In case you haven’t heard, or read, or seen, Winter is Officially On in Utah. I decreed it as such and as the foremost declarer of seasons around the world, my word is gospel.
I can prove it with these awesome photos & video from last week at Alta.
Shane is glad he has a powder skirt in November!
I make a bold move on my new skis
Shane takes an ‘Alta Shower’
If it looks this good now, imagine what it’ll be like by Thanksgiving
A big thx to Alex who worked his butt of nailing those photos of us!
It’s no secret that with the economy the way it is there are a lot more that will be in need of the basics this winter. Alta is teaming up with the Westminster ski team in efforts to provide coats for Catholic Community Services (CCS) in Salt Lake City.
For over 60 years, Catholic Community Services of Utah has empowered families and individuals of all races and religious backgrounds to realize their full potential by supplying the basic necessities of life–food, clothing and shelter.
Alta invites our community at large to bring new or gently used, clean winter coats of all sizes up to the ski area this coming Saturday, November 15 from 10 am- 4 pm, and Sunday, November 16 from noon- 4 pm.
Westminster ski team members will be in the Wildcat Ticket Office to accept the donations. The first 500 donating individuals* will be given a day of skiing at Alta, good any time during the 2008-09 season.
Plan to shop the ski sale scheduled the same weekend at the Alta Ski Shop and pick up your Alta season pass while you are helping the less fortunate.
*Ski passes issued to donors of clean coats in good or new condition only. Limit one-day pass per individual.
It’s hard to beat the feeling of a deep powder day at Alta. Both a town and a resort, this little slice of paradise is home to some of the best powder skiing on the planet.
A big storm rolled through Salt Lake last night putting down a solid blanket of Utah’s Greatest Snow on Earth along the way.
Snowbird is reporting 14″ of new snow this morning after receiving 10″ Sunday night! You know it’s good when the Snowbird SnowCam looks like this at 11pm.
Skiers are READY to go!
This is what it may have been like for those tiny snowflakes last night as they fell from the skies.
To an avid skier the mountains may look a bit scary right now without snow but soon the blanket of white will arrive and all will be well. In the meantime there are still many reasons to head up into the mountains to visit Salt Lake’s resorts of Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude.
One of those is the Scary Aerie Halloween Dinner hosted at the Aerie Restaurant which is on the 10th floor of the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird.
A week from this Friday on Halloween night, the Aerie will be hosting a ghoulishly themed dinner that looks like it could be straight up treat with little trick.
For $39 per person this looks well worth a visit to the mountains. more
