Alta opened for the first day of its’ season on Friday. Two
days later, the resort made the decision to not open on Sunday due to unsafe
snow conditions. Alta reopened this morning at 9:15 a.m.
According to Alta’s webpage, it has received 36 inches of
new snow from Saturday’s storm.
There was potential for the resort to be open by 1 p.m. on
Sunday, but as the day progressed, Alta officials decided that wasn’t enough
time to finish preparations.
Connie Marshall, the public relations director for Alta,
said conditions to open on Sunday were not appropriate for skiers.
“There was natural slide activity occurring,” she said. “The
thin early season layer of snow was not bonding well with the new snow.”
The retail and ski shop at Alta remained open.
“We were still in the shop taking care of other things,”
said Ryan Binzley, who works in the ski shop.
Binzley said management crews were setting off dynamite all
day to trigger avalanches and make the snow conditions safe.
“There was avalanche danger for most of the day,” Binzley
said. “The early season snow was just super unstable.”
Marshall said the overnight snow has caused a lot of
excitement for Alta’s skiers.
“Alta is God, period,” said Kyle Ross, after finding out
Alta was not able to open Sunday due to too much snow.
Marshall said things were safe and ready to ski this
morning.
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