3/23 - Alta. 4” of snow before first chair. Being a Saturday, the mountain wasn’t crowded. We arrived at 8:15am and were able to park very close to the lodge. There was 5 minutes lift line at Collins in the morning but no line elsewhere. Took the first 3 runs off high traverse - race course, high rustler and Greeley bowl. High Rustler and Greely were really good as there were more snow at upper mountain. Moved to Baldy shoulder - this side seems to get less snow due to the wind and more traffic. After one more high rustler run we skied Westward Ho off wild cat lift. A lot of powder here but as the temperature rose to near 40, the snow started to get wet and heavy. After lunch, we skied more runs off high traverse and wildcat lifts. The condition got worse as the snow become wetter. Around 2pm, Devils castle became open. We went over and had 2 powder runs before calling it a day. Overall a great day.
3/24 - Alta. Powder day with 11” snow. This definitely caught local’s attention and more people came out. The mountain was a lot busier today then yesterday. Parking lot became full around 930am. There was 10 minutes lift line at Collins for most of the morning. We rode Collins lift up skied down Watson’s line for the first run. It was fantastic with knee deep powder. Then we moved to wildcat lift for the next 3 runs as Colin’s was too busy. A lot of fresh powder during these 3 runs, especially when we stay close to Alta/snowbird boundary line with less traffic. Then we saw key holes became open and went there. It was a great run - Knee deep untracked powder in the trees. We had to take the shuttle to come back to Alta, which is a hassle. As Collins line getting shorter, we rode it up and took the long traverse to eagles nest. This was fantastic tree skiing with steep pitch and deep powder. Total worth the effort to traverse. After lunch, we moved to supreme lift to ski Katherine’s area. The powder was pretty much tracked out at this point but the snow was soft. Pretty much spent the most of the afternoon here. Wrapped up the day the last run at west rustler. Or “west buffler” as local calls. The line lived up its reputation as the wind blow a lot of snow over - knee deep even at the end of the day. Fantastic day - one of the best this season.
Last time at Alta, I had no clue what to do during a powder day and saw all snow getting tracked it by 11. With a bit research and a strategy, you can find snow much longer.
Used all 7 days for AltaBird on my Ikon. Moved to BCC for the rest of the trip.
3/24 - Alta. Powder day with 11” snow. This definitely caught local’s attention and more people came out. The mountain was a lot busier today then yesterday. Parking lot became full around 930am. There was 10 minutes lift line at Collins for most of the morning. We rode Collins lift up skied down Watson’s line for the first run. It was fantastic with knee deep powder. Then we moved to wildcat lift for the next 3 runs as Colin’s was too busy. A lot of fresh powder during these 3 runs, especially when we stay close to Alta/snowbird boundary line with less traffic. Then we saw key holes became open and went there. It was a great run - Knee deep untracked powder in the trees. We had to take the shuttle to come back to Alta, which is a hassle. As Collins line getting shorter, we rode it up and took the long traverse to eagles nest. This was fantastic tree skiing with steep pitch and deep powder. Total worth the effort to traverse. After lunch, we moved to supreme lift to ski Katherine’s area. The powder was pretty much tracked out at this point but the snow was soft. Pretty much spent the most of the afternoon here. Wrapped up the day the last run at west rustler. Or “west buffler” as local calls. The line lived up its reputation as the wind blow a lot of snow over - knee deep even at the end of the day. Fantastic day - one of the best this season.
Last time at Alta, I had no clue what to do during a powder day and saw all snow getting tracked it by 11. With a bit research and a strategy, you can find snow much longer.
Used all 7 days for AltaBird on my Ikon. Moved to BCC for the rest of the trip.