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Departing storm may leave skid marks…of the good kind (Errr…Maybe Not?)

Filed on: November 17th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

It’s rained. It was warm. Get used to it. It happens in a la Nina pattern. However, as I said a few weeks ago in my winter outlook as these messy storm pull out, upslope snow will play an important …

The Upper Crust

Filed on: November 17th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

Utah has been lucky to squeeze 80 inches of snow out of the Fall storm clouds.  This has meant the opening of Brighton, Solitude, and Snowbird, last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, respectively.    In reality, this means the ski areas have …

Opening Day Forecast….ehhhhhhh….

Filed on: November 16th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

I hear you. I totally hear you.  With 10 days before the traditional opening day it’s warm, wet and not looking great. Every day somebody asks me “what’s up? Am I going to ski my turkey gravy and stuffing …

(UPDATED) In through the backdoor…upper elevation snow possible monday

Filed on: November 7th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

There is an interesting situation likely to unfold monday into tuesday which could lead to some more snows across the higher terrain of  the northeast as a storm system backs in – retrogrades- west into the northeast.

Wasatch Watch: Storm on Way for Veterans Day (Updated Totals)

Filed on: November 6th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

After a great 40+ inch storm in october, which oddly coincided with some pretty fun skiing, the Wasatch has been bathed in sunlight and mild temps.  Come monday, Winter weather should return with the arrival of a cold trough diving …

Ice Bergs

Filed on: November 2nd, 2010 By: Porter Haney

Winter found it’s way into Utah last Tuesday and dropped a mere 44inches of snow upon Alta.  We took full advantage on Wednesday morning and headed up the Baldy shoulder for our first face shots of the season.  Boy, were …

Winter’s back!

Filed on: November 1st, 2010 By: Ben

The weather changes quickly in New England – after a warm week the mountains are bouncing back with some great snow! Ben and some friends checked out some of their favorite spots and were pleasantly surprised!

WTF WEATHER? (A new series)

Filed on: October 27th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

So since I firmly believe we will have an active, wacky, up and down winter, I’m starting a new series called “WTF WEATHER?” I believe its safe to assume we all know what WTF means…”White Truffle Fondue”….right? Or is …

Deep Dawn Patrols

Filed on: October 27th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

Yeeee Haw.  Utah’s back in the proverbial saddle.  Lionel gave us the word in his weather forecast, a special lake effect band was going to descend upon LCC on Tuesday evening.  Darned if he wasn’t spot on.  The Collins snow …

Wakin’ Up Winter

Filed on: October 25th, 2010 By: Porter Haney

CAW CAW CAW.
Phew.  Dwyer and I were starting to think that it might only snow in New England this year.  Waking up Saturday morning, it was a balmy 55 degrees in Salt Lake City.  Before dawn we headed to one …

Winter to Start in LCC on Saturday (Updated)

Filed on: October 22nd, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

As you know, i’m Bi. No…not like that…settle down there all you bears….I’m a bi-forecaster. As much as I love tracking and predicting the Northeast’s amazing weather and super storms, I also have a fondness for the sheer weather …

Winter to Fall and back again

Filed on: October 20th, 2010 By: Ben

By now you’ve surely heard, seen, and hopefully skied the bounty from the Noreaster of October 2010. Lionel first predicted the storm over a week ago, and kept us up-to-date as the storm developed. Greg got out for some Snowbowl …

Big Snows followed by….

Filed on: October 19th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

Wow.
That’s really all I can say. What a storm.

Fall: From Low to High

Filed on: October 18th, 2010 By: Greg

First things first: This Trip Report goes out to FIS‘ own Lionel Hutz. He called the October Nor’easter EARLY, and then followed the storm through to the end. Everyone owes him a big thanks for the hard work he did …

Knock, Knock! Winter’s Here (For Now)!

Filed on: October 18th, 2010 By: Greg

Working up the weekend winter weather extravaganza (THANKS LIONEL!) into a TR to start the new ski season. Stay tuned for it later today!

OCTOBER SKIING! The Best of What’s North of VT Route 125

Filed on: October 15th, 2010 By: Greg

Short and sweet update to begin to compliment Lionel Hutz’ excellent forecasting. Had to head to Stowe for business purposes, and found rain at the base, an inch at the top and accumulating snow levels at 3000 feet at about …

October Nor’Easter: FKNA! (UPDATE!!!)

Filed on: October 14th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

I had to start a new post because this is too good to be buried. Seriously. I told you I like the october pattern two weeks ago. Some of you may have listened. Some may have not. I told …

SPAM #5: The (Other) Stowe Derby (Redux)

Filed on: October 14th, 2010 By: Greg

The SPAM Series continues as we humbly present a bit of stoke to help get your stoke-meter into the “dangerously high” levels. As you should have heard by now (COUGH! Pay attention to our ski weather guru Lionel! COUGH!), a …

Active October pattern may bring first Nor’Easter (UPDATED 10/14, 5:45 AM)

Filed on: October 14th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

Original Discussion from October 11th, 10PM:
I’m not going to get too “hype-y” but as some of you will undoubtedly hear very soon, this weekend could very well give us our first Nor’Easter and accordingly first higher elevation snowfall.

Winter Outlook (2010-2011)

Filed on: October 6th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

So before we dive in and I stick my neck out there, lets get a few things out of the way. First my goal is to give you an overall idea of what is in store, and when I think …

Famous Internet Cigar Guy

Filed on: October 6th, 2010 By: Greg

Many of you have probably seen by now what is being called the greatest sports photo of all time as it flies around the Internet. Well I decided to look back through our archives, and see if we had anything …

And so it begins….a chance for some “flutter” this weekend. Updated 10/2

Filed on: October 1st, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

As you many have heard (and if you follow my tweets and those on FISWX you would know that there is a very decent chance this weekend of seeing some snow flakes. As an aside, we are going to …

SPAM #3: Little Superior Upper Snowfields–LCC, UT

Filed on: September 29th, 2010 By: Greg

From Utah, to Vtah, back to Utah goes the SPAM Series. This one hearkens back to early January when Porter, his brother Dwyer (the victor of the [Other] Stowe Derby) and I made a bid to ski Mount Superior …

HIKE WEEK: SPA Trip #12 Windows on the World

Filed on: August 4th, 2010 By: Lionel Hutz

While I love an arduous journey that burns out the legs and challengeing adventures you’ve wanted to to tackle for years, sometimes I just want to chill. After all, what’s better on a sunny day with nothing to do …

Carried (Away) Up the Trap Dike

Filed on: August 2nd, 2010 By: Greg

As mentioned earlier today when I first put up the report about our ascent of the Trap Dike, we decided to bring Porter and Dwyer (long time friends, and chief executive directors of the FIS Utah Headquarters) along for the …

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