Skiing in Utah

The Greatest Snow on Earth

Skiing in Utah is the "Greatest Snow on Earth" for Utahns. And we're not just saying it. Ski Magazine says it is. Utah Resorts has taken the first four and six of 10 points in the standings last year's "best snow."

An average of 500 centimeters per year. 42 feet. 14 Yards. That's how much snow falls in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah in an average year during the months of skiing in early November to May.

But whatCause fantastic ski and snowboard conditions to exist? It 's the simple happiness of being where he is. The result of a geographical rarity. Utah is at the foot of the western border of the Rocky Mountains, but east of the great desert of Nevada. In fact, just west of Salt Lake where he began the practice of the desert city.

This place, in the pleasure of skiing powder soft. Most winter storms in northern Utah Pacific. When shemove through the Sierra Nevada and Cascades, lose much of this moisture. Because these storms the high mountains of Utah, more moisture is pressed out. In the cold, relatively dry, the snow is floating on the floor like fluffy down or "powder".

When dust accumulates enough of this powder, the overall effect is a skier down a sensation of floating up the hill. And skiing in Utah will the dust. The wild card in all, this is the Great Salt Lake. Just west of SaltLake City, you can run a multiplier effect on the amount of snow on the Wasatch front and beyond. Passing storms suck and feed on the lake is the humidity. These often "lake effect" multiplies the spectacular amount of snow, often encounters the Wasatch dumped 2-3 feet at a time.

Getting there

Believe it or not, half the people in the U.S. within a 2 ½ hour flight from Salt Lake International Airport. And when the flight lands, you have less than an hour fromClass 11 ski areas in the world. At best, less than 4 hours of skiing in Utah.

A total of 13 in Utah
7 within 30-45 minutes
4 of them actually on the bus Salt Lake City public

And world-class resort. Deer Valley has just been named the No. 1 resort in North America! Park City Mountain Resort was ranked # 5 out of magazines investigation of skis.

The Greatest Snow on Earth!

Utah will the dust. Skiing in Utah powder skiing. Brooke Williams said in his book UtahSki Country ", to ski powder to be swallowed up by nature."

In Ski Magazine poll last year, the Little Cottonwood Canyon Resorts - Powder "category Best Snowbird and Alta - done at the summit." Alta Snowbird # 1 # 2

If you see photos of powder skiing in Utah, one might ask if they have improved. Probably not. There is no need to touch up or change. It seems so.

Utah ski resortgrouped into three geographical regions. The Northern Wasatch. The Southern Wasatch. Southern Utah. As you can see below and in our links for more information about each hotel, there is an experience of skiing to suit all budgets and the type of skier.

Utah Ski Resorts

Alta - Little Cottonwood Canyon
Beaver Mountain - Logan area
Brian Head - Cedar City
Brighton - Big Cottonwood Canyon
The Canyons - Park City, near
Deer Valley - Park City
Park City Mountain Resort - ParkCity
Powder Mountain - Eden
Snowbasin - Huntsville
Snowbird - Little Cottonwood Canyon
Solitude - Big Cottonwood Canyon
Sundance - Sundance
Wolf Mountain - Eden