One hundred reasons we love ski season in honor of there being only 100 days until we're skiing again.
Today marks one hundred days until the 2015/16 ski season kicks off at Alta and we couldn’t be more excited to share another season with you! To celebrate, we have constructed a list of one hundred things we love most about ski season (in no particular order). Comment below if you have any to add to the list.
- Susie's Special at Alta Java
- Bluebird powder days
- The Baldy boot pack
- Making it to Alta before Little Cottonwood is closed in the morning for control work
- When that perfect song starts to play as you get off the lift
- The community
- Italian hot chocolate from Baldy Brews
- Side stepping out into Devil’s Castle with all of your friends
- Being able to ski for 50% off at some great resorts courtesy of the Reciprocity Benefit
- The view of Superior from the Albion Grill deck
- The Frank
- When you time it right and get the free appetizers at the Sitzmark
- Being featured in the Alta “Photo of the Day”
- Sugarloaf laps
- The High Boy Party
- Exploring every single one of the 2,200 skiable acres
- Patrol puppies
- Alta Lodge Women’s Clinics
- Friends roll back into town for their “winter jobs”
- Groomer hot laps
- Playing a little game we like to call “which Subaru is mine?” in the parking lot
- Ski after 3
- Ski with a ranger
- Break time at the Alta library
- New Year’s Eve Torchlight Parade
- Powder yelps
- The High Traverse
- That down canyon view from the top of Supreme
- Retro onesies
- Soaking up the sun on the deck at Alf’s
- Closing Day...both of them
- The most seasonal snowfall in Utah
- Control mornings, because you know it is going to be good
- Interlodge
- First tracks
- Alf Engen Ski School
- Spring corn skiing
- The first chair crew at Collins
- Junior Explorers
- Learning the names of your favorite lifties
- Storm skiing
- #Nuketown
- Sippin’ on that cider at the Sitzmark
- Seeing the hallway at the Peruvian lined with ski boots
- Drinking beer on the porch of Goldminer's Daughter
- Skiing with Santa Claus
- International Women’s Ski Day
- Building out your interlodge emergency kit so you’re prepared for the next big storm
- Free refills
- Taking a break on the transfer tow
- The side step up East Castle
- First tracks down East Castle after side stepping for 30 minutes
- Building confidence on the Alta All Mountain Team
- Groms
- Snow beards
- Sunrise
- Alta snowcat skiing
- Taking a break on Cecret
- That feeling you get when you take your ski boots off
- That guy skiing with a snorkel
- Blower turns on Baldy shoulder
- 116 runs
- Half laps from Collins mid station
- Skier studs
- 4:30pm High Boy lap
- Hittin’ the #Shotzski with your friends at the Pdog
- Wildcat “park” laps
- New friends and new skills with the Alta Youth Club
- Catching the Telluride Mountain Film Tour at Lady of Our Snows
- Alta Gear Swap
- Working on your form with the Alta Race Team
- Sunset over Superior
- 24”+ overnight
- (S)he Jumps Into the Canyon
- Keyhole shuttle laps
- Getting DEEP in Westward Ho
- Shooting the breeze with the lift operators
- Checking your ride data on Alta.com
- Riding the lift with your favorite pro
- “Grown up” time with the Alta Parent Club
- Hitchhikers in Little Cottonwood Canyon
- The smile your friend has after they charged through a foot of fresh snow
- Watching youngsters enjoy their first time on skis
- The Alta town race series
- New gear
- Taking UTA instead of driving up canyon to go skiing
- Picking up your favorite Alta gear at Alta Sports
- Skiing Main Chute every chance you get
- Laying down first tracks on fresh corduroy
- How the Alta lodges bundle breakfast and dinner with their rates
- Spotting Alta vanity license plates in the parking lot
- Chairlift pick up lines
- When you time it right and get the free appetizers at the Pdog
- Lapping West Buffler on a blustery day
- Insightful lift conversations with people from around the globe
- Taking in the view from the top of Eddie’s High Nowhere
- Getting lost in Catherine’s
- Upgrading to the AltaBird pass and skiing between the two resorts via Sugarloaf Pass
- Catching the rope drop on the Backside
- Alta is for skiers
See you on opening day, Friday, November 20th, 2015. Think snow!