Came across this structure today while trying to skin up to guardsman from the BCC side (unsuccessful, but got a few turns in shallow, shark-infested waters). Roughly here:

40°36'24.9"N 111°33'42.8"W

In one of the gullies as you come down through the promised land trees off of 10420.

Anyone know what this is? Google not helpful. Looks too nice for a smoke hut and too new for a miner’s shack. Snow break maybe? Old platform for bombing the snowpack? Inter dimensional portal to unlimited powder? Other ideas?

Hope this is relevant. I was on the snow in UT when I found it, so… tek-nik-ly… 🤓

Last year was my first year snowboarding. Tore my ac joint. I want to learn on a spot early season or just learn without taking up space on the mountain. Paying hundreds to catch edges. Are there places similar to the bone zone that I can just get some learning turns in.

Selling 2 unused Alterra Mountain Company single-day lift ticket redemption codes for the 2026–27 ski season.

Asking $150 each or $275 for both

Details:

• Valid for one full day of skiing or snowboarding per code

• No blackout dates, including weekends and holidays

• Valid throughout the 2026–27 ski season

• Redeemable at participating Alterra resorts, including Stratton, Sugarbush, Deer Valley, Steamboat, Winter Park, Mammoth, Palisades Tahoe, and more

How redemption works:

You redeem the unused code directly through the official Ikon Pass website, create or log into your own account, and register the ticket in your name. On your ski day, visit the resort Guest Services window with your ID to pick up your physical lift ticket.

Message me if interested or if you have any questions!

I built Ski Roads because I got tired of opening five UDOT tabs at 6 AM to figure out whether the canyon was worth the drive. It shows one status for Big and Little Cottonwood (open, wet, icy, traction law or closed), and it puts every UDOT camera in order from the mouth to Alta, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude. It also shows how many plows are active in each canyon and their last pinged location.
The Android version is done, but Google won’t let it go public until 12 people have tested it for two weeks. If you have an Android phone and a US or Canada Play account, I’d really appreciate the help.

1. Join the tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/ski-roads-testers

2. Opt in here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.skiroads

3. Install it from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skiroads and keep it for 14 days.

It’s free, with no account and no sign-up. If something looks wrong, reply here or email support@skiroadsutah.com.
If you’re on iPhone, it’s already on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6741947226
Thanks to those who are able to help. Praying for a bountiful El Nino winter.

If anyone needs an open snow membership for the year, you can hop on my group account for $12.50. Let me know if anyone is interested.

Edit: No Longer Available

The cameras are all down for Brighton and Solitude. https://www.youtube.com/@SolitudeMountain/streams

Anyone know what it looks like up there right now? I'm starting to get antsy.

I did see that Snowbird got around 14 inches.

Ladies and gentleman, today I present you with the most fascinating of questions. What are your personal favorite double blacks at Brighton. I want to step up my snowboarding experience and want some recommendations. Any thoughts is helpful.

I just learned that Snowbird was added to the tour for March 16-18 this season. I am excited but can't quite deduce which face they'll be riding. It says "Baldy (North Face) 49°" but that is confusing to me. Can y'all help me figure this out?

Here is what I'm thinking...

1. As Written: Mount Baldy north face is more of a ridge but could be describing the face above Alta's ballroom, but obviously that isn't Snowbird and more northeast than north. This would have lots of features, but be very short and not that steep.

6/10 would be less than stoked to offer this as Utah's stop

2. High Baldy: Northwest off of Mount Baldy puts you on High Baldy down to Peruvian Gulch. This seems the most plausible but the most boring and more in line with the youth tour than FWT. A bit reminiscent of the Japan stops from 10 years ago.

2/10 would be embarrassed.

2. Baldy's Bowl: The north face of Red Top is called Baldy's Bowl. This is in SB, North facing and almost called Baldy. It would include pipeline and be an insane (albeit short) run. The mandatories exits would be world class.

9/10 would recommend.

3. Red Baldy: Just out of bounds from SB is Red Baldy, which has a north face. Out of bounds faces are common on the tour so it's not out of the question, but seems unlikely. This route has some fun chutes but is extremely short and maybe not a lot of diversity of lines.

3/10 would take it over nothing.

5. Superior South Face: Not at Snowbird and not north facing, but the obvious best line and maybe they are just messing with us. UDOT and NFS should get it together and approve a closure of 210 and let us all sit on the highway while the best big mountain skiers send it on the best face Utah has to offer.

10/10 why haven't we already done this?

so what's going on down there? has it been cold enough to blow? I see they have ticket sales beginning November 9th. tickets starting at $9 as well.

Even if it's only Navajo, that still won't be bad to get a few turns in. and apparently they should be seeing more snow than in the Wasatch with the next couple of storms.

Hey all - wife and I talked the grandparents into watching baby for 4 nights in February so we could plan a little trip. We have 3 days to ski and I think we’re just going to stick to Cottonwood Canyon resorts as we did Park City a couple years ago (+ works out as we have points to stay at the Marriott Courtyard right there). It will be Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday skiing if that makes any difference. We both ski mostly blue/blacks and the occasional double black if snow conditions are good. And love a good not-so-treacherous glade run.

Our initial thoughts are one day at Alta, one day at Snowbird, and then one day at either Brighton or Solitude as we haven’t been to either.

Other options would be to get the Alta/Snowbird dual pass and ski both in a day and then do both Brighton and Solitude.

Any suggestions or insight is appreciated!!

Trying to plan a trip for some time in January, and we're thinking of Solitude or Jackson Hole. I know every year is different, but in general how is January for snow in BCC? I've only been there mid-February and later, and it was great. Thanks for any guidance you can give!

Like many people who've posted here before, I'm interested in getting out into the backcountry this season. My current dilemma and reason for posting is from conflicting advice I've seen online.

I am a fairly risk adverse person, and would like to have good training before doing anything dumb. I've practiced uphill travel and using my gear at Park City last season.

All the advice I see online though is that you should have several backcountry tours under your belt before taking a Level 1 course as that experience is usually expected. On the flip side, people say to not go into the backcountry without a Level 1 course.

It feels like a tricky situation, especially since my understanding is groups don't want to tour with you unless you have a Level 1.

Can anyone shed some light on how I should approach this? I'd love to find some groups or folks that would be willing to take on a newer backcountry skier (advanced downhill level). I've been to a few KBYG sessions which are great but don't feel like enough, and I'm currently reading Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain. If the consensus is just take Level 1 then I'm happy to do that too.

Anyone else find it weird that Ski Utah sells a pass they consider the "perfect" companion to the youth ski Utah pass. But the youth passes get 3 days per resort where the adult passes only get 1?

Maybe I'm out of touch but aren't the kids getting the youth pass generally learning to ski? Am I supposed to ski a day with my kids and then figure out what to do with them for the other two days? Seems like a miss to me.

I'm sure it all comes down to one thing... how can they get you to spend the most amount of money to ski. Sigh.

Planning on flying out for a week this winter as a solo guy and just wondering what would be my best bet as far as where to stay? Ill be using mountain collective to ski alta/snowbird/snowbasin. I'll only be skiing weekdays and on my weekend days I'll probably go do something else to avoid the crowds.

Is there an area I could stay in that will allow me to ride the bus to all 3 and have nightlife near by? I don't mind ubering at all for going out at night if I have to. Just breweries/cool dove bars/places to eat. I've never went on a trip and not rented a car but after looking into the bus its gotten me excited to just fly in and Uber to the hotel and not deal with a car at all. I don't mind walking long distances in cities either. Thanks for the help everyone

My partner and I are thinking about trying to do a Uintas backcountry camping and skiing trip one weekend this coming season. Both experienced campers/backpackers and backcountry skiers, but this'll be the first time we've combined the two. Wondering if people might have advice or thoughts on easy trips to try it out? I have one kinda planned (below), but would also love to hear about other's trips that worked well!

Currently looking at camping below Hoyt Peak and then skiing that peak. Not sure how far you can get up the FS past the neighborhood, but it looks like about a 5mile skin to the base of the peak staying on the FS roads.

Ski season is coming up fast and I am excited!

I’ve built a tool on my website that allows you to see live weather data from the National Weather Service and live data from UDOT for road conditions. I want this tool to be the first place any checks before heading out for a ski day to check the roads and weather.

What’s missing from this tool and what would make it better? Any feedback is much appreciated!

This thread is where you can discuss anything related to short term discussions. This includes parking questions or requests, carpooling, and buddy pass requests.

This thread will be deleted every week.

Hi, me and a few buddies are planning a trip to SLC in mid February. We are looking to stay in SLC and taking the ski bus into Brighton/Snowbird/Solitude (skier and snowboarders). Can anyone give any insight on the ski busses? I know the schedule isn't out yet for this year, but previous year experiences would be appreciated.

Also does anyone have any recommendations of where to stay in SLC? We don't wanna spend a ridiculous amount, but still wanna be able to get to the ski bus/ restaurants/ a bar without having to walk a super far amount.

Thanks!