A. Where does the sky end and the snow begin?  I've never seen a snow quality ranking that didn't have Alta at the top. Does Alta have the Greatest Snow on Earth? Professor Powder thinks so.

B. These dots hide the last 40 years of Alta's season totals. Starting with the 1980-'81 season on the far left column and ending with the 2019-'20 season on the far right. If you squint your eyes, the chart becomes more obvious.

C. Each large white snow dot represents 50 inches of snow. For example between B and C there are ten large dots representing the 508" received during the 1999-'00 season. Note, luckily this poster was painted in late 2020, because a stack of 18 large dots depicting Alta's record breaking 903 inch 22/23 season would not have fit on this poster!

D. The large V shape of the snow/skyline symbolizes the deep V shape of Little Cottonwood Canyon which funnels storms to this blessed micro-climate.

E. Alf Engen the ski jumping champion who scouted out Alta and taught there for forty years, is hidden in the 1982-'83 season column of snowflakes.

F. One of the most famous ski photos of all time was taken a half a mile from Alta. The star of that photo is also hidden in the dots, but he's so small you might have to buy the poster to find him.

G. I formed the letters out of bamboo ski poles which were commonly used at the time as a nod to Alta's 1938 beginning. The letter's simple red lines are also intended to echo the red lift chairs preserved on the Alta welcome sign.