As a European I was once 2008 one week skiing in Utah; mostly Alta and Snowbird. This was the most incredible skiing i did ever in my life! Nothing in the alps comes close to this!
@@wahpowprod Yup. This video was one of my favorites growing up. Coming back to it now after a full life journey with skiing feels like coming full circle. Thank you.
Great video! thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of many of my favorite times in Utah's light powder as well as CMH powder trips. Wishing I was there again now! Bottomless and breathtaking!
Yeah, you're right. Hiking out of Rocky Point 0:16 Skiing powder at Rock Point 1:15 Back Flip at Rocky Point 1:40 Skiing powder at Rock Point 2:13 BASE jumping off of Hellgate Cliffs 3:01 Other than that, everything else is pure Alta powder.
This is total FACE SHOTS SKIING!!! This is what you live fore!!!.... I love this stuff... Get these kind of conditions in Fernie, BC 3 or 4 times a year... Some times more...
Went to Val D'isère last week. It snowed and the snow was up to the knees or waist sometimes. It was really nice off-pist powdersnow skiing. I Just say omg to this video. it is really nice
@goodbusiness12 haha I hear ya man, I'm originally from New Hampshire, so I know of the New England skiing. I was fortunate enough that my parents bought a place in Alta 40 years ago so that when we got sick of the New England skiing we could run out to Utah lol. I will certainly give aspen a try,
@17cusTom Yeah Canada gets a lot of snow. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's a Maritime snowpack, as opposed to our Continental snowpack, right? The pacific northwest is plagued with massive amounts of snowfall. Mt Baker had a 95 foot year in 98-99. Usually the snow is a lot more dense in those areas. Water content in Utah and Colorado can be in the single digits, while the Costal areas get up near 30%. My good friend moves to the Kootenay's every winter and tours his ass off. It looks INSANE!!
@wahpowprod There's a place in Colorado that gets almost as much as Alta, but it doesn't get skied off near as quick. With Alta, if you're not there within 3 days of a dump, often there's little fresh left. :-)
Yeah, I uploaded it years ago. The kicker was it happened just a few months before youtube changed their policies on file size and time length. I was going to put it on again but I lost the original file. It's on a tape somewhere, but there's literally thousands of tapes and this point. Like you said though, the skiing speaks for itself.
@warty2200 It is in HD. It just happens that it was posted to RUclips a few months before they accepted bigger file sizes. It was all I could manage at the time. Check Highway 210 for some better quality of the same.
Alta is the shit. I wish I could ski it more often. Unfortunately, whenever we go to Utah we stay at Park City. Maybe when I go for a weekend with my uncle next year. Nice Vid though!
@firedog9 Once you get up on the mountain and move to mid-mountain lifts, crowds seem to be less, and by 12:00pm lines are less than a few minutes. If you go to Alta/Snowbird on a weekday, crowds won't be an issue whatsoever. When I'v skied Snowbasin I didn't notice crowds being any less.
@thehurtingskater So true. I went there for Spring Break this year (2010) and it was super icy. I was still happy just to be there, but there was no good powder to be found.
@2WhiteAndNerdy The best time to go to Alta is the last two weeks of January and first two weeks of February. That is when we usually get dumped on the most.
@Infernobasilea Snowbird... it's right next to Alta and almost gets the same storms. It gets slightly less snow year round, but I personally prefer the terrain at snowbird.
@goodbusiness12 I'm in Colorado right now, finishing my undergrad and the Alta is not even comparable to the crowds I see at Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone, etc. I would hardly consider Alta or Snowbird crowded. I don't think i'v ever waited in line for more than 15-20 minutes at Alta and I'v skied Alta hundreds of times. When there are crowds, they are usually at the bottom on a weekend, and in the morning rush (9-11am).
@jtomasik Silverton? Averages 400 and only has one lift. Wolf Creek? Claims 465 annually, which is a stretch. Neither is 500. There are lots of skis areas that get "almost as much as Alta". Three days after a storm? Try three hours! The place is Mecca for powder hounds and even an inch or two creates the most intense powder panic. Colorando has some good skiing and some light snow, but Utah is where it's at.
@firedog9 One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are commuting up and down the canyon you will hit the red snake of death if you head down after 3:00pm. There is an incredibly long line getting down the canyon, which doesn't dissipate for a while. I don't actually know how long it would take you to get down because I literally used to ski home, but I'm guessing around an hour to get to the bottom of the canyon. If you leave before 3:00pm or after 6:30 it will only take you 20mins.
@goodbusiness12 Yeah, if you're going to ski Utah, Alta and Snowbird should be THE TOP of the list. I haven't quite found anything comparable to Snowbird and Alta terrain and snow while I'v been here in Colorado. The only mountain that comes close for me is Vail. To be fair though, I have to say the only downside to Alta and Snowbird (for some) is it's not a big resort, it's not a ski village like Vail or Breckenridge. It's a little town nestled in the canyon and its focus is just great skiing.
@wahpowprod yea, thats the absolute sweetest thing ive ever seen as far as powder goes, steamboat doesnt have shit on this, ive skied the boat 6 or 7 powder days and its all skied out by 10 am, best powder ive hit is southeast wyoming but ive never had a day like this
It's been ten years since you commented, but I'm pretty sure the original is corrupted. I couldn't get it uploaded correctly at the time and haven't been able to find another copy of it. However I have about 200 minidv tapes kickin around, it might be on there. Will advise...
i spent time at snowbird...powder is some the of best powder anywhere...i can attest to that. amazing mountains both snowbird and alta...if you ever get a chance to rip there...do it.
@goodbusiness12 @goodbusiness12 Yes I have, I prefer Alta because it gets more snow, and better snow. Over the past several years Alta has been ranked #1 or #2 best powder in North America. Nonetheless, Snowbasin has some pretty nice terrain and seems to be more spread out with larger open faces. Snowbasin also has 800 more acres of skiable area than Alta. Yet, I think Alta and especially Snowbird have more terrain variety. I'm a local resident of the town of Alta so I could be bias
@17cusTom Alta's average is 500 inches. What's interesting about this number is that it's a low ball: 05-06 totaled 637in, 07-08 was 701in, 08-09 was 696in and so on. I think 83-84 was the best season with something like 811 inches. Of course there have been bad years like everywhere else: 06-07 was a horribly low season at only 389 inches. So one of the worst seasons at Alta is an epic season almost anywhere else. In fact Park City, which is just around the corner, averages only 360 inches.
@Eazyluvable Like I said, hardpack, not ice. Just because the horse is in Brazil doesn't mean you can call it a donkey. Between Jan 1 and Feb 28 of 2010 there were only 18 days without precipitation, with the longest block being 3 days. I'm just sayin'...
i dont know how it feels to powder with skiis :) but its such an unbelievable great feeling with the board :) one of the best feelings u can have.!! poor r those who will never going to feel it! anyway - awsm vid
I watch this vid. every winter. Still one of my faves!
this is a gift from planet earth we should appreciate!! awsome movie!!!
You got get a lot of credit. No way could I stand around and film on a day like that. Awesome. Thanks so much!! Ross
that cliff huck was insane !! awsome shots and music !!!
Wow... that looks like amazing snow. Rocky Mountain skiing is the best!
This is the sweetest of the deep powder vids. Nice camera, good music, beautiful curves. You can really feel it in your body......Beautiful!
This short absolutely rocks.
I miss the blankets of cold powder every morning, but watching this makes me feel it right now. Excellent.
CAn't imagine it getting any better.
As a European I was once 2008 one week skiing in Utah; mostly Alta and Snowbird. This was the most incredible skiing i did ever in my life! Nothing in the alps comes close to this!
god I miss this stuff...pure heaven
Awesome clips! Can't wait for another storm!!!
I can't stop watching this vid.
thats why i love skiing soooooooo much
2021 and still incredible
Thanks. I made something that I wanted to watch and to this day I still enjoy pressing play.
@@wahpowprod Yup. This video was one of my favorites growing up. Coming back to it now after a full life journey with skiing feels like coming full circle. Thank you.
Great video! thanks for sharing it. Reminds me of many of my favorite times in Utah's light powder as well as CMH powder trips. Wishing I was there again now! Bottomless and breathtaking!
Nice Vid! How you found friends to film you on a pow day is beyond me. NO FRIENDS ON A POW DAY! Great footage, thanks for posting!
this has to be the greatest video on youtube
Great video, wish I had been their that day. I don't really have the balls to ski in the blinding powder like that. Nice snow! Nice skiing!
Beautiful!!!!!
I skied there last year when they had their all time record for snow😊
Perfect I wish Alta was my home hill, it will be in nine more years when I can leave the east and the ice and hard pack, thanks for the post
The best powder on earth, the snow gods have blessed us. Just wish it was in HD
alta is amazing, i luv shreading up there
HEAVEN!!!
-a.j. in aspen, CO
im from the north-east and im going to alta in january. I am so excited to get to ski on real snow.
I remember Alta, went when I was young. Didn't appreciate the quality of the snow :( but if I ever go back and gonna ski til I drop.
How I have always remembered Alta. Steep and deep. Always bring your fat skis
the season is coming up fast, im really excited
Please make a full length movie. I'd buy it. I'd love to ski with you guys, love deep powder! I ski alta/snowbird all the time.
Love Powder Skiing!!!
that looks insanely fun
Absoltely beautiful on the mountains. In the cities it sucks.
Awesome pow pow shots, that's not california snow. We've been wanting to take a trip to Alta.
That is straight BLOWER POW!
powder skiing is heaven
Can't wait for winter!!!!
Yeah, you're right.
Hiking out of Rocky Point 0:16
Skiing powder at Rock Point 1:15
Back Flip at Rocky Point 1:40
Skiing powder at Rock Point 2:13
BASE jumping off of Hellgate Cliffs 3:01
Other than that, everything else is pure Alta powder.
One of my hardcore boarding buds just switched to skis, I'm so happy that I have won over another convert!
they make pow look so easy
wow I got shivers down my spine watching this Vid. Little Cottonwood CYN is magical! I am havin withdrawls.
What is the street value of all that glorious Peruvian POW POW!!!!
it looks like he's just starting an avalanche
alta and snowbird are the best. Plus Brigthon s got some awesome BC. sweet vid.
Perfect
OMG this video is amazing...
This is total FACE SHOTS SKIING!!! This is what you live fore!!!.... I love this stuff... Get these kind of conditions in Fernie, BC 3 or 4 times a year... Some times more...
Went to Val D'isère last week. It snowed and the snow was up to the knees or waist sometimes. It was really nice off-pist powdersnow skiing. I Just say omg to this video. it is really nice
awesome.
that is so dope
super fantastic.. luck how can sky there!!!!
i think i just drooled on my computer!!!!!!!! :P
Dang strait Best resort ever
I have had the same stuff on the backside of alta but now i really miss it. Untracked fress pow is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sweet! i cant wait im going there next february vacation, GONA BE SWEET
@goodbusiness12 haha I hear ya man, I'm originally from New Hampshire, so I know of the New England skiing. I was fortunate enough that my parents bought a place in Alta 40 years ago so that when we got sick of the New England skiing we could run out to Utah lol. I will certainly give aspen a try,
inspirational. i want some.
@17cusTom Yeah Canada gets a lot of snow. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's a Maritime snowpack, as opposed to our Continental snowpack, right? The pacific northwest is plagued with massive amounts of snowfall. Mt Baker had a 95 foot year in 98-99. Usually the snow is a lot more dense in those areas. Water content in Utah and Colorado can be in the single digits, while the Costal areas get up near 30%. My good friend moves to the Kootenay's every winter and tours his ass off. It looks INSANE!!
! inspirational. i want some.
@wahpowprod There's a place in Colorado that gets almost as much as Alta, but it doesn't get skied off near as quick. With Alta, if you're not there within 3 days of a dump, often there's little fresh left. :-)
Yeah, I uploaded it years ago. The kicker was it happened just a few months before youtube changed their policies on file size and time length. I was going to put it on again but I lost the original file. It's on a tape somewhere, but there's literally thousands of tapes and this point. Like you said though, the skiing speaks for itself.
@warty2200 It is in HD. It just happens that it was posted to RUclips a few months before they accepted bigger file sizes. It was all I could manage at the time. Check Highway 210 for some better quality of the same.
oooooooohhhhhhh!
fantasticooooo
Alta is the shit. I wish I could ski it more often. Unfortunately, whenever we go to Utah we stay at Park City. Maybe when I go for a weekend with my uncle next year. Nice Vid though!
no montana has excellent snow just when the wind isnt blowing
@firedog9 Once you get up on the mountain and move to mid-mountain lifts, crowds seem to be less, and by 12:00pm lines are less than a few minutes. If you go to Alta/Snowbird on a weekday, crowds won't be an issue whatsoever. When I'v skied Snowbasin I didn't notice crowds being any less.
@thehurtingskater So true. I went there for Spring Break this year (2010) and it was super icy. I was still happy just to be there, but there was no good powder to be found.
IT'S SO FLUFFY IM GONNA DIE!!!!
damn
thatsa lot of snow!
@2WhiteAndNerdy The best time to go to Alta is the last two weeks of January and first two weeks of February. That is when we usually get dumped on the most.
@Infernobasilea Snowbird... it's right next to Alta and almost gets the same storms. It gets slightly less snow year round, but I personally prefer the terrain at snowbird.
@goodbusiness12 I'm in Colorado right now, finishing my undergrad and the Alta is not even comparable to the crowds I see at Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone, etc. I would hardly consider Alta or Snowbird crowded. I don't think i'v ever waited in line for more than 15-20 minutes at Alta and I'v skied Alta hundreds of times. When there are crowds, they are usually at the bottom on a weekend, and in the morning rush (9-11am).
Sick! I can't figure out how you could take the time on a day like that to film.
@tobbetobbebobbob yeah, I uploaded this before youtube started accepting high res footage. the original footage is mostly 720p
holy shit thats deep!!!
@jtomasik Silverton? Averages 400 and only has one lift. Wolf Creek? Claims 465 annually, which is a stretch. Neither is 500. There are lots of skis areas that get "almost as much as Alta". Three days after a storm? Try three hours! The place is Mecca for powder hounds and even an inch or two creates the most intense powder panic. Colorando has some good skiing and some light snow, but Utah is where it's at.
@firedog9 One thing I forgot to mention is that if you are commuting up and down the canyon you will hit the red snake of death if you head down after 3:00pm. There is an incredibly long line getting down the canyon, which doesn't dissipate for a while. I don't actually know how long it would take you to get down because I literally used to ski home, but I'm guessing around an hour to get to the bottom of the canyon. If you leave before 3:00pm or after 6:30 it will only take you 20mins.
@goodbusiness12 Yeah, if you're going to ski Utah, Alta and Snowbird should be THE TOP of the list. I haven't quite found anything comparable to Snowbird and Alta terrain and snow while I'v been here in Colorado. The only mountain that comes close for me is Vail. To be fair though, I have to say the only downside to Alta and Snowbird (for some) is it's not a big resort, it's not a ski village like Vail or Breckenridge. It's a little town nestled in the canyon and its focus is just great skiing.
GNAR TO THE MAX
He was BASE jumping.
@wahpowprod yea, thats the absolute sweetest thing ive ever seen as far as powder goes, steamboat doesnt have shit on this, ive skied the boat 6 or 7 powder days and its all skied out by 10 am, best powder ive hit is southeast wyoming but ive never had a day like this
I would love to shred pow like this in Utah
Is there any way that you could reupload this in 720? I literally watch this video every dy, it always puts me in a better mood
It's been ten years since you commented, but I'm pretty sure the original is corrupted. I couldn't get it uploaded correctly at the time and haven't been able to find another copy of it. However I have about 200 minidv tapes kickin around, it might be on there. Will advise...
wow this video... makes me want to drop everything.. move to utah get a minimum wage job at a ski area and become a ski bum for the rest of my life
the way of the ski requires a proper mountain.
*starts crying*
EPIC
this is the deepest POW on the net - not snorkel needed but a bluebird to trump all -
Volant Spatulas, K2 Pontoons, Birdos Puder Luders and someone's on some Rossis
i spent time at snowbird...powder is some the of best powder anywhere...i can attest to that. amazing mountains both snowbird and alta...if you ever get a chance to rip there...do it.
Home!
@goodbusiness12 @goodbusiness12 Yes I have, I prefer Alta because it gets more snow, and better snow. Over the past several years Alta has been ranked #1 or #2 best powder in North America. Nonetheless, Snowbasin has some pretty nice terrain and seems to be more spread out with larger open faces. Snowbasin also has 800 more acres of skiable area than Alta. Yet, I think Alta and especially Snowbird have more terrain variety. I'm a local resident of the town of Alta so I could be bias
@17cusTom Alta's average is 500 inches. What's interesting about this number is that it's a low ball: 05-06 totaled 637in, 07-08 was 701in, 08-09 was 696in and so on. I think 83-84 was the best season with something like 811 inches. Of course there have been bad years like everywhere else: 06-07 was a horribly low season at only 389 inches. So one of the worst seasons at Alta is an epic season almost anywhere else. In fact Park City, which is just around the corner, averages only 360 inches.
what's that song?
perfect vid!
@Eazyluvable Like I said, hardpack, not ice. Just because the horse is in Brazil doesn't mean you can call it a donkey. Between Jan 1 and Feb 28 of 2010 there were only 18 days without precipitation, with the longest block being 3 days. I'm just sayin'...
When will we ever see this kind of snow in Europe??
@atraherne I went to Snowbird/Alta last April, amazing snow then.
i dont know how it feels to powder with skiis :)
but its such an unbelievable great feeling with the board :) one of the best feelings u can have.!!
poor r those who will never going to feel it!
anyway - awsm vid
i just was there
That only happens for one week every 10 yearss :( maybe it'll be this year