This has the feel of an old-timey resort. The lodge has a seedy air. The parking lots are dirt. You're likely to see a guy eating a homemade sandwich on the tailgate of his pickup truck at lunchtime. But the newly expanded slopes are terrific.
Snowboarders are welcome, but they'll find neither a half-pipe nor a terrain park.
To reach Snowbasin, drive north from Salt Lake City on I-15. At Odgen, take the 12th Street exit and head east into the mountains on Utah-39, up through Ogden Canyon. When you emerge from the canyon into the valley, turn right on Utah-167. For ski jumper wannabes, you can get instruction and then try first the 5-meter jump. To get to the Utah Winter Sports Park, take I-80 east from Salt Lake, take the exit marked to Park City and look for the turn to the right about halfway to the ski areas.