I’m planning on getting an ikon pass next year and was wondering what resorts in either Colorado or Utah you would recommend Also I’ll be there during late December to January so keep that in mind
Good ol lake effect snow. I had a season pass to Alta one winter when we lived down there. Did alot of poking around and finding the not so hidden gems. No bad days😅.
Lucas, Looks like epic skiing. I lived in Aspen For almost 50 years. Skied almost every day. 50 years do the math. Unfortunately I have stage 5 kidney disease and now I’m in Grand Junction doing dialysis 3 days a week. However being able to watch videos like yours keeps me in touch with the sport. I am a Altaholic. Keep the Petex side down. Thanks for the vids.
Nice! Brings back memories of the days of my youth. Alta, Snowbird and surrounds were always the most reliable for early season snow coverage, and how about that powder? Simply the best! Back in 1987, me and my ski buddy Bruce, packed up my new 1987 Nissan Pathfinder with gear, supplies and anticipatory excitement and embarked on an epic 30-day road trip to Salt Lake City, Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, Lake Tahoe and Mammoth. Keep up the good work!!
There's the terrain! Awesome opening day at Alta, thanks for sharing man! The stoke is soaring in this video, hippin and hoppin on the Stoke Elks is back! Let's goooo
it's crazy to me that solitude can open so much earlier but alta only opens a couple weeks later with basically everything open off those lifts while solitude still has only 1 run
Yeah! I would rather wait a little longer for coverage rather than just open a groomer off the bottom but I think there needs to be quite a bit more snowpack in LCC to open safely
getting out there in february (east coaster) and following the snowfall totals there and next door at the bird religiously has officially started today
good stuff, good vibes, thanks for the vid! Alta's my home mountain, just hard to get up there anymore with the traffic and being a bit further away. May see you around if you hit up Sundance opening day, will certainly be a different story over there, but can't complain! keep rippin.
and that is why little cottonwood canyon is better than most ranges in the US. I keep telling my brothers and friends to stop always going to Park City, and go hit up Alta, Snowbird, and Brighton. Some of the best skiing in the US, IMO. Also, I think this is first video i have seen where you actually filmed you falling. Ha
Awesome powder day. Great to see the stoke elks get to fly. They match your yellow armada ski outfit very well. Thanks for letting us meet you family over Thanksgiving. 👍👍👍
I have never been to any of the cotton woods but boy oh boy do they look good! Great video keep it up! Also you should definitely go to crystal again this year that would be a sick video!
Little cottonwood I think creates its own weather....all I know is the week I went in Jan 2008 was fabulous....going to try and get a week maybe two this winter.....all depends on how my mom is doing....92 she is. Great video ....another two three storms the rocks will be buried!
So damn jealous to see you shredding. Still not a lick of snow here in Tahoe… hopefully some in the near future! I need to start getting some days under my belt
Bro you getting me hype for my opening weekend here in the midwest. We got our first "pow day" today and im super hype for next weekend. Keep killin it bro
Great video, Lucas! Great skiing! Conditions looked good, a promising start to the season. Just received my Stoke Squad helmet decal. 👍 I’m an Alta season pass holder. I’ll be there mid-January till last day. Hope you make it back to Alta. See you on the slopes! Peace out. ⛷️😃
That looks super good, I was also thinking about using one of my days early just to get some real snow, Im thinking ill hit it next week after the next dump.
Speaking off going up the Little Cottonwood Canyon; what's your take on the gondola from the bottom to replace the road? Or be a alternative. Great video!
That looked like amazing snow for just after thanksgiving. I’m doing a trip with my dad to Utah the weekend of the meet up in march. 2 days at PC and 1 day each at Alta and Snowbird. Hopefully little cottonwood gets some good snow that weekend 🤞
Love the sound of that fresh UT pow go past the camera. It’s so light! Great video LC, as always. BTW, my wife and I really enjoyed chatting with you the other evening at Cole Sports. How did the heaters work for you?
thanks ben! nice to meet you and your wife and put a face to the name! heaters were awesome. subtle and minimally invasive, but kept my feet nice and warm!
You should really ski at alta more often, its such a good resort but you almost never go there, i got so excited when i saw this video because its my favorite resort.
I’m looking into moving out west and working at a ski resort in Utah any recommendations to make my ski bum dream come true, also looking into pimping out a van like you did
@@LucasCatania17 I’m planning on getting an ikon pass next year and was wondering what resorts in either Colorado or Utah you would recommend Also I’ll be there during late December to January so keep that in mind
Well Stoke Squad, I live in central Canada, the land of snow, igloos and polar bears!! My neighbour cut his lawn today!!! You have somehow tilted reality.
Awesome day Lucas! I may be in the minority here… I don’t want to see you get hurt… better to be safe because we love watching your videos daily 😊 I have had two micro fractures (one in each knee) it’s not fun rehabbing while the 🌍 is skiing. Please practice patience… you’ll give those great pow runs we love to watch. Remember it only takes one unseen object to ruin your ski season. The pow will come… the stoke will be most high 😊⛷
for sure! i appreciate that. its that delicate balance of longevity vs keeping it entertaining for people to watch. youtube is a double edge sword in a lot of ways!
what an unreal day out in little cottonwood. stoked to be apart of such an epic opener.
headed up to brighton today!
Bought some skis and ski boots today
I was at Alta today - the snow was unreal. Such a good day!
Why do you go up chairlifts without the safety bar down?
I’m planning on getting an ikon pass next year and was wondering what resorts in either Colorado or Utah you would recommend Also I’ll be there during late December to January so keep that in mind
Good ol lake effect snow. I had a season pass to Alta one winter when we lived down there. Did alot of poking around and finding the not so hidden gems. No bad days😅.
Lucas,
Looks like epic skiing. I lived in Aspen
For almost 50 years. Skied almost every day.
50 years do the math. Unfortunately I have stage 5 kidney disease and now I’m in Grand Junction doing dialysis 3 days a week. However being able to watch videos like yours keeps me in touch with the sport.
I am a Altaholic. Keep the Petex side down.
Thanks for the vids.
Nice! Brings back memories of the days of my youth. Alta, Snowbird and surrounds were always the most reliable for early season snow coverage, and how about that powder? Simply the best! Back in 1987, me and my ski buddy Bruce, packed up my new 1987 Nissan Pathfinder with gear, supplies and anticipatory excitement and embarked on an epic 30-day road trip to Salt Lake City, Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, Lake Tahoe and Mammoth. Keep up the good work!!
stoked to hear that! thanks for watching.
The snow & sun combo is the “Alta Magic”.
I like it
Yay! Can’t wait for all of the first proper pow shots of the season at one of my favs. Miss the place. So stoked!!!
haha can say there are some early season pow shots in this!
You always know it’s going to be a good video when it starts with an insane intro and some hype music!❤
Haha glad you dig it.
There's the terrain! Awesome opening day at Alta, thanks for sharing man! The stoke is soaring in this video, hippin and hoppin on the Stoke Elks is back! Let's goooo
haha yes man - stoke elks and pow - the powerhouse!
it's crazy to me that solitude can open so much earlier but alta only opens a couple weeks later with basically everything open off those lifts while solitude still has only 1 run
Yeah! I would rather wait a little longer for coverage rather than just open a groomer off the bottom but I think there needs to be quite a bit more snowpack in LCC to open safely
@@LucasCatania17 this thursday i heard it's supposed to snow for up to 5 days straight, so hopefully by mid december the snowpack will be great
Yeah the yt channel Chris Tomer does mountain weather forecasts, and it’s looking good for the west soon.
Chesty and helmet should do the trick. Skiing with one pole? Ummmm, nah.
Well you gotta understand the altitude of alta vs Solitude.
Amazing content! You do a great job with your videos. It is so much fun to watch you ski! Thank you for sharing your rides with us!
Alta is my favorite mountain all time!!!
looks so good with fresh snow coverage.
Indeed!
Looks epic man. I’m stuck at home with Covid rn and none of my local hills are open but at least I can live vicariously through Lucas!
sorry to hear that man - feel better!!
Finally some pow!! Awesome day and video. So funny when the dude on the lift was talking about Papa Joe LOL
haha i know man small world!
getting out there in february (east coaster) and following the snowfall totals there and next door at the bird religiously has officially started today
Nice! Should be heaps of snow come February.
The stoke is officially back after watching that! Going to Alta in January, can't wait.
yes more snow on the way!
Man what a great video! I'll maybe go to Sölden, Austria on Sunday and there should be massive pow. So stoked!
Banger video!!! You had some nice face shots!!
haha thanks bro!
So jealous. Still low tide here in CO....except for San Juans. Those Armadas look fun and seem to float well.
Love my JJs!
Great video, love how you put the chair/trail name at the top
Great stuff bro, the magic 🪄 of little cottonwood is real, including a serious traverse 😂. Glad you found some nice pow pockets!
haha thanks greg! more on the way!
Lucas for Prez in 2024!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
good stuff, good vibes, thanks for the vid! Alta's my home mountain, just hard to get up there anymore with the traffic and being a bit further away. May see you around if you hit up Sundance opening day, will certainly be a different story over there, but can't complain! keep rippin.
and that is why little cottonwood canyon is better than most ranges in the US. I keep telling my brothers and friends to stop always going to Park City, and go hit up Alta, Snowbird, and Brighton. Some of the best skiing in the US, IMO. Also, I think this is first video i have seen where you actually filmed you falling. Ha
Hello. Its snowing here in Missouri.
nice!
@@LucasCatania17Really Snowed lasted night.
Awesome powder day. Great to see the stoke elks get to fly. They match your yellow armada ski outfit very well. Thanks for letting us meet you family over Thanksgiving. 👍👍👍
thanks man! felt good to be back on the JJs :D
this is always my favourite time of year i love all the skiing vids and seeing all the resorts start opening
Yes mine too!!
Let's go!!!
Alta is awesome.
So stoked for skiing.
Still waiting for the snow here in WA.
any snow out there yet or no?
It's been dry. Maybe next week.
I have never been to any of the cotton woods but boy oh boy do they look good! Great video keep it up!
Also you should definitely go to crystal again this year that would be a sick video!
cottonwoods are the best place to ski in the US in my opinion!
Soooo much powwww. What an awesome opening day! Excited for your Brighton video
yes man first pow day!
20 days already is sick, I’m stoke to have 3 in so far! Powder fever is real!!! Keep living the dream man!
3 is awesome man! keep it up!
so jealous! Still only have like eight and 2 inches on my mountains, so still got a while. Can’t wait though got some new gear to try and stoked
nice man!! it can all change overnight so stay optimistic!
Little cottonwood I think creates its own weather....all I know is the week I went in Jan 2008 was fabulous....going to try and get a week maybe two this winter.....all depends on how my mom is doing....92 she is. Great video ....another two three storms the rocks will be buried!
i think so too! hoping your mom is ok!
Finally some good snow! Let’s go!
yes! LCC doesnt disappoint!
Dope hat I need one. Great to see you got some pow pow .
thanks bon! the pow felt great
Your Prayers Were Answered ….Glad To See It ❤️
thank you!!
So damn jealous to see you shredding. Still not a lick of snow here in Tahoe… hopefully some in the near future! I need to start getting some days under my belt
yikes! was gonna maybe come out that way for a december trip but gonna wait for snow!
Man the shots this episode were some of your best imo, absolutely killing it!
Which camera are you using for the shots coming up the chairlift?
besides the deepfried mic quality at the end LOL
hahah we love some good deepfried audio. and those shots on the chair were filmed with a canon r6mkii
I was there yesterday! Awesome early season conditions! Super fun to get some off piste skiing in!
yes felt great to get some proper skiing in!
Bro you getting me hype for my opening weekend here in the midwest. We got our first "pow day" today and im super hype for next weekend. Keep killin it bro
nice man! love to hear that
Didn’t expect to see that much pow already! Enjoy it
im not mad about it haha!
Great video, Lucas! Great skiing! Conditions looked good, a promising start to the season. Just received my Stoke Squad helmet decal. 👍 I’m an Alta season pass holder. I’ll be there mid-January till last day. Hope you make it back to Alta. See you on the slopes! Peace out. ⛷️😃
awesome man - thank you for the support! looks like more snow on the way too!
Great day!
Finally the video I’ve been waiting for
enjoy!
So sick Lucas! So pumped for the season.
thanks shawn! im ready for more pow!
finally powder! 🥳
yup!
DUDE I envy you SO much right now. Cant wait for some pow over in tahoe!
yes man more coming!
Love that mountain
Me too!
Base looks deep!
Haha !
Killing the videos per usual
Thank you!
@12:27 that’s a great camera angle/perspective.
one of my favorites!
That looks super good, I was also thinking about using one of my days early just to get some real snow, Im thinking ill hit it next week after the next dump.
Yeah good idea!
Trailer=very good skiing and video quality
thank you!
You should go to Afton Alps for their opening day on Dec 1st. I go there all the time and it is awesome!
dont think ill make it to MN in a few days but have fun!
Yeah man ! Let’s Go! Woot !
thanks todd! ready for DV this weekend!
Went skiing for my first day this season at solitude on Thanksgiving! Only one run open but still had a fun time!
awesome to hear that! hopefully they open more soon!
pow day on opening day! ill be there monday!
have fun out there!
Speaking off going up the Little Cottonwood Canyon; what's your take on the gondola from the bottom to replace the road? Or be a alternative.
Great video!
Stoked for you man!
thanks chris!
Love the video! What are your camera settings for your head mounted camera?
Definitely saw ya Rippin up there!! Great opening day. If ya come back let me know!
heck yeah man ill def be back!
That looked like amazing snow for just after thanksgiving. I’m doing a trip with my dad to Utah the weekend of the meet up in march. 2 days at PC and 1 day each at Alta and Snowbird. Hopefully little cottonwood gets some good snow that weekend 🤞
March averages the highest snow totals of any month in Little Cottonwood, so hopefully, that is true this year!
im sure there will be tons of snow come march!
crazy day dude got me stoked
Love to hear that
@@LucasCatania17 gonna be rocking the stoke squad stickers this year 🙏🙏
Proper! LFG!!!!!
yesssir!!
Love the sound of that fresh UT pow go past the camera. It’s so light! Great video LC, as always. BTW, my wife and I really enjoyed chatting with you the other evening at Cole Sports. How did the heaters work for you?
thanks ben! nice to meet you and your wife and put a face to the name! heaters were awesome. subtle and minimally invasive, but kept my feet nice and warm!
cottonwood is like a new biome then like park city
yes definitely!
RIGHT IN THE FACE!!😂....This has been the best season so far.
haha glad you like it !
Looks deep, but can’t be right? How much natural base and how much natural pow was on top?
18:22 blue jacket is me pink suit is my friend that’s crazy
Looked amazing, stuck in the PNW where it only precipitates when its to warm😢
gotta come down to UT!
You should really ski at alta more often, its such a good resort but you almost never go there, i got so excited when i saw this video because its my favorite resort.
It is incredible! I like snowbird more though!
@@LucasCatania17i think 3 days alta 4 snowbird would be a good compromise though😂
Love the content. Almost open here in the east.
glad you like it!
Dude, Wildcat is money with snow like that. Could ski it all day!
yessir man so fun!
@@LucasCatania17 The stuff you were skiing looked so much better than what I skied at Solitude this week. 😢
I’m looking into moving out west and working at a ski resort in Utah any recommendations to make my ski bum dream come true, also looking into pimping out a van like you did
any of the resorts in the cottonwood canyons would give you that whole experience!
Where are you when skiing can you use the EPIC Pass or the icon pass? Which one can you use?
some mountains are on the epic pass and some mountains are on the ikon pass!
Also made the blog let’s go!!!!! Lift line time lapse!
haha love it!
Wow. Night and day amounts of snow compared to SnowBasin.
yeah night and day compared to anywhere else in ut haha
Do you think you could make a video on how to color-grade ski footage?
Alta= 🐐
agree
Dude that’s insane
alta magic!
@@LucasCatania17 I’m planning on getting an ikon pass next year and was wondering what resorts in either Colorado or Utah you would recommend Also I’ll be there during late December to January so keep that in mind
@EthanRoche10 snowbird, Alta, solitude, Brighton, deer valley and snowbasin
@@LucasCatania17 ok thanks
If you had to pick one which one would you choose
Sick !!!
yes!!
thanks for the stoke i was there also
Hope ya had fun
Well Stoke Squad, I live in central Canada, the land of snow, igloos and polar bears!! My neighbour cut his lawn today!!! You have somehow tilted reality.
ha! utah is just a different breed!
Checking the ski bases at the end of the day- you can tell it's early season!
ha clean as a whistle!
My favorite place if I have to pick one....
Definitely a top contender
Powwwwww! I would have loved potching my favorite mountain that hates us adaptive snowboarders hahahahaha #altasnowboardteam 🤟❄️
haha!
Let's GOOOOOOO!
yes!!
Are you going to make a video on opening day at snowbird
Ya
How much snow did they get?
Awesome day Lucas! I may be in the minority here… I don’t want to see you get hurt… better to be safe because we love watching your videos daily 😊 I have had two micro fractures (one in each knee) it’s not fun rehabbing while the 🌍 is skiing. Please practice patience… you’ll give those great pow runs we love to watch. Remember it only takes one unseen object to ruin your ski season. The pow will come… the stoke will be most high 😊⛷
for sure! i appreciate that. its that delicate balance of longevity vs keeping it entertaining for people to watch. youtube is a double edge sword in a lot of ways!
over here in cali with no snow yet 😥
Doesn’t mammoth have snow?
@@LucasCatania17 yeah but I live in Shasta too far lmao
I'm an Alta Boy too.
This video made me regret my choice of skiing park city this year that pow looks so good
park city pow days are tough to beat though
6:42 I'm a snowboard, not a skier, could someone explain to me what he's doing with the bindings here
I’m buckling my ski boots
@@LucasCatania17 do they loosen up like snowboard boots while riding? I hope to get into skiing eventually because it looks just as fun
What’s the ski tracker app you use called?
Ski tracks
Fun fact a city in Norway is called Alta
11:06 😆
What a sick opening day. I wish ikon would allow more then 7 days at snowbird and alta
Yeah super sad
that alta-bird pass though...
@@LucasCatania17is over $3000... 😢
Was main chute open?
No it wasn’t
Now we just wait for basin
Maybe this weekend