Utah: The Greatest Snow on Earth
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Moisture coming off of the Great Salt Lake forms into ice crystals as it moves up and over the Wasatch Mountains. This combination of "lake effect" snow and altitude results in deep drifts of the best powder on the planet.
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Lake Effect Snow
Lake-effect snow is produced in the winter when cold, Arctic winds move across long expanses of warmer lake water, providing energy and picking up water vapor which freezes and is deposited on the lee shores. The same effect over bodies of salt water is called ocean effect snow, sea effect snow, or even bay effect snow. The effect is enhanced when the moving air mass is uplifted by the orographic effect of higher elevations on the downwind shores. This uplifting can produce narrow, but very intense bands of precipitation, which deposit at a rate of many inches of snow each hour and often br...
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Ski Resorts
Although there are other resorts in Utah. The ones on the western side of the Wasatch Front get the most lake effect snow. They are Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude.Scroll down to learn more about each resort.
Alta
Alta is a ski resort located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City, Utah. With a slogan of "The Greatest Snow on Earth," the skiable area consists of 2200 acres (8.9 km²), beginning at a base elevation of 8,530 ft (2,600 m) and rising to 10,550 ft (3,216 m) for a vertical gain of 2,020 ft (616 m). Alta is one of the oldest ski resorts in the country, opening its first lift in 1939. It has an average annual snowfall of 514 inches (1,306 cm).http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?utalta
Alta is one of the few remaining ski resorts in the world that prohibits snowboarders. The...
Brighton
Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area located in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah. Brighton Ski Resort was the first ski resort in Utah, and one of the first in the United States. Brighton was started in 1936 when members of the Alpine Ski Club built a rope tow from wire and an old elevator motor.
Brighton is on public land; all of the resort's land is actually part of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, meaning the whole resort is open to the public year-round, though tickets must be purchased to use the lifts.
Snowbird
Snowbird is a year-round ski and summer resort located in the U.S. state of Utah on the eastern border of the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy in the Little Cottonwood Canyon of the Wasatch mountain range in the Rocky Mountains. It is 29 miles (46 km) from Salt Lake International Airport, 24 miles (38 km) from downtown Salt Lake City and 4 miles (7 km) east of the suburb of Sandy. The resort first opened in December 1971.
Snowbird shares the canyon with neighbor Alta Ski Area. Both receive over 500 inches (12.7 m) of snowfall per year, with a single storm capable of producing over 100 inches d...
Solitude
Solitude Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Big Cottonwood Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City, UT.
Category: Image - :Solitude-02-2006.jpg|thumb|right|Solitude's lower terrain
Solitude is adjacent to Brighton Ski Resort near the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon. At 2000 vertical feet and 1200 acres, it is smaller than Snowbird ski resort and Alta ski resort. It is a very family-oriented mountain, with a wider range of beginner and intermediate slopes than other Utah ski resorts. It was also one of the first major US resorts to adopt an RFID lift ticket system, allowing lift...
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SemperFidelis
My husband is on the National Ski Patrol and patrols at White Pass Washington. I think he would beg to differ on where the best snow is! 5* :o) Posted November 30, 2007 |
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flowski
I just love Alta, Utah! Although now I'm in Tahoe, I had a season pass there for 4 seasons back in the day. Some of the best moments of my life have been on epic powderdays in the Wasatch Mountains. I spent a season at Brighton before I got my Alta pass in a drawing. Brighton is also wonderful. Posted November 02, 2007 |
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Susan52
Pretty, pretty snow! I prefer it without skis, but it sure is beautiful. Posted October 31, 2007 |
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Janusz
Wow! what a Great Lens :) Posted October 30, 2007 |
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Barkely
I've only been skiing, or I should say attempted skiing a couple times. I spent more time on my bottom than I did on the skis. I've only been to Utah in the summer, it looks breathtaking in the winter. Posted October 29, 2007 |
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