xc62701
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I'm guessing you didn't get caught up in the avalanche activity. My buddy is a local and he said they have been having tons of slides since there was no previous snow to stick to before this latest storm.
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I'm guessing you didn't get caught up in the avalanche activity. My buddy is a local and he said they have been having tons of slides since there was no previous snow to stick to before this latest storm.
Honestly having lived in Utah for years, this is like the least surprising thing to me ever...December and January are not the big snow months... 2 days of snow at Alta and its light years better Vermont... Conditions were awesome this week.. Not the best I've ever skied at Alta, but pretty good.
Nothing that I'm aware of....they have been setting off charges all week, even on Tuesday at Brighton where @Wrong Way Dan were wondering if they were trying to cause a rock slide
After the storm they have been doing the typical avy mitigation stuff... Was on the lift this morning when they set off the charges on Greeley.... Nothing slid...
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Pro-tip: If you buy your Elk pass online, you can pick it up at the automated kiosks at the bottom of the E and F lifts (blue smudge at 8 o’clock of the red circle). Red circle is best place to park. When you do this, you avoid having to take the shuttle to the base area (which is busier) and when you are done skiing you can take a run (#19, Lenape) down to the trail entrance to the parking lot. To get to the kiosks you can take that same entrance from the lot and ski down to the kiosks to pickup your pass before heading to the lifts. The mountain is very easy to navigate. You can get to almost any trail on the mountain from either of the lifts. Enjoy, you may never do Blue or Camelback again 😁
Truth. back in the days of hanging lift tickets, they used to allow a single lift ride up from there to go down to the main lodge. When they decided to end that complimentary run, and forced that lot to take the shuttle down to main lodge, that's the last time I was there. I gotta get back. Do they still have the warming hut at mid moutain?
I have only been going there a few times over the last 7 years. I remember the hanging tickets but don’t recall a warming hut?
xc62701
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Thanks for all the insider info, but somehow I nailed most of this by luck. I parked in that lot, hit the automated kiosk, and was in line for the first chair at 8:12. The lift started spinning at 8:30, and I skied the whole mountain and was out by 1:30. The snow was amazing. I think I found one patch of ice. Ungroomed trails were a blast, and I got to ski the east side lift line as well. Super fun place, and I skied out next to my truck. The longest lift wait was maybe 10 minutes on a holiday weekend. Everyone I spoke to said don't let the secret out. I'll be going back for sure.
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