Park City Ski Resort Guide
Introduction
The carefully restored main street of Park City creeps uphill, with restaurants, bars and shops crowded along it, although as you get away from downtown it gets quieter and that's where much of the accommodation is.
You can take time out to ski the town's other resorts, a short ski bus ride away are plush Deer Valley and The Canyons, which has grown in to one of the largest ski areas in North America. After dark the place is a fairytale setting and each January it fills with celebs for Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival.
Mountain facts
Where in the world?
Hit the slopes
The area for beginners around the base lodge gives way to intermediate runs on and around the bowl above, not least the long blue from the top of Pay Day chairlift. From this area there's a pretty ski down, across a bridge, to the top of Main Street and the Town Lift chair.
For intermediates there's plenty of cruising and a network of blues (and moderate blacks) off the ridges served by the Silverlode and King's Con chairs. Experts head higher for thrills - the glades of McConkey's Bowl and the couloirs in Jupiter and Scott's Bowls. Good skiers should do the Interconnect, a day's guided backcountry tour from Deer Valley through Park City, Solitude, Brighton and Alta to Snowbird.
Having moved from being one of the last resorts in the world that still banned snowboarding in the late 1990s, to become the venue for boarding events at the 2002 WSinter Olympics, there are now four terrain parks for everyone from novices (Jonesy's) to experts (the King's Crown Superpark), rated as some of the world's best.
Deer Valley and The Canyons share a lift pass with Park City and are a must-ski too.
Beyond the slopes
Tour the Olympic Park where you can ride a bobsleigh or a one-man variation, and take a ski-jump lesson. Then there's snowmobiling, skating, tubing, snowshoeing, sledding, sleigh rides and more.
Family fun
Retail therapy
For great prices and stylish gear try the outlet mall near The Canyons with more than 50 stores selling bargain Nike, Ann Taylor and Ralph Lauren.
Après ski
Main Street is where it's at in the evening - The Claim Jumper, 573 Main Street, and No Name Saloon, 447 Main Street, are good for beer-swilling fun, the Wasatch Brewpub, 250 Main Street, a little calmer. Harry O's, 427 Main Street, is the hip dance club, although Cisero's, 306 Main Street, is popular too. Just stroll and you'll find somewhere that takes your fancy.
Eating out
Getting around
Splashing out
Powder Cats also runs snowcat ski trips from its Thousand Peaks Ranch - the feel of heli-skiing without the helicopter, and no chance of it being cancelled due to a mega storm of Utah's famed powder snow.
Accommodation
Luxury
Silver Queen InnBoutique hotel on Main Street with elegant suites, outdoor hot tub and great views.
632 Main Street
Tel: (435) 649 5986 or 1 800 447 6423.
Website: www.silverqueenhotel.com
Moderate
The Lodge at the Mountain VillageSki-in, ski-out hotel at the base of the mountain, a 10-minute walk from Main Street, with pool and spa overlooking the slopes.
1450 Lowell Avenue
Tel: (435) 649 0800 or 1 877 245 6343.
Website: www.thelodgepc.com
Budget
Chateau Après LodgeBargain hotel just across from the main lifts, with free breakfast.
1299 Norfolk Avenue
Tel: (435) 649 9372 or 1 800 357 3556.
Website: www.chateauapres.com
Getting there
Distance to resort: 40km (35 miles).
Driving time: 40 minutes.
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