Bulldog wrote:Snow conditions at Alta are reported as "hardpack". I went through SLC yesterday and it was 50 degrees.
Snow any better at Skyline?
Couple of things about the snow and snowkiting in Utah.
First, Skyline is over 10,000 feet and is a vast expanse with freshies for days after dumps.
Second, while pow-pow is bliss for resorts, softpack is better for snowkiting as it minimizes resistence and allows for more speed.
I was in Utah a couple weeks ago with WOWkite and we arrived to too much powder and wound up packing it down iwth snow mobiles just to get some tracks going.
I have some photos I will post later today of the snow conditions and kiting two weeks ago...it's on out there. Amazing how stoked you can get kiting at 10k feet in Utah. I put it on a level par with wave kiting and I dig it more than flat water kitng.
Go find out for yourself.
GB