Park City & Deer
Valley, Utah (12/30-1/5/2013 & 2/2-10/2016) – We have skied over 30
ski resorts in North America - the Park City area is our favorite ski vacation experience. See our skiing tips below for the best time to go and tips for the best skiing.
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| Great Skiing - Park City Resort, Utah |
Why do we love the Park City area for skiing? The skiing is wonderful with
possibly the best light powder snow in the world. Featuring one of the best free bus systems in the world, Park City offers family-friendly and
advanced skiing as well as snowboarding opportunities. You can choose to ski at two
world-class ski resorts voted in the
top 10 Ski Resorts by SKI
Magazine's 2012 Reader Survey (Deer Valley Resort #2, Park City #4) – more on these below). Deer Valley Resort was voted #1 for 5 years in a row. These resorts have excellent programs for kids, ski lessons, restaurants, and
lodging accommodations.
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| Historic Main Town - Park City, Utah |
And
there’s a lot more to love... let’s add a wonderfully restored historic mining
town with great restaurants and chic shopping. Park City’s historic main town
is one of the best ski resort towns in the U.S. Pat loves wandering in and out
of the quaint shops and art galleries. We love to have dinner at some of the
excellent restaurants – see travel tips below for some of our favorites. Now
add to all this some of the friendliest people around and an excellent free
heated shuttle bus system to Park City area so you don’t need a car, even from the easy-to-access Salt
Lake City Airport that is just 40 minutes away - we use Uber.
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| Pat Found Her Cowboys - Park City, Utah |
Park City with many other entertainment attractions is a
winter wonderland for both skiers and non-skiers. Other fun winter activities
include cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, snowmobiling, sleigh
rides, tubing, shows, shopping, and dining. Because this is a fairly large year-round community, there are lots of other family
things to do like bowling, movies, etc.
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| Pat & Wayne at the Utah Olympic Park |
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| Olympic Jump - Utah Olympic Park |
Park
City was the location of the 2002
Olympic Winter Games. Skiing events were held at the Park City and Deer
Valley resorts. The Utah Olympic Park
was a competition venue for the 2002
Olympic Winter Games for Nordic
jumping and the sliding sports of bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. It hosted more
than 300,000 visitors and 14 Olympic medal events.
The Utah Olympic Park now serves as an U.S. Olympic Training site and museum. For no charge when you visit Park City, you can watch athletes train and visit interesting museums. The adventurous (with a fee) can race down the track in a bobsled going up to 80 miles per hour and experience 5 G’s of force.
The Utah Olympic Park now serves as an U.S. Olympic Training site and museum. For no charge when you visit Park City, you can watch athletes train and visit interesting museums. The adventurous (with a fee) can race down the track in a bobsled going up to 80 miles per hour and experience 5 G’s of force.
Park City is a year-round resort town located in the Wasatch
Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountain Range in Utah. The altitude in Park City
town center is about 7,000 feet above sea level rising to over 10,000 feet in
the surrounding mountain peaks. Summer activities include hiking, mountain
& road biking, horseback riding, golfing, shopping, and dining.
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| Beautiful Sundance Resort - Utah |
Park City is also well known for hosting the annual Sundance
Film Festival. It was started in 1978 and is now the largest independent film
festival in the U.S. The Sundance Film Festival is widely recognized as the premier
showcase for American and international independent films and has grown to
45,000 yearly attendees.
About an hour drive from Park City
is Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort.
It built in a beautiful canyon respecting nature and artistic experimentation.
You can ski and stay at the resort or just enjoy a wonderful drive and have
lunch or dinner in the very good restaurant.
Travel tips...
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| Great Restaurants Like Grappa on Main Street - Park City, Utah |
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| Romantic Horse-Drawn Sleigh Ride to Snowed Inn - Park City, Utah |
Restaurants in Park City... There are many
good restaurants to enjoy. Here of are a few of the more than 100 restaurants in the Park City area
we like. In the main Park City town, for fine dining (and the
price to go with it), we like Riverhorse
on Main, Chimayo, Grappa, and Bistro 412. For less pricey and more ‘local’ atmosphere, try the No Name Saloon & Grill and Main
Street Pizza is always good.
Taking a horse-drawn sleigh ride for dinner at
the Snowed Inn makes for a fun
evening. Park City's Redstone Mall, with its nice movie theater and bowling, as well as
other malls in the area offer good dining alternatives with better prices than
downtown.
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| Skiing Park City on Keystone Run |
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| Santa Claus Loves Skiing at Park City, Utah |
Skiing tips for Park City: Now the largest ski resort in the
U.S. after the purchase by Vail Properties in 2015, you can ski both Park City and the Canyons
Resort for the same ski ticket price. I prefer the former Park City side.
For a fun day, try this... beginning and intermediate skiers can enjoy runs
from the Payday Express lift at the
bottom accessed from the Park City Resort Base area. If you are in in a hurry
to get to the higher slopes with fewer crowds, walk up to Crescent Express
lift and then ski down to the Silverlode
Express lift and/or the King Con Express lift. Ski the many runs
until it gets crowded.
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| Christmas Lights Parade - Park City, Utah |
At Park City, Intermediate and advanced skiers will enjoy the Motherlode
Express and Thaynes lifts. The Juniper Bowl accessed by the Juniper
lift, will challenge experts - be aware there is no easy way down from Juniper.
For the best mountain views, don’t miss the top of McConkey’s Express
lift. For lunch, I like the Minors Camp at the bottom of the Silverlode
Express lift. Skiing the Homerun run will take you back to the Park City
Resort Center from the top of the mountain to the bottom. Sign up at EpicMix.com to see your vertical feet skied and other information for Park City.
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| Pat Loves Stein Eriksen Lodge - Deer Valley, Utah |
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| Typical Luxury Deer Valley Home |
Also, skiing at the Deer
Valley Resort is a pleasure that you should not miss. It is my favorite in the Park City area. Deer Valley Resort caters to
a more upscale audience offering amenities such as free ski valets, free parking
shuttles, fine dining, and boutique shopping. Many people love the fact Deer Valley Resort is one of the last 3 ski resorts in North America that does not
allow snowboarders.
Skiing tips for Deer Valley Resort: I prefer to take the Silver
Lake Express lift to the upper part of Deer Valley Resort for good skiing for
beginner, intermediate, and advance skiers. A basic rule of thumb is to go
right at the top to Flagstaff Mountain for beginning and intermediate skiing
and go left to Bald Mountain for more advanced intermediate, advanced, and
expert skiing. Lunch at the Silver Lake
Lodge with be one of the best dining experiences you with have skiing.
Pat absolutely loves visiting the Stein Eriksen Lodge (see photo) on the mountain of Deer Valley Resort, especially around Christmas time. You can ski
to Stein Eriksen Lodge or access it
by car or shuttle. Deer Valley Resort is famous for its grooming, limits ticket
sales to avoid overcrowding, and doen't allow snowboarders.  |
| Pat & Wayne at a Cozy Fire After Skiing - Park City, Utah |
Staying in the Park City area... You have many options with so many
nice hotels and condos to choose from. Although we enjoy “ski on / ski off”
accommodations, in order to get good values we recommend to stay in places
near the shuttle bus stops.
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| Park City Peaks Hotel - Utah |
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| Alden, Pat, & Wayne at Christmas Tree - Stein Eriksen Lodge, Deer Valley Resort |
Pat calls herself a “lobbyist” because while Wayne is
skiing, she enjoys reading and meeting interesting people in the beautiful lobbies
of 5-star hotels. In addition to Stein
Eriksen Lodge, she likes the
St. Regis at Deer Valley Resort and the Waldorf Astoria in Park City.
Some history... Long before Park City became a
famous mountain resort, it had a lively and colorful past as a successful
silver mining town founded in 1869. By 1900, Park City had 10,000 residents and
100 saloons with the second largest silver strike in U.S. and 1,200 miles of mining
tunnels under the city. Silver was mined in Park City until the early 1970's.
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| Host of 2002 Winter Olympics - Park City & Deer Valley Resort, Utah |
Between 1880 and 1920, Park City mines produced more than 20
million tons of ore including lead, zinc, copper, silver, and a small amount of
gold. The mining company, Park City Consolidated Mines, started the ski business
in 1963, building the first lifts on what was then called Treasure Mountain. In
2002, Park City and Deer Valley were major host sites for the Salt Lake City
Winter Olympics.
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