Finally some recognition from the NY Times

Poor old Pinnoc' he didn't see it coming.
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"For nearly 60 years, the guns of Alta have shot down menacing snow crusts and ice sheets before they can slide and set off the devastating avalanches that once gave Little Cottonwood Canyon, atop which Alta sits, a reputation of danger and dread."
-via NY Times March 19, 2009