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Tram to Alta

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FreeWilley
Posts: 464 - Karma: 134
Essentially, you could take the tram up at the Bird and then travers/hike over to the top of Badly Express to dip on over to Alta while Alta is closed and get a full untouched run over at Alta. Do people do this all the time? If not, what are the reasons? I'm just curious because with a pretty reasonable amount of hiking over to the top of Badly Express, you could get a full run over at Alta. If people do this all the time then sweet! But I've never really seen or heard of anyone doing this so obviously there must be reasons why. Just curious and no I'm not going to pursue this if It's a bad idea just to make that clear.
May 18 2011 1:00AM
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ectreeskier11
Posts: 697 - Karma: 366
because there are about 18 easier ways to get to alta from snowbird when alta's closed that allow you to ski back to snowbird's lifts? you're thinking too hard. just don't do anything stupid.
May 18 2011 3:16AM
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yes people do it. i built a jump in wildcat, skiing in from the tram through baldy traverse.

i guess you could get up into the supreme area or devils castle from the bird too, but most back country skiers would just do it from the base of alta
May 19 2011 12:19AM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
It's not hard to do, people do it a lot. But remember, Alta is closed, so it's basically BC terrain right now. Don't go if you don't know what you are doing and you don't have BC gear/knowledge
May 26 2011 8:02PM
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R.Fahey
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Last year they had the Alta Marshall up there giving tickets to people doing that.  I forget the reasoning, but the Bird had signs and patrollers saying no access to Alta (when it was closed).

But yes, you could do it.
May 27 2011 10:16PM
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