Epic Snow Season out West!

[93Prostar190]

Great season continues, might do a 4/1 trip the way this is going!

[neil.anderson63]

Headed back to Utah in a couple days for my 3rd trip this season. It's ridiculous this year!

[2RLAKE]

Wow … 5 straight days at Brighton, Snowbird and Solitude … epic conditions … Tuesday we had 2 feet of fresh powder and Thursday at Snowbird was probably the best day of skiing in my life … a little tired now but having a nice Bloody Mary in the delta lounge heading home

Linda can now say she’s done some double black at Solitude Evergreen Chutes … she did great but did not want to go back fro a second run!

[RxMC]

Many just parked their car on the highway and walked. It took my employee 12 hrs to get home, normally would have been 30-45 mins.

That makes me scratch my head. Did it rain first? Was it 32 degrees so it was extra slippery? That's the worst.

We were in Eveleth MN last December for a youth hockey tournament. 10" of snow fell Sunday morning while we were playing our last game. We drove over 200 miles home on two lane roads, didn't think a lot about it.

Anyway, skiing.

[2RLAKE]

heading to SLC in the morning ... 5 straight days of skiing ... hope the legs hold out!

[JTNG]

Hopefully All this will get some of our lakes back up to par. We got 8" in the Portland Metro Area. Shut down the city as usual. Many just parked their car on the highway and walked. It took my employee 12 hrs to get home, normally would have been 30-45 mins.

[TolCarMan]

Woke up this morning to 17" of snow in my driveway, and it's still coming down! That's a pretty crazy figure for the SLC valley. I think the resorts got around 24". Most jobs and all schools are "canceled" today (Canceled in quotes due to zoom. Thanks covid lol). More snow = more water, I'm not complaining.

[bcd]

It's our last day at Red mountain. This is my third trip here, and I still haven't gotten a good powder day. Snow isn't bad for no new snow (if you stay high up). Lift lines are non existent, which is awesome for presidents day weekend (and friends day for Canada). Flights through Denver were horrible on the way out due to their storm last Wednesday, but we got through barely and got no sleep that night. Overall it's been a great family trip even without powder.

[TolCarMan]

Brighton over Solitude all day, every day! Only kind of kidding. I was up there Monday and Tuesday and there was tons of snow to be played in. After all this powder, I'm honestly craving a solid groomer day. Am I crazy?

[93Prostar190]

Nice! I'm planning on another January smash and grab to Utah. Check into Brighton to get the full Big Cottonwood experience.

As far as Cottonwood is concerned, the only resort I have not skied is Brighton, may need to this Sunday!

The Canyon is ripping this year!

[neil.anderson63]

Emergency trip to Solitude in the works .... pics forthcoming .... Snowbird earlier this year ... Epic season out West is an understatement!!!

Nice! I'm planning on another January smash and grab to Utah. Check into Brighton to get the full Big Cottonwood experience.

[93Prostar190]

Emergency trip to Solitude in the works .... pics forthcoming .... Snowbird earlier this year ... Epic season out West is an understatement!!!

[bcd]

Thanks for the tips and offers. This will actually be my 3rd time in Rossland. I went to snowcat ski 4 years ago, but conditions didn't cooperate and we got rainchecked to come back the following year. I've skied Red Mountain also. The wife and I found alternative events the first trip since the snow was bad. We cross country skied, snowshoe hiked, and hiked to the Nakusp hot springs on the first trip. We are bringing our 6 and 8 year olds with us this time and we booked them in ski school all 4 days, so our trip is pretty much booked full for skiing and we are tied to Red Mountain. We get into Spokane late and get up early to drive to Rossland to ski the first full day. After day 4 of skiing, we drive back down to Spokane to fly out the next morning.

[Ironhorse]

I've made this trip twice before. Doing exactly what you are describing; fly to Spokane and drive 3 hrs north. Rossland is just 8 miles over the boarder. I've skied at Red Mountain, BC on both of those trips. It's a great mountain, no crowd, big snow. The town of Rossland is sleepy, so we didn't do much. I don't know how your trip is laid out, but I'll give you these suggestions. Carve out a day if you can and make the day trip to Nelson to ski Whitewater. It's a smaller resort, with slow fixed grip chairs, but still a good time.

If you do go to Whitewater, on the way back to Rossland, stop at the Hume hotel in down town Nelson and eat at Mike's Pub.

Another option, we did a day at Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho before we saddled up and headed for the boarder. It's another good mountain and it's maybe a bit less than an hour drive from Spokane.

We're headed to that part of BC too...but we're doing a week at Big White and flying into Kelowna, BC. BC is gem for skiing. And you can get away from the crowds for sure. Enjoy!

My wife and I are from that area and just got back yesterday from a trip out that way. Our families still live there. If you need any info, feel free to shoot me a pm and I will be happy to help. The info Timr71 has provided above is spot on. There are just a few other suggestions if you're interested.

[neil.anderson63]

awesome .... flying to SLC tonight!

Great timing! I was out 2 weeks ago. They have 400" of snowfall so far this season. Enjoy the dumpage!!