Alta, UT Report: Impressive Mt. Baldy OPEN Wall-To-Wall!

Miles Clark
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11,068' Mt. Baldy, Alta, UT. image: snowbrains
11,068โ€ฒ Mt. Baldy, Alta, UT. image: snowbrains

Report from April 18th, 2019

I casually rolled up to Alta Ski Area, UT yesterday tired, satisfied from 3 powder days in a row, and not expecting much more than a nice spring day.

As soon as I looked up, I saw that 11,068โ€ฒ Mt. Baldy was open wall-to-wall.

Instantly, I was fired up and in a hurry.

Ripping Baldy. image: snowbrains

I rode up the Collins and Sugarloaf chairs and ran up Baldy.

Well, I walked slowly upโ€ฆย  My legs were still tired even though my mind was highly activated.

Iโ€™d only ever skied Main Chute off Baldy.

My first line was in here.
11,068โ€ฒ Mt. Baldy, Alta, UT. image: snowbrains

I dropped in somewhere near the top, billy-goated a short spine and jumped off the spine into a chute that didnโ€™t reach the top that no one had been in yet.ย ย 

After the drop, I carved a big left turn and ripped a few turns on a little wind spine above a cliff.

So Fun!

I stopped below, looked back up, and soaked in the impressive amount of sexy lines that lay before me.

I hiked up with this ski patroller then happened to get his crash on film. He was laughing at himself out loud and sitting on the snow for a while. Fun day! image: snowbrains

The snow was good on Baldy โ€“ not deep, but powdery, soft, supple and responsive.

I crawled up top again and dropped into Little Chute (which isnโ€™t little this season) and cut out of it high and right and skied a tight chute to a wide chute then traversed over to neat off-angle cliff drop.

Crazy Fun!

Hannah ripping Little Chute. image: snowbrains

Too tired to hike up again, I relagated myself to fun, soft, fast, cruisy Collins lift groomer laps where I could gape at Mt. Baldy and watch others pick out shifty lines.

Yesterday was a special day at Alta.

Bros scoping lines on Baldy. image: snowbrains

SNOW NUMBERS:

  • 12 Hour Snowfall:ย 0โ€ณ
  • 24 Hour Snowfall:ย 0โ€ณ
  • Base Depth: 170โ€ณ
  • YTD Snowfall:ย 616โ€ณ

FORECAST:

Extended forecast for Alta Ski Area, UT. Image: NOAA

PHOTOS:

Time for reflection in Little Chute. image: snowbrains
11,068โ€ฒ Mt. Baldy, Alta, UT. image: snowbrains
Hannah ripping Little Chute. image: snowbrains

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