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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
Hi All, I used to go to Utah every year for business conferences. I have now changed jobs so I am taking my wife out to Utah for a long weekend the 2nd week in January. I have skied both Alta and Snowbird and I love Alta although I am not thrilled with Snowbird. My question is: What other resorts would your recommend outside of SLC? I know Deer Valley is much more expensive than Alta. I was wondering about how the Canyons and Solitude compare to Alta? Keep in mind that we are only interested in skiing so I don't care whether the resort offers snowboarding or not. Thanks, FF |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
Give Snowbasin a try. Lots of varied terrain and served by high speed lifts.
Worth the 45 minute drive from Salt Lake. Solitude would be my other choice. Fred |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
"Frequent_Flyer" wrote in message .com...
Hi All, I used to go to Utah every year for business conferences. I have now changed jobs so I am taking my wife out to Utah for a long weekend the 2nd week in January. I have skied both Alta and Snowbird and I love Alta although I am not thrilled with Snowbird. My question is: What other resorts would your recommend outside of SLC? I know Deer Valley is much more expensive than Alta. I was wondering about how the Canyons and Solitude compare to Alta? Keep in mind that we are only interested in skiing so I don't care whether the resort offers snowboarding or not. Thanks, FF Brighton would be another "cost conscious" option. You can drive up to Odgen and visit either Snow Basin or Powder Mountain, but don't expect to get to either in the advertised 45 minutes. I bought a lift ticket voucher in the parking lot of Powder Mountain last year for $25. Seems they augment the minimum wage paycheck of parking attendants by giving them a few tickets to sell. |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
Kneale Brownson wrote:
Brighton would be another "cost conscious" option. You can drive up to Odgen and visit either Snow Basin or Powder Mountain, but don't expect to get to either in the advertised 45 minutes. I bought a lift ticket voucher in the parking lot of Powder Mountain last year for $25. Seems they augment the minimum wage paycheck of parking attendants by giving them a few tickets to sell. So what did you think of Powder Mt? Other than PCMR (too crowded and overbuilt) and Sundance (too low elevation that late in the year - it was serious soup) I've never made it out of the LCC/BCC resorts. For FF, try Solitude and Brighton. You'll be glad you did. -Walt |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
"Kneale Brownson" wrote in message Brighton would be another "cost conscious" option. You can drive up to Odgen and visit either Snow Basin or Powder Mountain, but don't expect to get to either in the advertised 45 minutes. I bought a lift ticket voucher in the parking lot of Powder Mountain last year for $25. Seems they augment the minimum wage paycheck of parking attendants by giving them a few tickets to sell. Actually, many places give employees a certain number of free lift tickets as part of the compensation package. That along with rental, food and merchandise discounts. And in any of those cases I've ever heard of the same employees are absolutely forbidden to sell them. Often it's cause for termination. The vouchers are meant to be given away to promote business at the resort, not take money away from the resort by preventing a customer from buying a ticket because the customer just bought some liftie's comp ticket. You usually end up having to explain how you got the comp ticket, so you'd better know somebody's name. Lots of the time it ends up to be more trouble than it's worth, especially when they won't take the ticket you paid 25 bucks for. |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
"foot2foot" wrote in message ... "Kneale Brownson" wrote in message Brighton would be another "cost conscious" option. You can drive up to Odgen and visit either Snow Basin or Powder Mountain, but don't expect to get to either in the advertised 45 minutes. I bought a lift ticket voucher in the parking lot of Powder Mountain last year for $25. Seems they augment the minimum wage paycheck of parking attendants by giving them a few tickets to sell. Actually, many places give employees a certain number of free lift tickets as part of the compensation package. That along with rental, food and merchandise discounts. And in any of those cases I've ever heard of the same employees are absolutely forbidden to sell them. Often it's cause for termination. The vouchers are meant to be given away to promote business at the resort, not take money away from the resort by preventing a customer from buying a ticket because the customer just bought some liftie's comp ticket. You usually end up having to explain how you got the comp ticket, so you'd better know somebody's name. Lots of the time it ends up to be more trouble than it's worth, especially when they won't take the ticket you paid 25 bucks for. You just have to know the details of how to tell the resort "**** you". While true that selling them is cause for termination, 99.9% of the time all you have to do is say that someone GAVE it to you. You don't have to know who. Tell them you picked some guy up hitchhiking in the middle of the night and he gave it to you. It's that old story. Pick the scenario for which they haven't make a prohibition and STICK WITH IT! It's like bootlegging lessons. I do it all the time. But at areas that I think suck where I'd never consider skiing (and teaching isn't skiing). Beware too. Some places plant sellers and buyers. I never got caught with my gold pass but I think pc was catching on. I got rid of 40 tics/yr. there for a few years. |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
How does Snow Basin, Powder Mountain, and even Solitude compare to
Alta/Snowbird for a intermediate skier. I am trying to decide whether to go someplace different this year or stick with Alta since I know I lke it there! Thanks, FF -- Live in the Triad of NC? If so then visit http://www.triadnc.net/ "Kneale Brownson" wrote in message om... "Frequent_Flyer" wrote in message .com... Hi All, I used to go to Utah every year for business conferences. I have now changed jobs so I am taking my wife out to Utah for a long weekend the 2nd week in January. I have skied both Alta and Snowbird and I love Alta although I am not thrilled with Snowbird. My question is: What other resorts would your recommend outside of SLC? I know Deer Valley is much more expensive than Alta. I was wondering about how the Canyons and Solitude compare to Alta? Keep in mind that we are only interested in skiing so I don't care whether the resort offers snowboarding or not. Thanks, FF Brighton would be another "cost conscious" option. You can drive up to Odgen and visit either Snow Basin or Powder Mountain, but don't expect to get to either in the advertised 45 minutes. I bought a lift ticket voucher in the parking lot of Powder Mountain last year for $25. Seems they augment the minimum wage paycheck of parking attendants by giving them a few tickets to sell. |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
"Frequent_Flyer" wrote in message .com... How does Snow Basin, Powder Mountain, and even Solitude compare to Alta/Snowbird for a intermediate skier. I am trying to decide whether to go someplace different this year or stick with Alta since I know I lke it there! Thanks, FF The terrain is good. They allow snowboards though so there won't be as much powder and *no* crud. |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
Frequent_Flyer wrote:
How does Snow Basin, Powder Mountain, and even Solitude compare to Alta/Snowbird for a intermediate skier. I am trying to decide whether to go someplace different this year or stick with Alta since I know I lke it there! Soritude and Brighton compare favorably to Alta for intermediate skiing. Comparing blue trails to blue trails, Brighton is a bit easier than Alta, Solitude a bit more challenging, but the variation isn't that large. Alta's the best of the three, but the other two are definitely worth a day for variety. I can't say I found anything I really liked at Snowbird. Especially the lodge area. I haven't been to Powder Mountain or Snow Basin, so I can't comment on those. -- //-Walt // // The Volkl Conspiracy |
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Best Skiing outside of Alta & Snowbird in SLC Area
"Frequent_Flyer" wrote in message r.com...
How does Snow Basin, Powder Mountain, and even Solitude compare to Alta/Snowbird for a intermediate skier. I am trying to decide whether to go someplace different this year or stick with Alta since I know I lke it there! Thanks, FF I'm an intermediate and highly recommend trying Snowbasin. Great variety in runs, good lifts and super atmosphere. The lodge facilities are the best in Utah. The best news, it's not crouded! It's about an hour or less (depending on the weather)from SLC toward Ogden. As on the canyon roads, recommend a 4wd vehicle if there is snow. Last February we were lucky to ski both Snowbasin and Alta on big snow days. Snowbasin does not have lodging, just skiing. Enjoy! Mark |
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