Alta Utah Powder Skiing Jan 5, 1974

A classic powder day from the 1973-74 Ski season at Alta Utah. The film stars, "The Swedes": Lowell (Rock) Nelson, Mark (Stein Erikson) Johnson and Wes (the Bird) Lindahl. We skied ~100 days on a $135 seasons pass.

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[jeffthepoet]

Hi Mark, Great clip. I was at Alta for Christmas Holiday 1972 during a huge storm of 2 feet or so dry powder. I was with my family, and we stayed in a cabin on the slopes. Talk about skiing in Heaven. I have some old super 8 mm, too. I recall it was the biggest snow fall in years. They had to blast the steep runs for avalanches. During skiing, you had to slow down to breathe because the powder flew in your mouth, hence face mask and snorkel skiing!

[marksjohnson5]

Definitely get your 8 mm film digitized and upload it to YouTube! Sounds like you had a classic day in Utah Powder. Mark

[marksjohnson5]

I just put a clearer HQ version of this film up on my site. Mark

[Ross Budd]

Al was an Avalanche forecaster for the Feds. Office down in SLC. Still there now living in Holiday or Sandy.

[marksjohnson5]

I can't say I remember him, but he's got a great job (tricky though). Mark

[Ross Budd]

Hey. You don't know Al Soucie do you? I skied there in the 70's with him.

[marksjohnson5]

The name doesn't ring a bell, but there were many regulars that year that I knew by face, but not by name. Mark

[ggh7664]

I grew up at the mouth of Little Cottonwood and learned to ski in 1969 at the age of 5.  I've skied all the resorts in Utah and several in various parts of the country, but Alta will always be my 1st choice. In fact, I won't ski anywhere else nowadays. My kids board, but they understand that there is nothing like riding Supreme and enjoying the mountain on a pair of skis.

[MormonJew]

this is sick. we are the descendants with better equipment, respect to those skinny long boards

[Tom Locker]

I skied Alta and Snowbird at Thanksgiving in '73, just a few months before this video was shot!

[TubeMistake]

Thanks for posting this video. The seventies were my heydays of skiing. I'm guessing you guys must be around/near 60. I'm 64 now and getting ready to get way back into skiing.

I actually have an Astraltune in storage; the one I was wearing when I fell and twisted my knee at Snowbird and wrecked my cartilege.

Some folks can't walk and chew gum. At the time I apparently couldn't ski and listen to music.

Again, I love the video and the choice of 3DG tune. It really seems to sync up.

[TubeMistake]

a mythical kingdom hidden somewhere !

Pre Astraltune skiing at it's finest. Had to listen to Shambala in your own head.

[Igor Banaszuk]

why? haha, but yeah hellbents are ridiciously fat

[freakinstein69]

I am disgusted how fat their skis are now.

[freakinstein69]

Stein is a legend. 

[James Gray]

I watch this when I'm feeling down and remember that I'm thousands of miles from Alta, and it reminds me that ski seasons right around the corner, and I'll be back out to the place I love in a few months!!!!!!!!!!! love this video!!!

[KozmoJ68]

Wonderful! Alta is so much fun to ski. One of the most underrated areas around.