I do a PM lap at brighton almost every weeknight… super fun, laid back way to get some exercise…

I have a personal connection to Snowbird’s staff and they are pretty strict about their uphill policy, although I have seen some randonee style guys skiing up there on sundays…I would uess no uphill though 😕

@UTAH wrote:

At the top of Little, the very top all the way to the end there is a cat track Alta uses for Cat Skiing I call it Highway to Heaven.

Highway to Heaven was the ticket yesterday. Took it over to easy does it –> jaws –> toledo. Such a fun tour, my buddy was super pumped on the lines. So I gotta pass along the good vibes-thanks for the beta at the splitfest!

@CodeMonkey wrote:

Where are those runs? (Easy Does It, Jaws, and Toledo) I can’t find them on Alta or Grizzly Gulch maps.

Also, does Grizzly Gulch dump back into Alta somewhere, or do you get stuck and have to hike out?

This is a really good resource for planning trips and getting a feel for where you went/are going. I’ll let you discover the lines and think of your own variations that match the terrain you like to ride. It’s all fun stuff.. a lot comes down to personal preference and ability.

http://wasatchbackcountryskiing.com/

Grizzly spills out at the beacon checkpoint at the top of LCC road. The terrain in Grizzly is quite fun too, lots of little drops and rollers mixed in with spaced out trees. I’d recommend checking that area out before dropping into the back bowls.

Although I live in the east, I head out west every year and find myself at Brighton 2 or 3 times in the week that I am in SLC. My first out of bounds experience was off the Great Western Chair almost 10 years ago and from then on I have been hooked and for the past 2 years I have brought a splitboard with me. My backcountry training is very limited so I do not wander to far but each year I have pushed a little further on paths that I have already taken. Here is something you might find interesting. Head out the gate at the top of the Crest Chair up Pioneer Ridge. It is a short skin up if you are in good shape and about 30 minutes if your not (I am not). You can drop in there through several steep treed sections and wind up coming back out to Wren Hollow or you can traverse Pioneer Ridge and drop in off of that which will drop you into Dog Lake and then again to Wren Hollow or you can run the ridge all the way to False Pioneer Peak. I ran the ridge all the way to False Pioneer this year but did not drop into the main chute because conditions were not great plus I did not know the best route to run so I rode the ridge from False Pioneer towards Dog Lake Chutes and dropped in and ran out over Dog Lake and out to Wren Hollow. I was able to skin all the way to False Peak from the backcountry gate. The ridge was a bit wind blown so some Mr. Chomps would have made it a little easier in one or two places closest to the top of False Pioneer Peak. All in all it is a pretty short loop and very tame by most people’s standards but new and exciting for me because I had never done it before. On the ride down I was like this :headbang: and when I got back to the lodge for lunch I did some of this :guinness: and if I did not have to under go random testing at work I would have done a little of this :doobie:

On a side note from that trip when I reached Dog Lake I met a group of backcountry skiers on a guided tour. I am not sure what operation that they were from but the one thing I am sure of is that it was like pulling teeth just to get them to say hello. I swear it was almost like they could not be bothered to even talk to me. I asked one guy where they had started from and he told me they came from Snowbird that morning. Maybe it was me but I got the weirdest vibe from the entire group. Has anyone else ever had something like that happen? I thought maybe I ran into David “the Douche” Gottorff :bow:

I live in Sugarhouse and would love to get up to Brighton early and shred some lines- either within the resort or out. Worked up there for two years and know the area pretty well.

Send a PM and let’s shred!

Mike

Doug, I went up a couple weeks ago and had no issue. I kept to the side of the trail and was not stopped at all. Earlier this season I spoke with several patrollers and no one had an issue with skinning up.