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Alta - Snowbird
My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging? Thanks |
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eblaster wrote:
My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary, does anyone have any recommendations on lodging? If you're rich, stay in a lodge at the resorts, spend oodles and cover the costs of their lifts - google the resort's lodging service. If you're of lessor stature (see comments in car thread, above) a rental car and a room in any of a hundred reasonably priced motels in Sandy at the mouth of the canyons will save you bucks usable for new skis or other necessities and give you more options - google for lodging in Sandy. BTW, many of those Motels will negotiate if they expect to have empty rooms - call an upscale facility and tell them you're about to check into lessor lodging but if they'll match the price you'll go with them for the night - they usually bite except at the height of mob season. |
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lal_truckee wrote:
eblaster wrote: My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary, does anyone have any recommendations on lodging? If you're rich, stay in a lodge at the resorts, spend oodles and cover the costs of their lifts - google the resort's lodging service. If you're of lessor stature (see comments in car thread, above) a rental car and a room in any of a hundred reasonably priced motels in Sandy at the mouth of the canyons will save you bucks usable for new skis or other necessities and give you more options - google for lodging in Sandy. BTW, many of those Motels will negotiate if they expect to have empty rooms - call an upscale facility and tell them you're about to check into lessor lodging but if they'll match the price you'll go with them for the night - they usually bite except at the height of mob season. Hmmmm. Is there ever actually a mob season in SLC? IIRC, they overbuilt their hotel room supply for the 2002 Olympics so there are always rooms a plenty. //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
Hmmmm. Is there ever actually a mob season in SLC? IIRC, they overbuilt their hotel room supply for the 2002 Olympics so there are always rooms a plenty. The mormans seem to hold numerous conventions and stuff which fills up the rooms pretty good - ran into such an onslought a couple of times. Family people - thousands of horrid little blondish kids running around. Somebody should put contraceptives in the water supply. And someone should undertake to teach the kids manners. And someone should fix Utah booze rules. The Utah powder is good. |
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"eblaster" writes:
My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary, does anyone have any recommendations on lodging? My wife, son (now 12) and I usually stay at the Snowpine. It's comfortable, the owners and staff are very nice, the food is quite good as ski lodges go, and they have some fun activities. Friends and we have also stayed at the Peruvian and the Rustler. The Peruvian is a frat house. The Rustler is the top end at Alta; comfortable with amenities like a pool and sauna (but definitely not the Beaver Creek Ritz Carlton). Breakfast and dinner are included in the room price at all three. The food at the Rustler and Snowpine is quite good -- about the level of a Hyatt. Winelists are limited to a few inexpensive but good wines. The Peruvian is (as mentioned) more casual. All three have dorm rooms as well as lodge rooms. The dorm rooms are inexpensive. There's basically nothing to do at Alta except ski, eat at your lodge, and sleep. Which is just fine with me. Did I mention that the skiing is fantastic? Alta after a big dump is heaven. -- dhs |
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Alta - Snowbird
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/Phil "David Spencer" wrote in message ... "eblaster" writes: My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary, does anyone have any recommendations on lodging? My wife, son (now 12) and I usually stay at the Snowpine. It's comfortable, the owners and staff are very nice, the food is quite good as ski lodges go, and they have some fun activities. Friends and we have also stayed at the Peruvian and the Rustler. The Peruvian is a frat house. The Rustler is the top end at Alta; comfortable with amenities like a pool and sauna (but definitely not the Beaver Creek Ritz Carlton). Breakfast and dinner are included in the room price at all three. The food at the Rustler and Snowpine is quite good -- about the level of a Hyatt. Winelists are limited to a few inexpensive but good wines. The Peruvian is (as mentioned) more casual. All three have dorm rooms as well as lodge rooms. The dorm rooms are inexpensive. There's basically nothing to do at Alta except ski, eat at your lodge, and sleep. Which is just fine with me. Did I mention that the skiing is fantastic? Alta after a big dump is heaven. -- dhs |
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Alta - Snowbird
"lal_truckee" wrote in message
t... Family people - thousands of horrid little blondish kids running around. Somebody should put contraceptives in the water supply. And someone should undertake to teach the kids manners. I understand your apprehension at kids. Utah has one of the youngest populations around - unlike Hawaii and Pennsylvania (my residences) with two of the greyest populations to boot. And someone should fix Utah booze rules. Concur. (and tourist taxes). Wasn't the building done in Park City, though, the next canyon to the north. That's where I stayed in an overpriced bedsit. |
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Kurt Knisely wrote:
I've heard the powder is better in Colorado. Maybe, but there's less of it and it gets skied off quicker. snoig |
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"snoig" wrote in news:1159734154.028694.28590
@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Kurt Knisely wrote: I've heard the powder is better in Colorado. Maybe, but there's less of it and it gets skied off quicker. Then why are the Powder 8's held there each year? http://www.summitdaily.com/article/2...PORTS/60413007 Hey Mikey! -K |
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Alta - Snowbird
Kurt Knisely wrote:
"snoig" wrote in news:1159734154.028694.28590 @k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Kurt Knisely wrote: I've heard the powder is better in Colorado. Maybe, but there's less of it and it gets skied off quicker. Then why are the Powder 8's held there each year? http://www.summitdaily.com/article/2...PORTS/60413007 Hey Mikey! Right. We'll have to wait for Saemisch to chime in for the definitive word, but if I was forced to have an opinion (reticent as I am to ever pronounce an opinion) I would say it's because Powder Eights work better in 10-12 inches of fluffy new as seen occasionally in Collyraido rather than 1-2 meters of fluffy new as seen in Youtaw. In any case you haven't really skied powder until you've turned in my local stuff. Why, a skier can't hardly notice the stuff that passes for powder in Youtaw and Collyraido, while our local stuff lets you know it's there by wrestling you for the right to guide your skis. That Sierra Cement is real powerful powder. |
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