Utah Ski Resorts
Ski or snowboard in Utah at over ten resorts, seven within an hour’s
Utah Ski Resorts include Park City's Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort, and The Canyons. Visitors will love to ski or snowboard at any of Utah's more than ten resor
When skiers and snowboarders think of Utah, they think of Park City. There are actually over ten resorts statewide, seven within an hour’s drive of one another and the Salt Lake City Airport.
Park City
With three world-class ski resorts, Park City is Utah’s signature destination. It’s also an old nineteenth-century silver mining town with a charming downtown.
If you’re skiing in Park City, be sure to visit www.parkcityinfo.com and download the voucher for the Quick Start Program, where you can get a free lift ticket with any same-day boarding pass. You can literally be on a plane in the morning and be on the slopes by the afternoon.
The Canyons Resort in Park City includes eight mountains and 3,700 acres of skiable terrain. The “ninety-nine ninety” lift takes skiers to 9,990 feet. Skiers and snowboarders alike will be amazed at the sheer amount of terrain available for their exploration.
Park City Mountain Resort sits above the town and features a lift right on Main Street. It’s famous for its terrain parks and reflects the mining history of Park City.
Catering to a high-end clientele, Deer Valley Resort is about a mile from downtown Park City. It’s the highest-ranked resort in North America, noted for superior service and trail grooming. It’s one of three ski-only resorts remaining in the country.
Salt Lake City
On the southern edge of Salt Lake City are the Cottonwood Canyons, home to four ski areas frequented by locals: Snowbird, Alta, Solitude, and Brighton Ski Resorts. Steep terrain and deep powder characterize these resorts. They consistently receive the highest snowfall of anywhere in the state, and are a short drive from the Salt Lake City Airport.
Snowbird’s a family-oriented resort with rugged terrain. Its most unique feature is the Aerial Tram, rising nearly four thousand vertical feet to the top of Hidden Peak in just eight minutes. Snowbird shares a boundary with Alta, and you can buy a ticket good at both.
Alta is also a ski-only resort and like Snowbird has mostly advanced terrain. This spare, seventies-style resort attracts Salt Lake City ski bums who live for powder days.
Solitude’s name is fitting, since there aren’t usually crowds here. It’s a mom and pop place with a few vintage fixed-grip doubles and a handful of high-speed quads. Solitude has terrain for all levels of skiing and snowboarding.
Like Solitude, Brighton is a family-oriented resort good for all ability levels. The Milli Express is a new experts-only chairlift accessing groomed and ungroomed advanced runs.
Lesser-known Utah Ski Areas
North of Salt Lake City near Ogden, Powder Mountain and Snow Basin Resorts remain relatively undiscovered. However, the powder runs in the Strawberry area are well-known to local experts.
Lesser-known Utah ski areas include Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort and Brian Head Resort. An hour south of Park City, Sundance sits secluded on the flanks of majestic Mount Timpanogos. Brian Head, three hours from Las Vegas, offers the highest lift-serviced terrain in Utah at 11,000 feet.
Utah’s variety of resorts makes it more than a typical winter destination. It’s truly a skier’s mecca, with the perfect spot for every type of skier or snowboarder.
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