Snowbird, Mar. 10-12, 2025

jimk

jimk

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Tony, I am going to mess up your timeline with this post, but feel free to rearrange it.

12 Mar 2025 with the two Tonys at Snowbird, UT.
I got to spend about three hours with @Tony Crocker today. Tony S (@tseeb) and his wife Lucia joined us for the second 90 mins of that time.

Tony C and I did a few groomers in Little Cloud bowl and then went to the Rasta Chutes area nearby. It had slightly stale winter snow, but the sun was out.
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Tony C. a little wider view, same area.
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We went back up there for a high line I'd call Upper Rasta Chutes. It was a little sketchy, but Tony C. handled it well.
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Then we met Tony S. and his wife Lucia for a couple of groomers.
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I think both Mrs and Mr @tseeb are in this photo:
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Tony S. in the area of Mark Malu trail
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Back to Tony C, standing in a spot along the Upper Cirque. We skied a line here shortly after photo was taken.
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Happy trails until we meet again! Hopefully, there is a one foot dump coming tomorrow in the Cottonwoods. Things are a little firm at the Bird right now.
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Update 08/03/25: The repairs for Mineral Basin are taking longer than anticipated due to poor weather conditions. Snowbird now aims to reopen Mineral Basin next week. With heavy snowfall in the forecast.......
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That's a bunch of :bs:. 3/8-11 couldn't have had better weather. If it takes more than 4 calm and sunny days to do that repair, it could be a month before they get around to it at this time of year.
 
What would the density be like there on a busy or powder day without MB to help distribute people? Or do people start moving to warm-weather pursuits by mid-March?
 
jamesdeluxe said:
What would the density be like there on a busy or powder day without MB to help distribute people? Or do people start moving to warm-weather pursuits by mid-March?
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The density would be intensity :)
Bulk of new Snow coming later today, so I would expect tomorrow to be a freaky Friday. Visitor numbers start dropping in late March or early April, and are somewhat conditions-driven. The huge number of local snowriders will keep coming if the snow does. But usually by the first or second week of April it's pretty dead. I love April out here for that reason.
 
I'm sure JimK's assessment is correct. But big powder dumps bring out the locals in force even in late April/May. I know because I've read numerous reports of those days from former admin. And we know there are lots more of those locals now that during the time of those reports 10-15 years ago.

Mineral Basin did not exist until 2000, but Snowbird skier visits have at least doubled since then. We heard that Snowbird liftlines Saturday were excessive. Sunday skier density was definitely higher at Snowbird than Alta.

We really love the full Ikon benefit of the combined ticket. Sunday (crowds) and today (start of storm, low angle powder) it was better to be at Alta. Monday-Wednesday were better at Snowbird with more accessible north facing terrain that retained winter snow in the warm weather.
 
jimk said:
Tony, I am going to mess up your timeline with this post, but feel free to rearrange it.
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I greatly appreciate the post and pics, will save me time while I'm busy on this trip. Moving posts to a new topic is very easy for me. Mar. 10-12 were all at Snowbird on sunny days with winter snow on high and north facing sectors and more spring elsewhere, so I'm grouping them together and will get around to adding some details from Mar. 10 and 11 later.
 
Some photos of @Tony Crocker in mid-Cirque on Tuesday
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This is not Tony Crocker. I tried to catch him when he was getting close to me, but mostly missed and caught someone else.
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I was very lucky catching up with group after using points to stay at Springville Best Western Monday night. I spotted @Tony Crocker from one of our first chairs at Snowbird, then ran into and skied with his son Adam, whose Iron Blosam unit my wife and I took over for rest of week, Ed Cooke and his wife, Stephanie, and others from our group. Ed, after tiring his wife out, gave good tour of some of the challenging runs at Snowbird to group that included Eric, who is assistant ski patrol director at Plattekill, Chris, a snowboarder, and me.

We stayed in Moab Sunday night before doing two hikes at Arches on Monday, then in Springville about an hour away from Snowbird that night. It was our first time at any Utah National Park. There was a 10-15 minute line of cars entering park where timed entry reservations are required starting April 1. Temps got into the 60s, warm enough that I only wore thin t-shirt on 2nd hike. Many people were in shorts.
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Above is Delicate Arch that is on Utah license plates. La Sal mountains to left. Hike was a little over 3 miles roundtrip with over 500' of elevation gain and very busy. Next photo is Landscape Arch. We waited about 15 minutes for sun to move behind arch so it would not ruin photo. When it did not, I walked next to fence that said do not go past to get this photo. As it was, with only a quick stop at Park Avenue viewpoint before leaving Park, for gas in Price, UT and In N Out in Spanish Fork, it was dark before we got to motel.
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