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Utah Ski Areas
Utah Ski Areas Overview
Salt Lake City, Park City, Snowbird.
Salt Lake City is the gateway to Utah's fantastic and famous ski resorts. Not a ski destination itself, the city has the ambiance and facilities typical to a sophisticated mid-western city. Salt Lake City's Wasatch Mountains are home to 7 world-class ski resorts, all within 30 to 45 minutes from the Salt Lake Valley. An abundance of beautiful sunny days, varied terrain to suit skiers of all levels, and quick access up the canyons make Salt Lake City a great home base for your next ski vacation!.
Some of the smaller ski areas closest to Salt Lake City include:.
Alta
Alta, Utah is just one of the ski areas in Little Cottonwood Canyon. It's known for its deep powder, rugged terrain, and spectacular scenery. The area's stats are impressive with its vertical of 2,020 feet and over 2,200 skiable acres with 12 lifts û including one detachable quad, three triples, four doubles and five surface û that get skiers to 50 trails. Snowmaking covers 50 acres, although with an average yearly snowfall of 500 inches, it isn't often needed. Terrain offers something for everyone 25 percent beginner, 40 percent intermediate, and 35 percent advanced. At first glance, Alta looks intimidating, but there is probably no finer place to learn powder skiing. It's an easy 45-minute drive from both Salt Lake City and Park City.
Brighton
Brighton sits at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon, just a short 35-minute drive from Salt Lake City. Tow-rope skiing started in Utah here in 1936, making Brighton Utah's oldest operating ski resort. With over 850 skiable acres, Brighton has slowly built up one of Utah's most popular ski areas. The variety of terrain at Brighton is most impressive, plenty for all ability levels to enjoy. The trails often mix back and forth between bowls, chutes, open tree skiing and wide cruisers, creating an endless combination of skiing opportunities around the mountain.
Solitude
Solitude offers the crisp taste of some of the greatest snow on earth, in a peaceful, under-developed setting. Great powder and incredible terrain bring snowboarders and skiers back year after year. Immaculately groomed runs, virtually no lift lines and champagne white terrain define Solitude Mountain Resort. The Wasatch Mountains provide seclusion and intimacy at this village-like resort, as skiers peacefully enjoy stretches of Honeycomb Canyon in complete solitude. All of Solitude Mountain Resort's 1,200 acres are boarder friendly. Riders find wide open bowls under spectacular cliffs, open glades, and tight tree turns throughout Solitude's challenging terrain.
Park City
Park City is located just 36 easy miles from the Salt Lake International Airport, offering over 320 runs spread out between Park City Mountain Resort, The Canyons Resort, and Deer Valley Resort. The resorts are blanketed annually with over 350 inches of the lightest, sofest, driest powder on earth. Park City, the "Alpine Heart of 2002", hosted 23 venues for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The annual Sundance Film Festival, now in its 20th year, is hosted each January in Park City. Some of the best mountain biking, hiking, fishing, and golfing can also be found in this historic old mining town in the summer. Park City is a year-round resort with three unique mountains in one exciting town.
Snowbird
Snowbird is a small ski resort just 25 miles from Salt Lake City. Although a quieter and more intimate resort than many others in the area, skiers still find plenty of deep powder, dramatic terrain, and wide-open bowls. There are 13 lifts, over 2,500 skiable acres, and an average of 500 inches of annual snow. At Snowbird, families, couples, and singles alike take advantage of idyllic terrain for skiers and snowboarders, along with a 125-person aerial tram (only 7 minutes to the top of the mountain), a tubing hill, heli-skiing, and an ice-skating rink.
Reasons to visit Utah Ski Areas
Utah's capital, with its wide, airy streets and kind, welcoming people, is small as modern American cities go, but international travelers come in droves to "the Rome of Mormonism." Favorite attractions include impressive Temple Square and the Mormon Tabernacle. Although Salt Lake City is best known for its religious prominence, it is growing in popularity as a home base for winter and summer recreation in Park City, The Canyons, Deer Valley, Snowbird, Sundance, Brighton, and Alta. These have some of the country's best skiing, hiking, biking, and horseback riding.
Several national parks surround the region, famous for their striking and massive rock formations, and lush wilderness. As the host of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City is undergoing a massive improvement project, with results that will last long after the 17 days of sport are over. The added value and countless new amenities make 2002 a better-than-ever time to visit!.