Greatest snow on Earth? come find out. Or better yet, go to Colorado.
The owners and friends of Basecamper Vans live to shred. Plain and simple. Backcountry or resort, chutes or powder bowls -- finding freshies is always at the top of our to do list. So if you're sorely in need of a wintervention, taking a ski trip in a Basecamper Van is what the doctor ordered.
We're snow snobs: Wasatch Snow Forecast
To quote Hemmingway: "there are only three sports--bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." So get stoked on skiing sick couloirs: Straight Chuter
Since there's nothing cool about dying in an avalanche, here is a resource to keep you on top: Utah Avalanche Center
Need a widget? This is where you can locally buy what we think is the best skiing and climbing gear available: Black Diamond
If you want to spend some time at a badass backcountry yurt: The Utah Nordic Alliance
And we're not joking about going to Colorado: Silverton Mountain
We're snow snobs: Wasatch Snow Forecast
To quote Hemmingway: "there are only three sports--bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." So get stoked on skiing sick couloirs: Straight Chuter
Since there's nothing cool about dying in an avalanche, here is a resource to keep you on top: Utah Avalanche Center
Need a widget? This is where you can locally buy what we think is the best skiing and climbing gear available: Black Diamond
If you want to spend some time at a badass backcountry yurt: The Utah Nordic Alliance
And we're not joking about going to Colorado: Silverton Mountain
When it snows, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons are treacherous. "Chains/4x4" restrictions are frequent and for your own good. Law enforcement even sets up a barricade to verify compliance. So don't be a touron and risk pinwheeling a rented Hyundai Sonata down the canyon. Play it safe and choose one of our burly all wheel drive vans instead.
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Watch out for these animals on the skin track. They're busy ticking off their second couloir before most people wake up for work.
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Visit Utah's 14 ski resorts (98 in the Rocky Mountains!) and follow the storms to the best snow on earth! +1,000 G.N.A.R. points for leaving nice tracks.
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