Utah 2022-2023 Utah Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[Jerez]

I had to renig on a reservation to Taos and called Ikon. They said don't worry about it. Said you may get a warning email but unless you do this multiple times, they won't punish you. They want to sell you a pass for next season.

 

[LuliTheYounger]

I had to renig on a reservation to Taos and called Ikon. They said don't worry about it. Said you may get a warning email but unless you do this multiple times, they won't punish you. They want to sell you a pass for next season.

Perfect, good to know! Thank you!

 

[JohnL]

Perfect, good to know! Thank you!

You can also cancel by I think 11 am MT same day, if it looks like you won’t make it up.

Brighton is new to reservations this year, so I’ve heard stories they seem to be more lenient on no-shows there.

Can I cancel a reservation?​

Yes, an Ikon Pass holder may cancel a reservation they have made for themselves or anyone on their Ikon Pass account by 11am MT on the day of the scheduled reservation. Any "no-shows”, visits without an active reservation or other misuse or violations of the reservation program may result in penalties.

 

[JohnL]

The app sucks for Ikon cancellation, May have to use the website for that. So, have the username/password handy or stored on yer phone.

And skiing reservation does not guarantee parking, unless you paid separately for parking.

 

[B4Skiing]

Hey all - Flying in from Philadelphia tomorrow with kids and wife - heading to Alta for 5 days. Timing appeared great from afar but I'm concerned how much snow is too much snow. Outside of my concerns for resort being open.. i don't have fat skis in the quiver so planned to rent demo's at Albion shop - they said their stock is low due to end of season sales. I talked to EVO sports in SLC, & they sound like a better shot for quality demos & easy to hit from SLC. My question is ... for East Coast skier who never skiid powder - how wide should I go? EVO guy said the had Black Crowes Artis @ 105, other stuff wider but was in hurry to get off phone and didn't have chance to hash out. This time of year no reservations, it s first come first serve. Im Advanced intermediate can do groomed blacks no problem but i never skiied powder, & I expect my 2× 12 year old boys to get after whatever stash they can find, and i want to keep up if I can. We have guide booked for Sunday to orient and learn mountain. Hopefully we don't have to interlodge...looks nuts out there... perspective @ PHL we recorded .25inch this season. Thanks

Bill

 

[Rudi Riet]

If you haven't spent any significant time on fat skis then 105 may be as wide as you want to go.

I'm a Utah native who coaches in PA and mostly skis in the east. My Utah skis are Nordica Enforcer 100s: a ski that is fine in the pow but also can carve with confidence on groomed and firm snow.

Evo will have good demo stock. Sports Den and Lift House may also have good options for you.

Have fun!

 

[JohnL]

Hey all - Flying in from Philadelphia tomorrow with kids and wife - heading to Alta for 5 days. Timing appeared great from afar but I'm concerned how much snow is too much snow. Outside of my concerns for resort being open.. i don't have fat skis in the quiver so planned to rent demo's at Albion shop - they said their stock is low due to end of season sales. I talked to EVO sports in SLC, & they sound like a better shot for quality demos & easy to hit from SLC. My question is ... for East Coast skier who never skiid powder - how wide should I go? EVO guy said the had Black Crowes Artis @ 105, other stuff wider but was in hurry to get off phone and didn't have chance to hash out. This time of year no reservations, it s first come first serve. Im Advanced intermediate can do groomed blacks no problem but i never skiied powder, & I expect my 2× 12 year old boys to get after whatever stash they can find, and i want to keep up if I can. We have guide booked for Sunday to orient and learn mountain. Hopefully we don't have to interlodge...looks nuts out there... perspective @ PHL we recorded .25inch this season. Thanks

Bill

What skis do you ski in PA? What groomed blacks do you normally ski? I’m from DC area.

Agree with @Rudi Riet ’s post. Go wider than you normally ski, but no wider than 105. If you normally ski 75, maybe 95 is what you want. If you’ve never skied deep Pow, you’ll struggle with it, no matter what skis you are on. As will likely your sons. And the powder will get skied out quickly, so you’ll mostly be skiing deep cut-up snow. It will be deeper than you’ve ever skied. You’ll have fun though.

What most of us on this board consider a stash is likely a lot different from what your 12 yo sons consider a stash.

 

[Chip]

@B4Skiing give Utah ski gear a call as well. They are in Sandy and usually have some great demos in stock.

 

[JohnL]

How often do they do avi mitigation near the canyon roads via helicopter? Rambo!

 

[Rudi Riet]

How often do they do avi mitigation near the canyon roads via helicopter? Rambo!

More often than they used to when they had the howitzers along the road.

These days they use more choppers and more drones to deliver explosives where they're needed. And the sonic devices you see at resorts are another game changer.

 

[Daniel]

There was a very impressive amount of snow lining both sides of the BCC road between mileposts 7 and 10 when I headed up-canyon soon after it reopened around noon today. UDOT no doubt did their best to clear avi debris from the many slides that buried the road under up to 10' depths in multiple locations but the roadside snow piles encroached well over the white lines on both sides of the highway for considerable distances along said 3-mile stretch. One of the big UDOT snowblowers was staged just down canyon from the active avalanche area and I imagine it is busy now and will be all night long, tasked with widening the drivable part of the road. If this keeps up, I'll be able to (somewhat) replicate the experience I've had twice in the past cycling from Red Lodge, MT up over Beartooth Pass and into Wyoming and back soon after MDT cleared "snow tunnels" through the deep snow in multiple high-elevation locations.

I heard many reports today from employees and guests at Solitude that it took over an hour just to enter the mouth of the canyon from the north, south, and west due to the competing long lines of vehicles and another 30 - 40 minutes to reach the resort once in the canyon. Yesterday afternoon it took 1.5 hours for @Jim Kenney, his son Vince, and myself to travel from Solitude - Moonbeam to Wasatch Blvd. due to two multi-vehicle accidents bringing traffic to a crawl.

Mrs @Wasatchman leading the way into Memorial Chute, deeply!

Prior to yesterday, I'd hiked with but never skied with Mrs. @Wasatchman. Wow K, you were killing it!

 

[Jerez]

Whoa. Our road trip to Utah was cancelled.for family reasons. Was sad about that but not so much now!

 

[Daniel]

Parking reservations under consideration for Solitude next season: https://www.ksl.com/article/5061277...on-system-as-it-readies-for-offseason-changes

Seasonal snow totals for the CC resorts as of this morning:
Brighton 815"
Alta 811"
Snowbird 749"
Solitude 748"

Very significant amounts of snowfall are forecast over several days beginning on Sunday evening and continuing into the coming week.

 

[Rudi Riet]

Parking reservations make sense at these resorts with finite parking resources, to be honest. That area is all SLC watershed and they need to do something to rein in the chaos.

 

[Rainbow Jenny]

Lotsa fun skiing with @socalgal and family on Wednesday. Love how SkiTalk allows friends to easily reconnect and play together.

 

[4ster]

I’m not fooling, it wasn’t snowing today. The sun wasn’t exactly bright but it wasn’t snowing so I looked back & took a photo…


Oh, it wasn’t freezing ass cold either

 

[AmyPJ]

Lone Tree looks like a freeway

 

[4ster]

Lone Tree looks like a freeway
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I am looking at the sliver chute to the lookers right. Someone needs to send that!

 

[AmyPJ]

I am looking at the sliver chute to the lookers right. Someone needs to send that!

Do it!

 

[ss20]

With next week's storm 900" seems probable before the end of the season.

1,000" is also not out of the question for Snowbird or Brighton before their seasons end. Not likely but definitely a 10% chance or so.