If you want to go skiing in Utah there are vast skiing areas that link many mountain peaks that run north-south along the Wasatch Mountain Range. Utah's largest skiing resort has fifteen hundred hectares of skiing terrain and hundreds of trails. The Saddleback Express is 2773 meters high and the Ninety Nine 90 is 3044 meters. But all you get are black runs for experts only , and most will head off-piste to get the fresh powder that has not been tracked. It can get very busy on powder days at Snowbird, especially on a weekend.
There is something for all skiiers in Utah. Intermediate runs make up forty percent of the total number of pistes. And there are fourteen percent for the beginners to fall over on. Black is for the rest. In Utah, you can get up to nine meters of snow a year, and they can make snow on more than sixty hectares. And luckily , because they are so high, most of the snow falls will stay as powder. It is a vast skiing area in Utah.
The Canyons resort is six kilometers from Park City, where they hold the sundance film festival. Nearby is Deer Park, where snow-boarding is banned. LMAO. To get to Utah to go skiing in the fresh powder, you can fly into Los Angeles and get a Delta connection to Salt Lake City. Places to stay include the Canyons Grand Summit Hotel which is right next to the gondola so that you can get to the slopes straight from your hotel early in the morning for that first run to get the blood pumping. The Sundial Lodge is in the village and has serviced apartments and if you are lucky you will get a fireplace for that skiing romance.
There are a number of cheaper ski resorts in Utah that have only a few lifts but are very affordable. Beaver Mountain Ski Area is a family run ski resort that has been operating in Northern Utah since 1939. The ski slopes face north east so it has the morning sun on it. It is protected from the wind and is safe from avalanches. To get there go to the town of Logan and head up to the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. The maximum elevation at Beaver Mountain is 2682 meters and there is a vertical drop if 488 meters.There are three double chairs and two surface lifts. Lift prices for and adult are 38 dollars for a day.
Sundance Ski Resort in Utah is the place where the famous Sundance Film Festival is held. To get there from Salt Lake City, take the I-15 highway south to the exit at Provo and follow the directions until you get to Sundance. Sundance has a maximum elevation of 2515 meters with a vertical drop of 655 meters. The longest run goes for more than four kilometers. The Sundance skiable area is 182 hectares. There are two triple chairs and one quad chair. Ski Lift prices are $35 for a midweek adult ticket and $45 for a weekend full day ticket.
Wolf Mountain Ski Resort is about fifteen miles north east of Ogden of Eden, Utah. Wolf Mountain thas the cheapest skiing and snowboarding in Utah. The highest elevation at Wolf Mountain is 1981 meters and has a vertical drop of about three hundred meters. It has forty hectares of skiable are and the longest run is about half a kilometer. There is a surface lift, two double chairs and one triple chair. Lift prices are $22 for a weekday adult ticket and $26 for a weekend or holiday adult ski lift ticket.
