Maybe Moving to SLC area??

[muted]

Still only ~35 mins to Alta or Solitude,

What good does it do to lie, billy? Nobody likes a liar, billy.

[mall walker]

Maybe Moving to SLC area??

maybe you drive slow? I'm on 700, 35 mins door to door is a pretty reasonable estimate unless traffic is bad

edit: Google maps says 42 mins right now, in pretty peak traffic, to Alta

[detrusor]

There is peak traffic to Alta right now? Who'd a thought?

[muted]

maybe you drive slow? I'm on 700, 35 mins door to door is a pretty reasonable estimate unless traffic is bad

edit: Google maps says 42 mins right now, in pretty peak traffic, to Alta

I live 6 miles closer than you and it's about 30-35 minutes, speeding the whole way with no traffic.

On a powder day? Yeah, there is a ton of traffic on snowy roads. It can take me an hour to get up then, sometimes it's 2-3 hours.

I wanna be nice and let the guy know realistic commute times.

[Bromontana]

Google says 37mins now from billies to Snowbeard. I used to have a condo in the same building. Because its on 700E, an 8 lane semi-divided road, the mileage isnt all that relevant.

I live 37 blocks closer and it still takes me 6 mins less (31mins) to Snowbeard, roads I use just aren't as good.

Kind of like Sandy, it can take 20 minutes just to sit through lights in Sandy going north or south in traffic. 700 east in the north end of the valley doesn't play games like that. 50mph on 700e, 75mph on 215, 50mph on 211. Bada bing.

The point on LCC red snake fuckfest is valid, a big reason why I avoid LCC resorts and touring on pow days.

If you expect these commute times on sunny saturdays after fresh snow make sure to bring some aspirin. Unless you're talking BCC, which is still tolerable.

[muted]

Google says 37mins now from billies to Snowbeard. I used to have a condo in the same building. Because its on 700E, an 8 lane semi-divided road, the mileage isnt all that relevant.

I live 37 blocks closer and it still takes me 6 mins less (31mins) to Snowbeard, roads I use just aren't as good.

Kind of like Sandy, it can take 20 minutes just to sit through lights in Sandy going north or south in traffic. 700 east in the north end of the valley doesn't play games like that. 50mph on 700e, 75mph on 215, 50mph on 211. Bada bing.

The point on LCC red snake fuckfest is valid, a big reason why I avoid LCC resorts and touring on pow days.

If you expect these commute times on sunny saturdays after fresh snow make sure to bring some aspirin. Unless you're talking BCC, which is still tolerable.

He said Alta, you are plugging in Snowbird....whatever I don't want to split hairs anymore but in his words "pretty reasonable" is when my bullshit meter went off. You aren't going anywhere as fast as you say when you hit red lights on 700e, get stuck behind one slow guy going 30-40 up LCC, hit a speedtrap at China Wall, etc. etc.

say 45 minutes with no snow, no traffic and call it good. 35 minutes is reasonable when the star align.

[Bromontana]

Fair enough, not a big emotional attachment here. The fact I live so much closer but face a very similar commute just reinforces a quirk of this valley. The right roads and yer money.

But yeah, I like to get up the hill about 10am or noon. Way late and properly stoned. Don't have any appetite to participate in the rat race. Not why I moved here.

How long to go from slc to alta?

Closer than any other major city + A quality hill. Minutiae all resides well below the main point of accessibility.

[Skidog]

according to googles stupid maps website. I live 18.5 miles from Altas parking lot. I am in Sandy. I take wasatch blvd typically (googles preferred route as well). Google thinks it takes 49min door to door. Unless its a deep ass day, and I dont leave til after 8 (with 830 expected rd opening) it never takes me that long. I typically leave on a normal non pow average day at about 840. Arrive in atlas lot typically around 9:05-9:10. Time to boot up, walk in and maybe take a leak and hop on a lift. I will say one idiot going exactly the speed limit on Wasatch can cost me a few min overall some days, but still nowhere near 49min (avg day). Note to anyone travelling Wasatch from 1700E area on the regular. There are a couple traps on that road. I'd stick to no more than 5-7mph over.

[mall walker]

He said Alta, you are plugging in Snowbird....whatever I don't want to split hairs anymore but in his words "pretty reasonable" is when my bullshit meter went off. You aren't going anywhere as fast as you say when you hit red lights on 700e, get stuck behind one slow guy going 30-40 up LCC, hit a speedtrap at China Wall, etc. etc.

say 45 minutes with no snow, no traffic and call it good. 35 minutes is reasonable when the star align.

Fair enough. I probably should have said "it normally takes me 35 minutes door to door when I go ski" which more often than not is a trailhead not all the way up at Alta/Solitude, and is normally either very early in the morning on a weekday when there is no traffic whatsoever or non-peak traffic times (10am or something) on the weekend. Like Bromontana I assiduously avoid the rat race.

[whyturn]

^^^today in LA on the 405. We were going 3-4 miles an hour for 30 minutes. Basically a parking lot. So you utards have nothing on this

[bigdude2468]

We ski Alta 100+ days per year, 13 miles door to door, takes 20 minutes on a normal day. Travel time on a powder day is not so much travel time but sitting in line waiting for the road to open. Of course if the UPD would uniformly enforce the the 4 X 4 / chains requirement things would go better. (frustrating to pass a Prius stuck half way up the canyon) Yes, LCC can be a PIA during the holidays and weekend powder days. Honestly, last season I would say we had the red snake about four or five days. On powder days it is far worse in the morning with everyone trying to get first turns. Often by early afternoon plenty of folks have left for the day. Yes, LCC can be a a tough slog down but in the final analysis I spend 20 minutes driving home 95% of the time. Hopefully next season I have to spend more time in the snarl which means more POW days.

[Skidog]

We ski Alta 100+ days per year, 13 miles door to door, takes 20 minutes on a normal day. Travel time on a powder day is not so much travel time but sitting in line waiting for the road to open. Of course if the UPD would uniformly enforce the the 4 X 4 / chains requirement things would go better. (frustrating to pass a Prius stuck half way up the canyon) Yes, LCC can be a PIA during the holidays and weekend powder days. Honestly, last season I would say we had the red snake about four or five days. On powder days it is far worse in the morning with everyone trying to get first turns. Often by early afternoon plenty of folks have left for the day. Yes, LCC can be a a tough slog down but in the final analysis I spend 20 minutes driving home 95% of the time. Hopefully next season I have to spend more time in the snarl which means more POW days.

We must live really close ha.... 14 miles from me according to googlez.....i never clocked it myself....cant be far off.

[muted]

^^^today in LA on the 405. We were going 3-4 miles an hour for 30 minutes. Basically a parking lot. So you utards have nothing on this
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We have nothing on LA traffic, true. But I've seen traffic backed up 6 miles from the mouth of LLC, and that's another 10 miles to Alta from there. We've had a few days in a row this season where it has taken 2-3 hours to get down from Alta, to the base of LLC. So "3-4 miles an hour for 30 minutes" is pretty fast comparably. Only LA peeps come here and think "At least it's not LA!!!".


I am psyched to hear they are charging for parking this season, I hope it helps.

[skifishbum]

i figure by skiing the bigger better canyon
i ski at least 8 hours a season that the lemmins spend conga lining
thats 20 days i could have spent sitting in line instead of skiing

[bigdude2468]

We must live really close ha.... 14 miles from me according to googlez.....i never clocked it myself....cant be far off.

I can walk to Del Taco on 1300 East, open 24 hrs. Love walking through the drive up after hours.