Little and Main Chute on 11/8

Looking back down the valley

After getting more snow this past week, we decided to head back up to Alta and get some more fresh turns in. As we were skinning up, we realized that the snow wasn't as soft as we would of hoped. With wishful thinking, we decided to head up to the top of Baldy to see how Main chute looked and to see if Little Chute would go too.

Orie on top of Main Chute

After getting on top of Baldy, Orie and Kurt decided to drop into Main Chute in hopes of sniffing out what little freshies remained. On the other hand, Little chute was untouched and looked good to go. Best way to spice up a classic ski decent... ski it before it completely fills in. Greg and I both enjoyed awesome lines down Little chute with some fun monitory drops thrown in to add some spice. Can't wait for opening day at Alta!
JT

Greg getting ready to drop Little Chute

Greg halfway down little

Preseason Skiing at Alta

This weekend we were able to get up and take advantage of some of the great snow that this latest preseason storm had dumped on the upper elevations. On Wednesday, Justin was able to get up and get some deep snow during a run down Alta. Friday Justin and I headed up to Alta again in search of more snow. We were surprised to find some great skiing, about 15 inches of freshies, with very little rock encounters on the Baldy shoulder. It was a great afternoon of skiing. The next morning Justin, Lucy, and I headed up to Alta again, looking to get on Main Chute off of Mt Baldy. We were hoping to get first tracks, but soon noticed that there was already a pair of ski tracks coming out of it from earlier that morning, and a party of 5 or 6 headed up in front of us. None-the-less we were psyched. We got to the top and scoped out the possibility of skiing Little Chute instead, but opted to stick with Main to avoid destroying our skis. The skiing down Main was great; the snow was soft and mostly all the rocks were covered up. We got back down to base with a car-to-car time of about 3 hours. It was a great day of skiing, especially for the beginning of November! Here's a link to a video of us skiing Main Chute: https://vimeo.com/78446652

Altas filling in on 10/30

Justin getting some fresh snow on the Baldy shoulder

Lucy heading up to the summit of Baldy

Getting ready to drop. Photo cred: Lucy

Panorama from on top of Main Chute. Photo Cred Lucy