The Wasatch Thread: Skiing and Riding in Utah

[ThatGuy]

A pic is worth 1000 words, found a vid of someone skiing RPC on YT (except there was way more snow the other day). Go to 2:10. At the 2:22 mark I think is about where I was when the snow broke under me & I went all the way down that chute. Amazed I suffered no injury other than bruising, could have been really, really bad.

The video is deceiving, it's actually a pretty steep area with no way to arrest, especially if you're being carried by a river of snow. Anyway, somewhere to skier's right of that giant dead tree & in that chute is my Rossignol Soul Sender! Anyway, yes I'd appreciate it if you crane your head to the left if you ever go by there on the lower "road" that filters to Endzone.

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Oh damn yeah thats a tough spot to fall. Pretty cliffy area entering the chute from that side too. Ill keep an eye out

 

[jimk]

4 Mar 2026 Snowbird, beautiful sunny day with surprisingly good snow in certain places on the mtn.

Lapped Bookends five times:


Silver Fox good too:

 

[Julius]

4 Mar 2026 Snowbird, beautiful sunny day with surprisingly good snow in certain places on the mtn..

Certainly was a beauty of a day. Hit Alta in the morning then moved over to the Bird. Storm is approaching as I head to bed.

 

[4aprice]

Report from the east side of the Rockies here in Colorado. Loveland skied nice today. Nice sunny day Hit the Valley and Basin. Winter Storm warnings up for tonight.

 

[kingslug]

Great tree skiing today at Brighton..I'm having more fun there than anywhere else.

 

[thetrailboss]

Dumping in Utah. Dense, but we'll take it.

 

[kingslug]

I found it the lightest snow to date..

 

[kingslug]

 

[kingslug]

Holy canoli..it does snow here...

 

[kingslug]

So..is it 15 in 24 or 8 in 24??.
Guess ill bring a ruler...not even going to try lcc or bcc now...better that will be madness today...

 

[BenedictGomez]

So..is it 15 in 24 or 8 in 24??.
Guess ill bring a ruler...not even going to try lcc or bcc now...better that will be madness today...

Where did you get that snippet that said 15 inches? That was from today & PC did a ninja edit?
There's nowhere near 15 inches. And the 8" is probably only at like 8500 feet & higher.


EDIT: Here's what NWS stations are reporting (I go with these for the truth, not Vail!)
10,000 feet (Jupiter) = 9.5 inches
9,240 feet (Daybreak) = 9.1 inches (this station usually captures the most snowfall as it's in a very snowy spot)
9,250 feet (Thaynes) = 6 inches

I wish they had a few spots at like 7,500 to 8,500 to really cover the whole elevation, but alas.
Anyway, get out and enjoy it, today and tomorrow sadly might be the best days we get until next season.

 

[4aprice]

Looks like about 7 inches at the ski areas state wide over here in Colorado. May hit Sunlight today before heading to Aspen tonight

I-70 mayhem yesterday. 3 hours to Denver from Loveland due to this
FedEx truck shot through guard rail and into Clear Creek. Somehow driver and passenger survived and were out of hospital.

Had my own little scare on Vail Pass as cars ahead of us spun out we started to slide but got traction back and were able to get through the accident scene. Got to Glenwood safely

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'm definitely skiing today, tomorrow, and Sunday given this is our last snow for a long time. If the below verifies Utah and Colorado are doomed given how little snowfall we've had. Winter killer.

The below chart is starting to make me think about an April ski trip someplace way north of here, like those Mom and Pop Idaho resorts people on here rave about, maybe Whister if it's not outrageously expensive to get to, Grand Targhee I hear is nice?

Open to any recs from those of you who've explored much of the west. I only have EPIC, but I guess that's useless for anything in play other than Whistler/BC.