Road trip to the rockies

It's important to know thant U.S rockies are closer than the Canadian rockies for few reason. 1 of them is road. The interstate 80 is the entrance door for the rockies area, for Colorado is 36h from Mauricie, Utah is 40h, Wyoming (Jackson Hole) 44h. The last 4 hours of the road to go Jackson Hole is on a secondary road (Rock Spring and Jackson) with no snow plows betewen 9:00 pm to 6:00 am and a lot of avalanche area crossing that road. So take a break in Bestwestern of Rockspring for the night, it's a good place 100$us for 1 nigth with interior pool.


I think is a one life time trip if you like to make road, if you like a change of scenery. Generally during the trip you gonna pass trough 3 different season, spring, fall and winter. For example of weather during our 2007-2008 trip in Nebraska 60 degres and wonderful sunshine and 10h laters in Wyoming a snowstorm.

If it's possible drive the Nebraska during the day, you gonna reduce the chance to make a snooze when you are in the driver seat ( 535mi to pass trought the state). Because betewen Omaha and Cheyenne or Denver, you gonna see nothing except beef and truck stop. If you are going to Utah plan a break in Cheyenne for the night, at that point it's 1 day to arrive in Salt Lakes City. Plus during your day in the state i'm sure that you gonna take a lot of photo.

Last year in Honda Element 4wd they cost me 330$can in gas to go to Salt Lakes City. Don't forget your winter tire ou your chain.

Their is the link to watch a video about the road trip, in Nebraska, Colorado,Wyoming and the Utah.

Road trip direction les rocheuses

Alta Utah the best snow on earth!

Alta is situated in heart of little cottonwood canyon, a place where the snow never stop falling. With a avarage of 500in of wasath powder each year. Alta rancked 1 in north america for the snow by Ski Magazine.

Mountain info: Summit elevation 10 550ft, vertical drop 2 200ft, 11 old and slow lift, annual snowfall 500in, 116 trails and bowl ( 25% easiest, 40% more difficult and 35% most difficult). For the best experience and to appreciate the mountain ski Alta during the week. The price of the ticket is 59$us and 79$us to ski both mountain Alta and Snowbird, the price ticket in Utah have nothing in commun with the Colorado ski resort.



In Alta it's very difficult appreciate the 2 200ft of vertical drop in one ride because the mountain is separate in small area, so if you want to transfer from a area to a other you gonna practice your cross country skiing (if you know what i mean).

There is the trail map:

And few photos:

As you can see, Alta have a lot of powder at certain place of the mountain. During our day to Alta we have skiing all the spot under the Wildcat chair a very step place with a lot of threes, also Ballroom near the trail 62 and 63 and the West Rustler. Alta was my first experience deep powder and i how be back in winter 2009 for sure. What a feeling!

Solitude Utah, what else i can say.

Solitude is situeted 40min drive to Salt Lake in big cottonwood canyon. We found this mountain by luck, because they dont have a lot of publicity around the name of the mountain.

This quiet place in appearance, have a lot of powder smile to put on the face of evrey one riding. Solitude. Here at Solitude you can find wasatch powder 500in each year in average, bowls, chutes, glades and all that without tourist and long lift lines. Mountain info: the top are at 10 035ft, vertical drop is 2 047ft, 8 lifts, 64 trails on 1 200 acres (20% beginner; 50% intermediate; 30%expert)

I recommend few spot on the mountain like Black Forest, Headwall Forest, Middle Slope, Parachute and Honeycomb Canyon. For skiing Honeycomb Canyon take the summit chair direction the top of the mountain the access is at your right. Just before the entrance of the Honeycomb (king of powder) Canyon say good-bye to your skis they will return at base of the base of the mountain. In that part of the mountain a rider will find every kind of ski with one common rule, powder, deep powder. Solitude has is own ski village with every thing you want to pass great time during your vavation.

This video has been take in the Black Forest.