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Whisper Ridge CAT Skiing - North America's Best Kept Secret | whisper ridge cat skiing

whisper ridge cat skiing

If a ski resort has no lifts, lodges or lift passes, is it still a ski resort?

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In the case of Whisper Ridge, Utah's newest ski destination that's architecture some austere chat of mouth, best absolutely yes.

The resort, which has 60,000 acreage of backcountry-only terrain, had a bendable barrage aftermost division – but it's absolutely accessible for business for 2016/17.

“Last year, we slipped beneath a lot of people’s radar. It was a ablaze opening,” said Marshall McGonegal, business and accessible relations administrator for Whisper Ridge. “We alone ran two snowcats – we capital to analysis the amnion and get anybody excited.”

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There are no lifts in the ski breadth – visitors can alone admission breadth via helicopter and Whisper Ridge's broadcast agile of snowcats, now totalling eight. This guarantees a crowd-free acquaintance on the slopes – “You actually accept a clandestine abundance to yourself,” said McGonegal.

Located in the Wasatch Mountains, an hour arctic of Salt Lake City airport, Whisper Ridge will additionally account from the new absolute flights from London that airline Delta is ablution this winter. It's the aboriginal ceaseless flight amid the two cities, demography aloof 10 hours.

The resort aims to set itself afar from added Utah cat-skiing operations by accouterment an brief backcountry experience. Although there aren't any hotels or chalets, guests can opt to break the night in one of 10 affluence mountain-top yurts.

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Each yurt has a wood-burning hot tub, blaze pit, and stand-alone bath and shower. Options accommodate Bunk Yurts sleeping up to 12 guests, Suite Yurts sleeping six to eight and Master Yurts that beddy-bye up to four. The amount of abode includes a abounding day of cat-skiing, additional breakfast, lunch, banquet and drinks.

The breadth itself is reportedly varied, with aggregate from tree-skiing and accessible bowls to abrupt chutes.

Cat-skiing groups are fabricated up of no added than 12 people, with anniversary skier or snowboarder accepting a radio, beacon, delving and barrage training. Anniversary accumulation is accompanied by two guides who are accomplished in the terrain.

The acquaintance is best ill-fitted to avant-garde skiers and snowboarders. “This is a abounding backcountry captivation experience,” said McGonegal. “There are no clean-cut runs.”

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However, there are added means to adore the mountain, with Whisper Ridge additionally alms guided cross-country ski trips, snowshoe hikes and snowmobile tours. There’s additionally a wellness programme that includes yoga, beating and hot bedrock therapy.

Such a different acquaintance doesn't appear cheap, with a day of cat-skiing starting at $450 and an brief break (including a day of cat-skiing) costing from $725.

This isn't putting bodies off though, according to McGonegal.

“We’ve had a astounding response,” he said. “We’ve been accepting a lot of bodies who are absolutely aflame about us.”

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