Mid-winter Update, 2019
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Alliance members and supporters! It’s been a while since we’ve sent out an update; not because nothing’s been happening, but because it’s been snowing so much that we’ve been busy lapping up powder! What a great snow year we’ve had, especially after suffering through last year. As always, whether it snows or…
Help Speak Up For Roadless Areas in Utah
The Wasatch Backcountry Alliance has heard from our great partners at Winter Wildlands about a new development happening in Utah that could have a major effect not only on our protected backcountry terrain here in the Wasatch but also on roadless lands in mountains all across Utah, and now is the time to speak up! …
Late Summer ’18 Update
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Members! We hope that you have had a good summer, but are guessing that – like us – you are tired of the heat and smoke and are looking forward to another bountiful winter! As always, despite the summer heat, a lot has been happening with the state of the Wasatch…
Member Letter: End of Season Wrap Up, Part 1 – Grizzly Gulch Update – 05/05/2018
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Members, Well, our Wasatch ski season was a veritable shadow of last year’s bountiful snow, but hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy the nice series of storms we received in March and April. Now that the season has wound down and temps are back in the 90’s, we…
Letter to Alta Ski Lifts Company: Proposed Development of Grizzly Gulch
April 11, 2018 Board of Directors Alta Ski Lifts Company 8920 S Collins Road PO Box 8007 Alta, UT 84092 Re: Proposed Development of Grizzly Gulch Via email to Mike Maughan (mikem@alta.com) and Allen Orr (alo@alta.com) Dear Board of Directors of Alta Ski Lifts Company (ASL), By way of introduction, Wasatch Backcountry Alliance (WBA)…
Comment Period for FS-WPG permit renewal
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Enthusiasts! Wasatch Backcountry Alliance met with the Forest Service leadership recently to express some concerns about the process, and as a result the Forest Service has opened a 30 day comment period from June 10-July 10. It is vital that they hear from the public with your opinions on WPG’s operations. A…
Contact your county council member!
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Enthusiasts! With yesterday’s disappointing news of The US’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, perhaps it’s a good reminder of the importance of The People standing up for what they believe in and continuing to ask our leaders to provide leadership. Now’s your chance. Hopefully you have been aware of the…
Bonanza Flat Details
Updated July 30, 2017: Bonanza Flats Has Been Saved Bonanza Flats has been saved! It was a huge challenge, but so many individuals, organizations, companies, and governments worked together to make it a reality, and we want to thank each and every one of you for helping to make this dream – which sometimes seemed…
Bonanza Flat and upcoming events
Hello Wasatch Backcountry Alliance Enthusiasts! It’s been too long since we’ve sent out an email newsletter. Between the holidays and the great skiing – which you’ve hopefully been lapping up as much as possible – we have not had a chance to send out an email. But that’s not to say that there is not…
Aug. 5, 2016 Letter Outlining Concerns with Legislative Maps Submitted as Part of Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act
WBA WWA Letter Highlighting Concerns with Legislative Maps
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