Big Mountain Terrain @Brian Head

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CamJepp

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This winter my friends and I are doing a lil trip down to Brian Head, bc we've lived in Salt Lake all our lives but never skied in Southern Utah. I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any good zones inbounds, or if there is some good backcountry/sidecountry accessible from lifts at Brian Head. Based on the trail map, it looks like there is little to no expert terrain, but on the plus side, I've heard the park has pretty good features...? LMK
 
I actually had one of the deepest days of my life at Brian Head. I think it was something like 40” overnight. The problem with that mountain is the inbounds shit is so god damn flat. People were taking off their equipment and just walking down. It was quite funny.

We ended up lapping the gates off the skiers left side of what I believe was chair 7. It was untracked pillows and short steep chutes. I’d recommend sticking over there if they’ve got new snow.
 
Brian Head is really flat. There is some good BC not far away at Cedar Breaks NM..see Desert Spires edit by the Provo Bros.

If I were y'all id hit up Eagle Pt on the way down which is about the same size, steeper, and has better sidecountry access
 
13952599:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Understandable, just seems like a long drive especially with snowbird and alta right there
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We all have Alta/Bird Season passes and are kind just looking for an excuse to ski a little further from home.
 
13952607:brotherdad said:
I actually had one of the deepest days of my life at Brian Head. I think it was something like 40” overnight. The problem with that mountain is the inbounds shit is so god damn flat. People were taking off their equipment and just walking down. It was quite funny.

We ended up lapping the gates off the skiers left side of what I believe was chair 7. It was untracked pillows and short steep chutes. I’d recommend sticking over there if they’ve got new snow.
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Thanks for the info. All of that area is listed as single-blacks, so I assume it's pretty mellow compared to LCC lines...? Like you can just mob without really worrying about anything??
 
13952608:@LANTASKI said:
Brian Head is really flat. There is some good BC not far away at Cedar Breaks NM..see Desert Spires edit by the Provo Bros.

If I were y'all id hit up Eagle Pt on the way down which is about the same size, steeper, and has better sidecountry access
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God damn the scenery in that edit is amazing. As a group, we're not experienced enough to do any of the ski mountaineering that seems common in the edit, but hopefully we'll go on a little tour on one of the days. Thanks!
 
13952615:CamJepp said:
Thanks for the info. All of that area is listed as single-blacks, so I assume it's pretty mellow compared to LCC lines...? Like you can just mob without really worrying about anything??
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They are not even close to LCC lines haha. Very low consequence and really short, but still pretty fun to rip around.
 
13952618:brotherdad said:
They are not even close to LCC lines haha. Very low consequence and really short, but still pretty fun to rip around.
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Sounds kinda sick actually. And it was pretty low traffic skier-wise? Or does it get tracked out pretty fast? (I'm used to Snowbird where you lose most of the soft snow within the first two hours of the morning hahaha)
 
13952619:CamJepp said:
Sounds kinda sick actually. And it was pretty low traffic skier-wise? Or does it get tracked out pretty fast? (I'm used to Snowbird where you lose most of the soft snow within the first two hours of the morning hahaha)
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It was dead when I was there. We were the only group lapping. Fresh snow all day.
 
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