SLC on a shoestring budget? Stay in Sandy (at the base of Little
Cottonwood Canyon & Big Cottonwood Canyon), buy your discount tickets at
this place: http://www.canyonsports.com/tickets.html before going up the
canyon, and go where the best snow is. That may mean going to Park
City, Snowbasin or Powder Mountain, or maybe even Sundance. Don't lock
yourself into a particular plan - you may find that you can't even get
up the canyon if it really dumps, in that situation drive around to one
of the resorts you *can* get to.
Well I found a cheap place to stay in downtown. I know that Sandy is pretty
good located, but I cannot find any affordable places to stay there(well
they only one I found looks kind of crappy...). And for skiing Powder
mountain SLC is probably a bit too far away, so I'd prefer to stay
somewhere there.
I heard that Powder Mountain's supposed to be really good and that Park
City has some decent backcountry as well (...experiendes...), but the snow
seems to be better in Solitude, right?
The deal you talk about is $10/day cheaper than buying them on a day-by
day basis. $60 is $60, but the way I'd play it is to remain flexible.
Do you have to use them on consecutive days? If not it's probably a
viable way to go - three weeks in SLC, every third day at Solitude.
Thanks, I already knew the page for affordable tickets. The good thing is
that you DON't have to use them on consecutive days, so it seems to be a
good deal!
And we're still flexible...
There is easy access out of Honeycomb canyon via the lift they put in a
few years ago. Much to the consternation of the locals. You could
probably yo-yo Honeycomb for six days straight and never take the same
route twice.
Ah, saw it on the trail map! Right, looks awesome! But what about the other
resorts? Are there some where you will end up on a lift after a backcountry
ride and be able to make more than just one run?Or will you end up in the
middle of nowhere and need to find a way back out of the middle of nowhere?
What about Snowbird and Brigton (too easy?)?
BTW, Solitude sells tickets by the ride too. $55 for ten rides. If
you're serious about spending most of your time backcountry that may be
the way to go.
Powder Mountain has cheap cat skiing - you might want to check that out
one of the days you're there.
That sounds awesome!
good Luck. Have fun.
//Walt
Thanks :-)