If you want the best rates and the first pick of your accommodations and great flight times, start making reservations in November or December. Park City is a great choice if you only have a short amount of time. For one thing, once your plane lands in Salt Lake City you are only 30 to 45 minutes from numerous ski areas as opposed, for example, to flying into Denver, which is followed by a two-hour drive up the mountain. There are non-stop flights that can get you to Salt Lake in less than three hours. By the time we hit town the rain had turned into liquid gold.
Skiing is an awesome sport and it is never too late to learn.
Skiing however is not for the weak of heart nor weak of wallet. I had even considered taking a lovely set of Carharts to ski in, but I was sure everyone in my party would pretend they didn't know me. Many of the speed chairs hold up to six or eight skiers. Now the modern contraption is a race horse-looking gate. You file into a numbered slot with a padded stopping gate at your knees, as the chair swings around the gates open and the race for your seat in on.