Alta Snowbird

My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging?

Thanks

Peruvian Hotel.

On second thought, it has been about 20 years (is that possible?) since
I stayed there. Better get independent confirmation before believing
me.


eblaster wrote:
My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging?

Thanks

"eblaster" wrote in message
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My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next
Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging?

Thanks

I would stay somewhere with a restaurant and bar. Beds are good too.

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.

Here's a suggestion. Don't go to Snowbird. Lodge somewhere else

In article .com,
Richard Henry wrote:
Peruvian Hotel.

On second thought, it has been about 20 years (is that possible?) since
I stayed there. Better get independent confirmation before believing
me.

Well...it's still there. Hasn't been swept away by avalanche. I stay
with a buddy in Salt Lake. I like getting stuck overnight in the parking
lot. You get a jump on everybody coming up from the valley waiting on
UDOT to clear the avy debris off the road. I keep a sleeping bag behind
the seat of my Toyota. So the Peruvian Lodge looks like luxury to me.

You got to hand it to the Utah Department of Transportaion. Those guys
shelled Pleasant Grove, Utah with a 105 Howitzer last season. Just a little
high on one round doing avy control in Provo Canyon.
--
According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker."

eblaster wrote:
My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging?

I stayed at the Iron Blosam in Snowbird. It was OK. Big lobby. The
Cliff Lodge is the luxury "property" there. All the lodges at Snowbird
have one or more restaurants with a bar. The restaurants are all
surprisingly good, actually. There is a tiny "resort center" where the
Tram comes in, and you can get breakfast or lunch there. It's no Aspen.
The whole place has a concrete bunker aesthetic, but you're there to ski.

Alta has lodges too, but more down home and old-fashioned where you eat
there and hang out there at night. Some of them are expensive and often
booked-up by repeat visitors, right? I myself would stay at Snowbird -
more choices, not that that there are that many choices.

Dave

:-)

"Jeff Davis" wrote in message
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In article .com,
Richard Henry wrote:
Peruvian Hotel.

On second thought, it has been about 20 years (is that possible?) since
I stayed there. Better get independent confirmation before believing
me.

Well...it's still there. Hasn't been swept away by avalanche. I stay
with a buddy in Salt Lake. I like getting stuck overnight in the parking
lot. You get a jump on everybody coming up from the valley waiting on
UDOT to clear the avy debris off the road. I keep a sleeping bag behind
the seat of my Toyota. So the Peruvian Lodge looks like luxury to me.

You got to hand it to the Utah Department of Transportaion. Those guys
shelled Pleasant Grove, Utah with a 105 Howitzer last season. Just a
little
high on one round doing avy control in Provo Canyon.
--
According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted
trouble-maker."

Interesting advice, thanks.

"lal_truckee" wrote in message
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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.

Last year we stayed at a Hampton Inn in Sandy. A friend stayed at a Best
Western on a skier special deal - lodging, meals, rental car, and lift
tickets.

Search ski Salt Lake City Best Western (or Hampton Inn) using Google.

You should also consider skiing Solitude and Brighton. I have heard that
kids (families) ski free on Saturday at Solitude, and you may not want to go
there on Saturday. Alta is likely to be busy on weekends. Brighton is best
on foggy days; lots of trees help with visibility.

Ernie

"eblaster" wrote in message
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My 14 yo son and I are considering skiing Alta & Snowbird next Februrary,
does anyone have any recommendations on lodging?

Thanks