Trail Master Outdoors Radio on KALL 700 Sports, Utah Outdoors to Around the Globe Talk Radio

Trail Master Outdoors Radio on KALL 700 Sports, Utah Outdoors to Around the Globe Talk Radio

Lori's Mountain Report: Covering Snowbird's Ski Camps and Snowfall totals

Round Valley in Park City

Snowshoed Round Valley, trail number 49, 3rd trailhead - Old Ranch Road trailhead. The snow was crunchy, but with the new flurries this week it's probably loaded with powder now. I went about 10 am and aside from one woman walking her dog it was complete solitude. The area isn't very pretty, because there are no evergreens, just scrub, but the views ring with a meditative quality that inspires you to stop and ponder. Views of the ski resorts, the ranches spread out below, the mansions and urban sprawl. I recommend it for a nice morning of fresh air, pondering, and exercise.

SnowshoeUtah.com Photo Contest

SnowshoeUtah.com announces it's snowshoe photo contest. Winning photos will be placed on the home page of SnowshoeUtah.com with the option to link to the photographer's website. It's easy to enter, just follow the directions below. We are looking for action shots, scenic shots, fun and adventurous shots. Prizes include your choice of a box of GU energy gels or GU CHOMPS, Fox River ski/snowshoe socks, and Dermatone skin and lip balm sun protection.


To enter the contest go to http://www.photographyreview.com/ and upload your best snowshoe photos to the gallery there. The first step is to register with the site. Go to http://forums.photographyreview.com//register.php? . The Gallery Upload page is http://gallery.photographyreview.com/uploadphoto.php?cat=all

In order for your photo to qualify you must enter the key words: "snowshoe contest 2010" in the keywords section for the photo upload form. If you do everything correctly, your photo will appear in the Snowshoe Contest Gallery. Thank you for entering. Please e-mail me if you have any problems or questions @ lori@snowshoeutah.com Contest Deadline: April 2, 2010

Just wanted to announce the winners: 4 photos were chosen. They belonged to OneFunFroggy, MarkJC790, Gene Rawson, Mike Scalora. Thanks for your involvement. Prize packages are being mailed out.

Mueller Park Snowshoe Outting - Bountiful

Tammy and I strapped on some MSR Lightning snowshoes and headed up to Mueller Park this week. Yes, the trail was icy. Why, you might ask, does a person need snowshoes on a packed trail? Well there are two answers today: 1- the crampons gave us much appreciated traction on the ice spots. 2 - Who stays on trail? We headed off trail up steeper stretches that had foot-deep snow. We climbed, traversed, slid down the hills for fun. Only 2 people on the trail today. One trail runner with Yak Traks and a guy walking his dog. Note to dog walkers: please pick up your dog poo. That's what your left-over Walmart bags are for. Recycle and use them a second time to clean up after fido.

Trail Master Outdoors Radio on KALL 700 Sports, Utah Outdoors to Around the Globe Talk Radio

Trail Master Outdoors Radio on KALL 700 Sports, Utah Outdoors to Around the Globe Talk Radio

Click here to hear my 1 hour co-hosting on KALL 700 Trailmaster Radio - Jan. 30, 2010
We spend the hour on avalanche safety, snowshoeing, and local resort deals.

Report on the Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Event

Volunteers arrived while it was still dark. My boys and I slapped off the alarm clock way to early. Pulled on snowshoe clothes. Drove throught the dark to Mountain Dell and sat in the car with the heater running while all the volunteers arrived. We hauled, snowshoed, cheered, poured water and chatted with all the great snowshoers clad in pink boas, hula skirts, capes, pink sunglasses, pink lipstick and pink beanies. My boys and I manned the water station at the 1/2 way point. I'd do that again. Watching all the snowshoers with their teams, friends, and happy spirits was just fun. A 3K or 5K option, and most opted for the 5K. Tubbs raised over $22,000 this year! A great success! I was impressed with the husbands and boyfriends who decked up and snowshoed with their wives. There were moms with babies in packs and even kids trying out their snowshoe legs. Volunteer or race...I recommend either. It's one of those good energy events.

Snowshoeing Robs Trail in Park City

Mike Scelora and I hit Robs Trail yesterday after looking at condos in Park City. Gorgeous day! Holy smokes! I can't believe I've been inside working all week! Blue sky, warm day, great views, and the powder on the north slopes was light and a good 12" deep.

Park City has a trails foundation that does a great job marking all the trails in the area. There are about 4 different trails that coincide and intermingle with this trail. We traipsed over to The Canyons Resort and then I had to get back because my kids were out of school, but it was such a sweet day. We did 2.56 miles according to the Garmin GPS. Could have gone a lot further, it was hard to turn around. Look up Rob's trail under the Park City section on http://www.snowshoeutah.com/

Can the Kids handle a Full Day of Skiing? Brighton Resort

I've taken my kids to Ski Free at 3:00 at Alta for years now. It's a decent hill and a great way to teach them to ski without the cost. I love these resorts that have free children's programs. Don't miss them if you want to teach your kids to ski. Ski Free at 3:00 means the lift is open from 3-4:30 without cost. It's just one lift, but again, its a great hill. It has a variety of terrain so everyone of varying levels can continue to learn.

Finally my kids are old enough that I think they can focus and enjoy a full day of skiing - we tested it on Saturday. Brighton lets kids under 10 ski free, so I only needed to purchase 2 ski passes. The day was blue bird and the kids were warm, so they lasted a full 5 hours! Yea!!!! Milestone hit! It also happened to be the Gatorade FreeFlow competition so we got to watch the high flying fun. Wowza! Some of those teenage skiers rock the skies!