Alta celebrates 75th anniversary as Utah ski season opens 2012-13 ski season • Storms help Utah’s 14 resorts grind toward opening day. By Brett Prettyman The Salt Lake Tribune ...

Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior ... Powder Mountain and Alta. ... The peak of rosy finch research falls around Valentine ...

A rescue team responded just after 10 a.m. to an avalanche reported near Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range southeast of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said.

Northern Utah valleys may still be colorful around this time because of the elevation difference with the mountains. Utah's peak isn't expected to be one of the first in the country this year, though.

Two skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said. A rescue ...