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(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) In this May 5, 2015, photo hikers walk on the Canyon Overlook Trail in Zion National Park. More than 30,000 people crowded to Zion National Park in a single day over Memorial Day weekend as the iconic red-rock landscape at the already crowded park remains highly popular.

Visitors to Utah’s National Parks were asked to report anti-American signs. This is what they did instead.

By Julie Jag | June 7, 2026, 7:50 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A record-warm winter faces record-high temperatures this week as people take to the slopes at Snowbasin Resort on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

How much did Utah’s record-warm winter hurt skiing? The numbers are in.

By Julie Jag | June 6, 2026, 1:32 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shelley Johannesen, 53, of Francis, Utah, is memorialized by her business and life partner Dave Ashley, at their home in Francis, Utah on Friday, May 22, 2026. Johannessen succumbed to internal injuries following an avalanche atop Mount Makalu - the fifth highest peak in the world - in Nepal on May 11. A co-owner of DASH Adventures, which organizes and leads similar expeditions around the world, she was found by Ashley who tried to keep her warm for hours in harrowing conditions.

Summit County woman dies in rare avalanche on world’s 5th-highest peak

By Julie Jag | June 4, 2026, 2:42 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A snowboarder makes their way down into Cobabe Canyon from the top of the private Raintree chairlift at Powder Mountain on Friday, March 21, 2025. Powder Mountain plans to remove the Sunrise Poma lift, the only mechanical link into Cobabe Canyon, after this ski season.

Powder Mountain will remove Sunrise lift, cutting mechanical ties to private ski terrain

By Julie Jag | May 30, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A young skier cruises to Park City Mountain's Mountain Village base. The base is set to be transformed after the Park City Planning Commission on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, approved an application by the resort to upgrade its Eagle and Silverlode chairlifts.

After years of legal fights, Park City approves major lift upgrades at Park City Mountain

By Julie Jag | May 28, 2026, 12:32 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snowless terrain is seen from the Mountain Village base of Park City Mountain Resort on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The terrain at the far right is accessed via the Eagle and Eaglet lifts. Park City Mountain is requesting a permit to combine the two lifts to allow better access to the center of the resort.

Park City Mountain’s lift upgrade debate isn’t really about lifts anymore

By Julie Jag | May 27, 2026, 3:44 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Firefighrtes gather together for a news conference and ribbon-cutting at the Wildland Fire Operations Center on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Utah’s wildfire season will be as bad as feared — and more expensive, officials say

By Julie Jag | May 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth; Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snowpack around a cabin in Big Cottonwood canyon is shown in photographs in May 2023, left, and May 2026, right.

See the dramatic difference between Utah’s best and worst snow years

By Julie Jag | May 11, 2026, 12:44 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Craig Gordon near Guardsman Pass Road on Monday, May 4, 2026.

Utah’s avalanche legend signs off

By Julie Jag | May 9, 2026, 5:50 p.m.

(Julie Jag | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skiers size up their options at the top of Brighton Resort's Great Western Express on Feb. 9, 2025. Brighton is one of three Utah ski and snowboard resorts that will be open through Sunday.

Utah resorts give people what they want: one more week of ski season

By Julie Jag | May 1, 2026, 9:34 p.m.

(Thaniel Cebulla | Brian Head Resort) A skier enjoys spring corn skiing at Brian Head Resort on April 20, 2026 season. Brian Head will reopen for a bonus weekend Friday with $1 tickets and will close for the season Sunday, May 2, 2026.

This Cottonwood Canyon resort will extend its ski season at least another week

By Julie Jag | April 30, 2026, 10:37 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Girls from "Pickle! at the the disco" party in the parking lot on the final ski day at Alta, on Sunday, April 26, 2026.

No Frank, no problem: Alta’s closing-day spirit endures

By Julie Jag | April 29, 2026, 5:27 p.m.

(Alta Ski Area/John Shafer)

The Frank World Classic Ski Competition, which started at Punk Rock under the Wildcat chairlift at Alta Ski Area in 2011, rewarded style and vibes over technique. The 2026 closing-day event has been canceled.

The Frank, Alta’s infamous end-of-season celebration, is canceled. Locals rejoice.

By Julie Jag | April 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wildflowers along the Pahneekahvets Trail at the Sundance Ski Resort on Friday, June 9, 2023.

Utah’s wildflowers as confused as we are about the warm winter

By Julie Jag | April 24, 2026, 4:01 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Vehicles fill the Cabriolet parking lot below the Canyons Village base at Park City Mountain on Friday, March 14, 2025, ahead of construction of a new, five-story parking structure.

One of Park City Mountain’s last free parking areas is going away next season

By Julie Jag | April 21, 2026, 10:17 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of the Alden family)

Snowboard industry pioneer Paul Alden of Orem died on April 9, 2026, at age 89. Here he is (second from left) during his stint at Burton Snowboards from 1984-1990 with Craig Kelly (right), considered the “Godfather of Freeriding,” Eveline Schnorf-Wirth (left), one of the most influential women in snowboarding, and two-time snowboarding world champion Mark Heingartner (front), one of Burton Snowboard’s first riders.

He was a snowboarding outsider who brought the sport to a ski resort near you — and to the Olympics

By Julie Jag | April 21, 2026, 3:31 p.m.

(Jackson Hole Mountain Resort) Salt Lake City skier Piper Kunst was crowned the 2026 Queen of Corbet's.

This real-life Alta couple just ascended to the throne of ski royalty

By Julie Jag | April 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Raelene Davis has been Ski Utah's marketing genius for 41 years, as she poses for a portrait on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. She spearheaded the 4th grade learn to ski program; the 4th, 5th and 6th grade Passport; Discover Winter and National Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. During her time, the number of skier days in the state rose from about 2 million to about 7 million and she has brought billions of dollars into the state in tax revenue, per Ski Utah president Nathan Rafferty.

She’s one of the most influential people in Utah’s ski industry, and she wants more people on the slopes

By Julie Jag | April 13, 2026, 5:35 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Biologists and students get a chance to visit a bear den during a wellness check in the Book Cliff of Utah on Friday, March 6, 2026.

‘It flat out changes you’: Why a Utah biologist makes bear den checks a group activity

By Julie Jag | April 8, 2026, 6:21 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snowless terrain is seen from the base of Park City Mountain Resort on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The ski resort abruptly announced Friday it would close for the season Sunday.

Park City Mountain surrenders to heat, announces imminent closing date

By Julie Jag | April 3, 2026, 11:15 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) During the hottest winter in state history, Beaver Mountain, the only ski area in Utah with no snowmaking, and a summit elevation of 8,860ft had one of the deepest snowpacks and saw little drop in visitation, as people take to the slopes at the top of Logan Canyon during the first day of spring on Friday, March 20, 2026.

In Utah’s warmest winter, the ski area without snowmaking still thrived

By Julie Jag | April 4, 2026, 4:13 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A young skier heads down the Lodge Trail at Powder Mountain on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Powder Mountain president pushes back on owner Reed Hastings, wins pricing changes

By Julie Jag | April 2, 2026, 2:39 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shaun White at Park City Mountain Resort on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Sundance has left Park City. Shaun White is stepping in.

By Julie Jag | April 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skiers ride Park City Mountain's Cabriolet Lift to the Canyons Village in Park City on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

This iconic Park City Mountain ski lift will take its last turns this weekend

By Julie Jag | March 27, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Skiers make their way down a ribbon of snow on Deer Valley’s east side on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

Deer Valley suddenly ends its ski season. Blame the record heat.

By Julie Jag | March 26, 2026, 7:58 p.m.