Tag: Alta
Wasatch Prepares for Beheading
Utah politics has positioned the Wasatch backcountry for its final death blow. Currently there is not one, not two, not even three, but NINE ski area expansions in the works. In the past these expansionist fantasies were thwarted by factors such as public input (90 plus percent are opposed), NEPA regulations, drinking water concerns, local […]
Baldy Chute – August 10th. ??!!
Alta’s Main Baldy Chute is one of my favorite little couloirs – little as in about 750 vertical feet and fairly easy to get to. When I first moved back to Utah long ago, it was at the top of my wishlist as far as lines I was dying to ski and I thought that […]
A Trip Across Alta’s Ribbon of Doubt
The Ribbon at Alta is a line that I’ve been meaning to ski for about the last twenty years, yet I never seem to get around to it. One good reason for putting it off is that it traverses through the top of the Devils Castle Buttress with a whopping 600′ of exposure the entire time. […]
Desperate August Turns – Baldy Chute
In the name of product testing, I took a trip up the Old Reliable of the Wasatch, Main Baldy Chute at Alta yesterday. Main Chute is high, north facing and gets lots of upcanyon windloading, so it is often the first line to fill in and the last to melt out. About the only downside […]
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