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Interconnecting the Dots

Check out a slideshow of Ski Utah's signature backcountry tour.

January 1, 2014 Published in the Winter/Spring 2014 issue of Park City Magazine

Interconnect skiers glide into Highway to Heaven, a Wasatch Mountains backcountry tract between Solitude and Alta.

Ski Utah Interconnect guide Will Merrill points out Brighton’s Mount Millicent and Solitude’s Evergreen Ridge.

Merrill shows an Interconnect group how to use an avalanche transceiver, issued to every participant on every tour.

The backsides of Scott’s Pass, Mill F, and Grizzly Gulch are areas typically toured between the resorts as part of the Interconnect Adventure Tour.

Stunning scenery and sweet seclusion are Interconnect highlights. And oh yeah, the powder skiing is pretty amazing, too.

Utah resorts that have taken advantage of their spitting-distance proximity include Brighton and Solitude (connected via the Solbright run) and Alta and Snowbird (linked at Sugarloaf Pass).

Interconnect Adventure Tour participants should be advanced or expert skiers (no snowboarders) in good physical condition.

Before last winter, I had never skied in the backcountry, nor had I skied more than one resort in a day. But on an amazing wintry day last December, after arriving at Snowbird six resorts and almost seven hours after I’d started my day in Park City, I’d done both. And here’s the best part: I never had to take off my skis.

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