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  2. Alta Ski Area - Wikipedia

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    Alta Ski Area. 5 surface tows. Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County. With a skiable area of 2,614 acres (10.58 km 2), Alta's base elevation is 8,530 ft (2,600 m) and rises to 11,068 ft (3,374 m) for a vertical gain of 2,538 ft (774 m).

  3. Alta, Utah - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.townofalta.com. Alta is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 228 at the 2020 census, a large decrease from the 2010 figure of 383. Alta is centered in the Alta Ski Area, a ski resort that has 500,000 annual visitors.

  4. Depth hoar - Wikipedia

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    Depth hoar. Depth hoar, also called sugar snow[1] or temperature gradient snow (or TG snow), [2] are large snow- crystals occurring at the base of a snowpack that form when uprising water vapor deposits, or desublimates, onto existing snow crystals. Depth hoar crystals are large, sparkly grains with facets that can be cup-shaped and that are up ...

  5. Hypsometry - Wikipedia

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    Hypsometry. Hypsometry (from Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos) 'height' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') [1][2] is the measurement of the elevation and depth of features of Earth's surface relative to mean sea level. [3] On Earth, the elevations can take on either positive or negative (below sea level) values. The distribution is theorised ...

  6. Snowbird, Utah - Wikipedia

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    www.snowbird.com. Snowbird is an unincorporated community in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is most famous for Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, an alpine skiing and snowboarding area, which opened in December 1971.

  7. List of snowiest places in the United States by state

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    Utah. Brighton Ski Resort, 411.1 inches (1,044 cm) annually. [7] 4. California. Sugar Bowl Ski Resort 2.5 miles east of Soda Springs, 500 inches (1,300 cm) annually. [9] Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year.

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  9. Edward LaChapelle - Wikipedia

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    Fields. Geology, Glaciology, Snow Science. Institutions. University of Washington, 1967–1982. Edward Randle "Ed" LaChapelle (May 31, 1926 – February 1, 2007) was an American avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author, and professor. He was a pioneer in the field of avalanche research and forecasting in North America.