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Discover Alta in United States
Alta in the region of Utah with its 383 habitants is a place located in United States - some 1,830 mi or ( 2945 km ) West of Washington , the country's capital .
Local time in Alta is now 09:22 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Denver " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Grand Junction, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Alta, and Alpine. When in this area, you might want to check out Grand Junction . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Alta ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Alta Powder Skiing
WPP's award winning short film. Music is "The Movie Theater" by Pelican City from the album Rhode Island. ..
Mist Covered Mountains
Bagpiper and Heathen Highlanders member Michael Gibbs playing Scottish Great Highland War Pipes @ old mill in little cottonwood canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah. This tune was played at the funeral of Pre ..
Bringing Me Home, (Original truck driving love song)
Bringing Me Home, a Robert B. Barron Truck Driving, Copyright 1986 -97, 2007-10. I wrote this song in 1986 just after to Long Hard Road, www.youtube.com I was driving home from a sales trip at the tim ..
Killiekrankie
Bagpiper, and member of the Heathen Highlanders Michael Gibbs playing old Scottish tune on the Great Highland War Pipes @ old mill ruins in little cottonwood canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Snowbird, Utah
Snowbird is an unincorporated area based in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains in Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S. It is most famous for Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, an alpine skiing and snowboarding area, which opened in December 1971.
Located at 40.58 -111.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Cecret Lake
Cecret Lake (pronounced like Secret) is a small alpine lake in Albion Basin near Alta, Utah. This area is also part of the Wasatch National Forest. Cecret Lake is also a protected watershed for Salt Lake City, Utah. It is not known why the name was spelled with a C instead of an S. Assumptions are that it was named by a miner working in the area. The lake can be accessed in the summer by parking on the main road in Little Cottonwood Canyon and hiking up a dirt trail to the lake.
Located at 40.57 -111.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Little Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and “Community Council” designated by Salt Lake County. The canyon is a glacial trough ("U" shaped canyon), carved by an alpine glacier during the last ice age, 15,000 to 25,000 years ago. A number of rare and endemic plant species are found in the canyon's Albion Basin.
Located at 40.57 -111.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Twin Peaks (Utah)
There are actually two sets of well-known Twin Peaks of the Wasatch Front in Utah. "Broad's Fork" Twin Peaks, overlooking the Salt Lake Valley, and "American Fork" Twin Peaks which is located less than five miles to the southeast. "American Fork" Twin Peaks is actually the higher of the two, at 11,489 feet, and is the tallest peak of Salt Lake County. "Broads Fork" Twin Peaks is only 11,330 ft tall and the second highest of Salt Lake County.
Located at 40.59 -111.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The 15-mile -long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping and fishing in the summer. Its two ski resorts, Brighton and Solitude, are popular among skiers and snowboarders.
Located at 40.64 -111.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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