Salt Lake City has been a great place to visit so far because of the easy access to both the city and the mountains. There are 6 resorts (Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude, Park City, Deer Valley) within 40 minutes of the city. Since being here, we have spent time exploring the surrounding canyons, skiing the resorts, and enjoying the city.
The highlight in the city was visiting the Family History Library. With the help of their lovely volunteers and Familysearch.org, we were able to start building my family tree using old documents as sources and information other people have added to the system. If you have some spare time in the city, definitely recommend a visit here!
Our favorite resorts out of Salt Lake City so far have been Alta and Snowbird. The resorts share a pass and are actually connected. We were able to find some amazing and difficult terrain at both resorts and still had more left to explore after spending 5 days at them. The next resort we skied was Brighton.
After skiing the resort one day, we drove up Guardsman Pass Road until we reached a gate, closing the road to winter maintenance. We were able to ski Guardsman Peak (10,026'), which was about 5 miles round-trip. Adding to the view were the 4 different ski resorts we could see from the peak!
Peace in the backcounty
Lydia and I often find our most special places far from any resort. The untouched snow dampens noise creating a truly quite place.
