Living, Romping & Writing in the Outdoors
Brighton opened yesterday to a boisterous crowd that flooded the Majestic Lift. It was either that or Explorer but if you wanted that extra vertical you had to wait in line for it. The skiing was on mostly manmade but it’s always worth getting out for the first day just to say you did. So I yanked Sage out of […]
Read moreBrighton Resort will try to beat Solitude to opening day this year. Get your ski gear ready for this Tuesday according to sources. Solitude’s date is Friday, Nov. 21, Alta will also open on Friday; Snowbird and Park City Mountain Resort on Saturday. In the past, it was always a race between the two Big Cottonwood ski areas for bragging […]
Read moreI reminded myself to breathe. It wasn’t the biting fall chill from the open ATV ride to the top of Hidden Peak but the excitement of seeing something I’d only heard rumors about since the 90s that made me hold my breath. Snowbird’s new lodge. There it was; like a mythical bird hoarding its kingdom. Ever since moving to Utah […]
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(Photo courtesy Alta Ski Area) Well, Folks. I wish I had something new to report from this afternoon’s SkiUtah press conference but alas there were more questions than answers. I shared the news last night and hoped that today’s conference might shed more light on the plan- nay “concept”- of lift-linking seven of Utah’s ski areas but the meeting went about as […]
Read more(Photo by Ryan Freitas) It’s been bantered about since the demise of SkiLink and today, SkiUtah, shouldered by the managers of the seven Wasatch ski resorts, is poised to make the idea official. A press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. to announce a lift-served interconnect set to rival anything in the U.S. ski industry. The big downfall to SkiLink– […]
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