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Utah 2022-2023 Utah Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups
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Well, I meant that there are big chunks of Snowbird I never ski when I am at Snowbird, but I see your point in the larger context. Thanks.
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Looking like we finally get a pattern change next week.
Does BCC road shut down more/less than LCC? Before Covid I used to frequent Snowbird/Alta for a long weekend with a good group of guys. We are trying to plan another trip this year for mid-March, but our usual condos are already booked or require 5 night minimum (working stiffs - wives = 4 day weekend). I am toying with staying in Salt Lake, but then we run the risk of closed roads. Once, when staying near Alta the road shut down at the end of the day. I've never seen such a loooong line of grumpy people stuck in their cars going absolutely nowhere.
Waiting for snow in NH,
Bob K.
Waiting for snow in NH,
Bob K.
@Daniel can answer better than me, but bcc used to have far less snow related closures than lcc. Lately bcc has heavy traffic closures (not for snow)when lcc may be flowing decently. If you have ikon and can go either, you'll almost always have a decent option.
LCC closes more frequently for avalanche control work than BCC as LCC has 64 slides paths, quite a few more than BCC. Since the advent of the Ikon Pass, BCC has had many closures of varying duration due to what UDOT calls "periods of extreme congestion". This occurs when all car parks fill up early, roadside parking within a couple miles or so of each resort gets maxed out, all backcountry car parks fill up, and gridlock ensues because the volume of vehicles heading up-canyon is unrelenting and traffic canyon-wide comes to a crawl. UDOT and UPD close down upbound traffic at the mouth and detain the remainder of upbound traffic at Reynolds Flat (roughly mid-canyon). Until a sufficient number of vehicles exit the canyon, nothing other than emergency vehicles, ski buses, and employee van pools are allowed to proceed up canyon. This situation can be as brief as an hour or last more than a couple or so hours. Exceptions to this occur when the snow is and has been pounding down or a bad accident has occurred somewhere in the canyon, bringing whatever traffic flow that had existed to a complete standstill. In that case, count on an indeterminable delay. BCC is about 6 miles longer than LCC so a greater number of vehicles can be accommodated. Two seasons ago a supervisor with UDOT told me BCC was experiencing about 1,000 more vehicles per day on average than LCC. Last season a UPD officer told me that number had increased to about 1,500 vehicles per day.
All that aside, a visit in mid-March would likely not coincide with the time periods with the highest likelihood of heavy canyon usage and closure, which are the Xmas - New Years Day holiday timeframe, MLK Day weekend, President's Day weekend, the majority of weekends between Xmas and early March (depending upon the seasonal abundance of snowfall and the timing of storms), plus powder days and days following heavy overnight snowfall at resort elevation.
If you're here in mid-March and staying in the valley during a heavy-snow cycle, get up the canyon early or in the line-up early. If you've been up the canyon(s) skiing during an all-day snowfall, consider leaving earlier than the masses or having dinner at the resort at the end of the day and delaying your descent down the canyon
All that aside, a visit in mid-March would likely not coincide with the time periods with the highest likelihood of heavy canyon usage and closure, which are the Xmas - New Years Day holiday timeframe, MLK Day weekend, President's Day weekend, the majority of weekends between Xmas and early March (depending upon the seasonal abundance of snowfall and the timing of storms), plus powder days and days following heavy overnight snowfall at resort elevation.
If you're here in mid-March and staying in the valley during a heavy-snow cycle, get up the canyon early or in the line-up early. If you've been up the canyon(s) skiing during an all-day snowfall, consider leaving earlier than the masses or having dinner at the resort at the end of the day and delaying your descent down the canyon
Wow! Legit storm cycle coming. 12"-24" by Monday AM with snow continuing on and off thru the week
I'm in Panama city, FL right now and it was 36 degs last night, almost cold enough for snowmaking, of course, it would have to be for a flat Nordic track
Ugh, too early. It’ll set up a sketchy base.
Unless it just keeps snowing or it all melts.
To be honest I have been loving the weather & incredible mtb conditions along with the spectacular fall colors but any precipitation the west gets will be welcome!
If it actually does snow 2’ in the cottonwoods l am sure turns will be made.
October 25, 2012…
It all melted a week later!
gonna be hard to resist getting out there if this storm delivers
my boy Jason is ready too
Its looking pretty real. Nice to get a good fall storm rolling though. Stay safe all.
Snowmaking at Alta this weekend through the week! In addition to Ma Nature.
And we're off! Good start so far. Nuking on the webcams. Already an inch down at Snowbird, didn't expect that at 10:30am (was just supposed to be starting around now). We needed it to hammer snow hard at the start for it to not melt once it hit the ground and it did exactly that.
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