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WASATCH | UTAH | UNITED STATES
Summary | 500 inches a year
Mt. Superior web cam
Courtsey of http://www.alta.com
Courtsey of http://www.alta.com
Snowpack
Most of Utah falls in the continental snowpack.
Mountains
MOUNT SUPERIOR (4) Elevation: 11,132 ft
Mount Superior is one of the classic skis in the Wasatch range. The peak towers over Snowbird and Alta ski resorts, and is maybe most famous for the massive avalanches it sends down to the canyon road. It is a rugged peak, and any route to the peak involves some fairly serious scrambling with exposure. The peak overlooking Alta is not the true high point, but about 11,050 feet. The highest point, referred to in some books as "Monte Cristo" is two peaks beyond. Mount Superior is no place for beginners. It has huge avalanche potential, steep skiing (high 30 degrees), and tons of exposure.MT. WOLVERINE (0) Elevation: 11,750 ft
Easy access from Alta Ski Area. There are great pitches for skiing from all sides depending on snow conditions and avalanche danger.THUNDER RIDGE (1) Elevation: 9,730 ft
This Ridge is located in Little Cottonwood Canyon and has several classic ski lines off of it.
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Totalbtr: May 4, 2011 Uphill: 9,350 ft. | Downhill: 9,350 ft.
Left Alpine at 5:15 anticipating hot direct sun all day, reached the south peak around 9:00. Didn't see snow for the first few thousand ft. and when hit, it was refrozen enough to hiking boot up to t...[view]
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Totalbtr: May 1, 2011 Uphill: 7,800 ft. | Downhill: 7,800 ft.
Left Broads/Mill B trailhead around 6 anticipating a warmer, sunny day. Previously slushy underlayer had thoroughly refrozen and had 1-3" of lighter density snow on top. Clear and sunny until 2pm wh...[view]
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Powderjunky: April 20, 2011 Uphill: 1,400 ft. | Downhill: 1,400 ft.
Bleck! Super sensitive out there. I stayed to pretty low angled ridges and any steep little rollover would shed a wet slide. The skiing was actually kind of smooth soggy potatoes, but fun.It was nukin...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: April 15, 2011 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
I think i was an hour too early, as the snow was still too crusty on sun aspects, but the north aspects of the ridges were smooth but firm backcountry groomers....[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: April 15, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Skied the NW Couloir of the Pheifferhorn. 11,326 to 7500, NW aspects, angles at 50 degrees. Snow was icey in some places, creamy in others. Snow was stable, only minor minor sluffing. Weather was grea...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: April 14, 2011 Uphill: 7,000 ft. | Downhill: 7,000 ft.
Skied Bonkers and Stairs Gulch. 10,500 to 6200, NE and NW facing, angles above 35 degrees. Snow was 6 to 12" deep, mainly dependent on altitude. Fairly stable, occasional sluffing on rolls as well as ...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: April 9, 2011 Uphill: 6,800 ft. | Downhill: 6,800 ft.
Skied the East and West Couloirs of Kessler Peak in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Came home on Fuzzy Navel. 10,250 to 6500, E and W aspects...maybe a touch north for each as well. Angles over 35 degrees. Sno...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: March 21, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Butler Fork - Wilson's Chutes - Gobbler's Knob back to Butler. 10,100 to 7300', NE and SW aspects, angles above 35 degrees. Were in the 3rd or 4th day of strong wind events and 6" to 12" snow storms, ...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: March 19, 2011 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Skied God's Lawnmower off of Kessler Peak in Big Cottonwood. 10,100', North aspect, angles above 40 degrees.The Wasatch has been getting pounded by wind. So on Friday - beginning of wind event - we fi...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: February 26, 2011 Uphill: 3,250 ft. | Downhill: 5,200 ft.
Tour out of Canyons: Cone Head in Dutch Draw, Bear Traps laps, Deso, Square Top back into Can. 10,000' to 8,000', N, NE and NW aspects, angles above 35 degrees. Were in the middle of a 3 day storm. To...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: February 12, 2011 Uphill: 2,401 ft. | Downhill: 3,405 ft.
Wind crusted on exposed noles, otherwise great fluff until lower in the meadows it was a little heavy. Not to those digging avi pits, fill them in! Notable hollow sounds underneath some crusted aspect...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: February 11, 2011 Uphill: 3,350 ft. | Downhill: 3,350 ft.
From the top it was a little crusty, but man what great snow on that crust once dropping in a hundred feet or so! Simply epic!...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: February 8, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Butler Frok in Big Cottonwood to Wilson's Chutes to SW facing Gobblers Knob back to car. Angles over 35 degrees, NE and SW aspects. Snow was great today, about a foot and half of super light utah powd...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: February 7, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood to Alexander Basin. Angles above 35 degrees, E and NE facing,above 10,000'. Snow was variable on E and NE aspects, but found some good powder in Alexander, about 12" of s...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: February 6, 2011 Uphill: 1,100 ft. | Downhill: 800 ft.
Bear Trap Fork from the canyons. Angles over 30 degrees, North facing, 9500 to 8700. Snow was about 6" of settled powder. Stable, no wind slabs from yesterdays strong winds in Bear Trap. Temp was in t...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: January 31, 2011 Uphill: 5,800 ft. | Downhill: 5,800 ft.
Up Flagstaff to Upper Days fork for some laps during the storm yesterday. 8400 to 10500'. N and NE aspects except for SW back to car. Angles over 35 degrees. Snow on N and NE was about 8" of light den...[view]READ MORE
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Brennanlagasse: January 24, 2011 Uphill: 3,300 ft. | Downhill: 3,300 ft.
Another best run of the season yesterday shredding Superior with Jones Team riders Forrest and Ryland. Ryland and I followed Forrest on his home turf and were treated to a few steep fingery spine turn...[view]
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Caturner5417: January 23, 2011 Uphill: 2,932 ft. | Downhill: 2,932 ft.
Beautiful sunny day with 6-12 inches of fluff on top of old rain crust. N to NE faces were wind crusted, S faces were where to be......[view]READ MORE
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Brennanlagasse: January 23, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Great Snow on the shoulder of a great peak. Didn't really feel the crust today, just the pow. Super smooth run....[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: January 22, 2011 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 4,800 ft.
Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood to North aspect of Gobblers Knob to Wilson's Chutes to Wilson's trees to South on Gobblers back to car. Probably a bit under 40 degrees to 32 or so degrees.Had about a fo...[view]READ MORE
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Gripnrip: January 20, 2011 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
awesome day celebrating powderjunky's 30th!...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: January 20, 2011 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Not a bad way to spend entering into my 30's. Great cold snow and fast! There was about 6-12 inches in spots above a firm crust.Skied with jdubs and gripnrip. Jdubs showed us the awesomeness of the wa...[view]
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Jdubutah: January 16, 2011 Uphill: 3,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Nice character building exercise in LCC today. Strong winds on ridgetops at upper elevations. Rain up to 9,000 feet, then rain and sleet as high as 10,100 feet. Dug quick pits at 8,500 feet and 10,0...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: January 15, 2011 Uphill: 3,963 ft. | Downhill: 5,940 ft.
part of our trek from Alta to Cardiff peak to Mt. Superior to Monte Cristo, back to Superior and down the North face, over to Kessler... Started to Kessler from cardiff fork, dropped the West coulior....[view]READ MORE
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Jdubutah: January 9, 2011 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Found some very nice turns on N and NE aspects. Solar aspects were rough. Scary intact surface hoar buried below 2" to 3" of fluff....[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: January 9, 2011 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
From the canyons gates to Powder Park - Little Water - Mill Creek - Home Run back to the canyons. North Aspects, 8000' to 9800', 32 to 38 degrees.Snowed about 4" at 3% water overnight, so the new snow...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: January 8, 2011 Uphill: 9,930 ft. | Downhill: 9,930 ft.
Broads fork to Bonkers, back up the ridge and over into Mill B...[view]READ MORE
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Jdubutah: January 8, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Beautiful sunny day with some pretty nice turns on loud powder in N aspects. Brutal sun crust on S aspects. Very stable snow everywhere, but widespread surface hoar on just about every slope we saw....[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: January 8, 2011 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood to top of Wilson's into Mill Creek. 7200' to 9200', N and NE aspects, 38 degrees or so in steepness. Snow was settled, but fun...only on north aspects. Found a nice chute...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: January 7, 2011 Uphill: 3,700 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Spruces in Big Cotton wood to Tom's Hill to Reynolds Peak to Little Water to Mother in Law into the Canyons Ski Resort. 7400 to 9500', went north on all runs. 32 to 39 degrees in steepness. Snow was c...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 26, 2010 Uphill: 1,200 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
Bear Trap - Desolation Lake - Home Run. N and NW aspects. 10,000 to 9000'. Snow on north aspects was settled and soft, maybe 12" powder left over from Thursday afternoon's storm. Variable on other asp...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 19, 2010 Uphill: 900 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
Another day of Canyon's sidecountry - Conehead twice and Square Top once. NE aspects, 10,000', 38 to 32 degrees. Snow was total blower. 1.5' to 2.5' out side of resort, total bottomless. Weather was w...[view]
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Mcraig21: December 18, 2010 Uphill: 4,800 ft. | Downhill: 6,600 ft.
Park City Ridgeline tour: Cone Head - Bear Trap - North facing Deso - Driveway - Cinder Chutes - Home Run. 10,000 to 8500', NE, NW and North facing, 39 - 32 degrees steepness. Snow was 8" to 18" deep ...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 17, 2010 Uphill: 3,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,200 ft.
Skied Argenta, a chute on north side of Kessler Peak in Big Cottonwood (By Mill D South). 10,700', around 38 degrees in steepness and north facing, maybe 20' wide at times. Snow up top was great, may...[view]
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Mcraig21: December 12, 2010 Uphill: 3,400 ft. | Downhill: 3,400 ft.
Skied some E & NE aspects into Silver Fork along the Silver Fork / Days Fork ridge in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Around 10,000' and 39 to 32 degrees. Snow was about a foot of settled, dense powder from Fr...[view]
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Mcraig21: December 11, 2010 Uphill: 1,800 ft. | Downhill: 8,400 ft.
Skied laps on Cone Head, Big Mac (Macdonalds) and Square Top. All are NE facing, a little over 10,000' and 32 to 40 degrees. Snow was very nice...maybe around a foot and bottomless Utah powder. Weathe...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 10, 2010 Uphill: 700 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Skied Square Top and Goal Post (skiers right of cone head) yesterday. Both runs were around 10000', NE facing and 39 to 32 degrees. Snow was about 6 to 8" deep, soft underneath. Weather was overcast, ...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 9, 2010 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
Went up Mill D South in Big Cottonwood to the north side Cardiac Ridge. Skied a few laps on NE facing aspects around 10200' and 42 to 35 degrees. Snow was still pretty good from Monday nights / Tuesda...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: December 8, 2010 Uphill: 6,000 ft. | Downhill: 6,000 ft.
Did a few laps on Red Pine Cirque in Red Pine Gulch in Little Cottonwood Canyon. N and NE facing aspects, 35 to 42 degrees above 10,000. The Dense snow from yesterday (6") settled a bit more, but stil...[view]
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Mcraig21: December 7, 2010 Uphill: 5,500 ft. | Downhill: 5,500 ft.
Started from Alta to Cardiff Pass, via power poles, down black knob into Cardiff Fork. Two laps off Cardiac Ridge. Back to Alta via power poles. N, NE, and SE aspects from 32 to 38 degrees, above 10,0...[view]
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Caturner5417: December 3, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,960 ft.
Days was stable on the NE facing aspects, plenty of untracked powder, flat light, cloudy, no recent signs of avalanche. ...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: November 27, 2010 Uphill: 1,750 ft. | Downhill: 1,520 ft.
The top was stable and steep since it has not completely filled in yet. (but the storm today, 11/28, will help fix that). Mixed crust and Powder until exiting the chute. From there it was sun baked an...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: November 21, 2010 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,800 ft.
Did a lap at Deer Valley by the Empire Express chair and a few more by the Lady Morgan chair. Stayed fairly low angle-ish on East facing runs around 9500'. Snow was great, about a foot and a half of U...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: November 16, 2010 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 2,200 ft.
Did a few laps in Grizzly Gulch in the low angle, NW facing trees above 9500'. Snow was heavy and a little windblown in places but definitely fun. Wind was hard, 40 to 50 mph with gusts of 70. Low clo...[view]READ MORE
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Mcraig21: November 14, 2010 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 1,700 ft.
Did a few laps on NW facing, 33 to 35 degree slopes at 10,420 ft. Snow had gotten heavy from previous days sun, and had a crust developing. Windy and low clouds. Didn't see any avy activity, but snow ...[view]READ MORE
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Caturner5417: October 27, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Up top, the snow was great; about half way down, it was all crust....[view]READ MORE
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Wasatchski: January 11, 2010 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 2,300 ft.
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