Thanks for the Responses!

Thanks so much for all the responses. I mean this in the nicest, most
positive possible way: I'm not sure you've helped me much.

I've only been to SLC once, and skied exactly Walt's suggestion of
Alta, Snowbasin and Solitude. Fantastic experience. A local told me to
ski Solitude on weekends, and it was absolutely excellent advice. Alta
is, well, Alta, so that's where I planned to head first. Snowbasin was
OK, but was my least favorite of the three.

I was planning to give Park City Mountain weekday try, but feared the
crowds even more than prices. "Hmmm," I thought, "I wonder if the
crowds stand around in fashionable clothes and clog up Park City but
not necessarily the slopes? I think I'll ask a newsgroup."

I do really appreciate the feedback.

One more question: Is Snowbird as difficult as some say? I'm an
intermediate skiier, and was warned away.

On Jan 9, 10:09*am, wrote:
Thanks so much for all the responses. I mean this in the nicest, most
positive possible way: I'm not sure you've helped me much.

I've only been to SLC once, and skied exactly Walt's suggestion of
Alta, Snowbasin and Solitude. Fantastic experience. A local told me to
ski Solitude on weekends, and it was absolutely excellent advice. Alta
is, well, Alta, so that's where I planned to head first. Snowbasin was
OK, but was my least favorite of the three.

I was planning to give Park City Mountain weekday try, but feared the
crowds even more than prices. "Hmmm," I thought, "I wonder if the
crowds stand around in fashionable clothes and clog up Park City but
not necessarily the slopes? I think I'll ask a newsgroup."

I do really appreciate the feedback.

One more question: Is Snowbird as difficult as some say? I'm an
intermediate skiier, and was warned away.

Snowbird has a lot of either flat or steep. No more difficult than
Alta or Solitude if you search out the tough stuff. They do allow
snowboards though so the snow is not as good as where they don't.

wrote:

One more question: Is Snowbird as difficult as some say? I'm an
intermediate skiier, and was warned away.

Snowbird has fewer easy cruisers than the other SLC resorts. If your
tastes tend towards that terrain then Snowbird wouldn't be the first
choice, but I wouldn't go so far as to warn you away - there's still
plenty of intermediate terrain.

One thing about Snowbird is that while both Snowbird and Alta have some
quite steep terrain, with Alta you have to go looking for it, at
Snowbird you can easily take a wrong turn off a green cat track and be
in way over your head.

//Walt

On Jan 9, 12:45*pm, Walt wrote:
wrote:

One more question: Is Snowbird as difficult as some say? I'm an
intermediate skiier, and was warned away.

Snowbird has fewer easy cruisers than the other SLC resorts. *If your
tastes tend towards that terrain then Snowbird wouldn't be the first
choice, *but I wouldn't go so far as to warn you away - there's still
plenty of intermediate terrain.

One thing about Snowbird is that while both Snowbird and Alta have some
quite steep terrain, *with Alta you have to go looking for it, at
Snowbird you can easily take a wrong turn off a green cat track and be
in way over your head.

//Walt

Yeah I definitely agree with Walt. I've been skiing at Snowbird for
15 years and discover new and surprisingly steep stuff still. Alta is
the intermediates' dream because you can very deliberately and
carefully pick and choose what terrain you want. Even Snowbird's
blues can turn into nasty little things given the right snow
conditions...Like 4-6 days after a good dump.