night of the season to get yer suffer on at Brighton as part of the Wasatch Citizen Series ski mountaineering races. These events have been a great source of low pressure fun and even in the worst conditions 40-50 people have been showing up for them. […]
Little Cottonwood Canyon – Hurry Up & Wait
This line of stopped cars heading up Little Cottonwood Canyon road looks, smells and feels like a traffic jam, but there’s far more to it than just that. At the heart of the problem is that the Little Cottonwood Canyon (LCC) road is a narrow, winding, steep, two-lane mountain road which is threatened by 36+ […]
Retro Pfieff
In the process of organizing my photos, I found this classic 1992ish image of Alex Lowe skiing the NW Couloir of the Pfiefferhorn in the Wasatch Mountains. A lot has changed since then, including Alex no longer being with us. More than anyone, Alex was the guy who showed me, and many others like me, […]
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