Preparations for 2002 include constructing new base facilities including a new day lodge, Mountain Operations building, Skier Services building and two on-mountain restaurants. In October 2000, the Trapper s Loop Connector Road will shorten the distance from Salt Lake City from 53 to 40 miles. Snowbasin is owned by the corporate group that owns Sun Valley and Little America Hotels. Powder Mountain , run by Dr. Alvin Cobabe and his family, who opened the resort in 1972, has one of Utah s highest average annual snowfalls of 500 inches, and is typically one of the first Utah resorts to open for the season. Last year they added 1,600 vertical feet of skiing terrain with the addition of a fixed-grip quad.
Nordic Valley is a quaint resort known for an outstanding family atmosphere and affordable skiing.
South of Salt Lake is the casually elegant community of Sundance . The resort was built within the locale of a small community devoted to artistic experimentation and environmental conservation. Under the direction of the resort s owner, Robert Redford, Sundance is an experience for the senses. Traveling further south in Utah s red-rock country, you ll find Elk Meadows Resort unspoiled, uncrowded and pristine. Surrounded by Utah s famed national parks and monuments, Brian Head is an outdoor enthusiast s Mecca with 400 inches of annual snowfall in the winter, and world-renowned mountain biking in the summer.