JeremyBednar
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A friend and i copped an airbnb outside of pc for a trip in January, i still have yet to buy passes to any resorts. Any locals or pc experts know a good way to pick a resort if i’ve never been there before?
Utah Resort Specialists?
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SuspiciousFish
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13977621:Al.Capone said:
I second this. Utah basically has 3 main ski regions- there is Park City which has of course Park City Resort and the others like Canyons etc. Park City has a really good terrain park but the other resorts are really not worth it.
Big Cottonwood Canyon has Brighton and Solitude. Brighton has some decent trees and an ok park and Solitude has some cool back county type stuff, the lift setup is weird though so I dont recommend visiting unless you really get to know the mountain.
Little Cottonwood canyon has Alta and Snowbird. If you are into back country type skiing these two resorts are the place to be. I never skied Alta but did a few seasons at Snowbird and that mountain is on another level. There are literally 4 different faces of the Snowbird mountain each with a different feel and terrain with some of the scariest lines in Utah although the Alta guys might disagree.
**This post was edited on Dec 27th 2018 at 10:20:28am
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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I ski snowbird. Its awesome. Also its little and big cottonwood not upper and lower.
mattybaums
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topic:JeremyBednar said:
Lapping 3 Kings in the sun is hard to beat
Denseclouds
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Snowbird's the shit mange.
SuspiciousFish
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13977958:pinkcamo1000 said:
Oh shit, my bad on the typo. Thanks for the heads up. I corrected my post. Its been a while since I lived in UT.
dolanslebensraum
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Canyons/pc is huge and isnt too crowded. Tons of terrain and pc has great parks
dolanslebensraum
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13978117:eheath said:
Dont you like the canyons side tho? Great tree runs on the canyons side off 9990 and such
13978120:DolanReloaded said:
Have you skied at other resorts in Utah? Like ya what you're just described is a fun area but it's makes up 2% of their terrain, PC side off Jupiter and mcconkeys has some fun stuff too. But you go anywhere in the cottonwood canyons and you get this kind of terrain everywhere, not on one of 20 lifts ya know?
dolanslebensraum
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13978123:eheath said:
Which resorts are your favorite tho?
**This post was edited on Dec 27th 2018 at 11:10:58pm
Monsieur_Patate
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Might be a bit far if you're staying near PC, but on a good powder day, especially if it falls on a weekend, it's worth considering driving up to Snowbasin instead of the cottonwood canyons, mainly to avoid the crowds. The cottonwood canyons have great terrain, but holy fuck the crowds.
dolanslebensraum
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13978159:eheath said:
Better terrain as in tree runs or just the general layout/feel of the mountain?
SuspiciousFish
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13978178:Monsieur_Patate said:
I have heard good things about Snowbasin. Agreed on the crowds, especially with so many people moving to UT lately. I remember even a few years ago being at Snowbird and having 30 people standing and waiting for the gates to drop on the back bowls and having it get skied out in an hour.
Monsieur_Patate
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13978382:SuspiciousFish said:
Yeah, I recently moved to Utah (3 million people and 14 small resorts) from Savoie, France which has like 500,000 people and around 50 resorts (much larger resorts too). So the crowds and the limited lift available terrain has been a bit of a shock to me tbh. Never felt the need to skin up once in France, but here you don't have a choice if you like skiing powder.
On the bright side Utah gets more consistent snowfalls, and touring is pretty cool, so it's all good.