Park City Skiing - Feb 2011

A friend of ours was doing her residency in Salt Lake City, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to go skiing there.  We decided on a weekend trip to ski in Park City.  We skied at Park City Mountain Resort Friday night and Canyons Resort on Saturday.  We flew into SLC and drove to Park City and stayed at the Marriott for one night.

We went night skiing at Park City Mountain Resort on Friday night.  There were only 3 lifts open and a few runs, so not many options.  We got the deal with Southwest to ski for free, so we didn't complain.  Payday ended up being the best run.  They had the runs lit up with lights, but going up the lift got dark in places.  It was kind of eerie, especially with that movie Frozen we were talking about.  After a couple of hours, we were bored and cold, so we called it a night.

We went back to our room and got ready for dinner.  We made the mistake of not planning ahead and making reservations as there were long waits at most places.  We finally settled on Bistro 412.  I was using the Yelp app on my phone to find reviews while we were walking around checking places out.  The food was really good, although pricey, and we had a great dinner.

On Saturday, we started at Canyons about 1030am.  It's a really big resort and they have lots of good runs.  We started off on the Gondola to the top and did the run Snow Dancer down to Chicane.  We then took Tombstone up and came down Another World, South Fork and Tranquility.  We also found our favorite run going up Tombstone and down Another World to Ripsaw then up Peak 5 and down Upper Crowning Glory to Middle Crowning Glory to Lower Crowning Glory.  Those Crowning Glory runs were really cool.  By the time you got to Lower, it felt like you were skiing in the countryside.  There were houses and cool little bridges and it was quiet, because no one was skiing there.

We made our way back to Red Pine Lodge for lunch.  One of the members in the group was done after lunch and she went back down to Base Camp.  The other 4 of us wanted to do the Crowning Glory runs again.  It was a push, but we made it.  Going back down to Base Camp took forever, because it was closing time and we decided to ski down instead of take the Gondola.  We took Short Cut over to Doc's Run.  I was so tired at this point, that I kept on falling down.  It was snowing pretty good too and hard to see.  I loved Canyons and would definitely go back there over Park City Mtn Resort.

We drove back to our friend's place in SLC for the night and we relaxed with them on Sunday before catching our flight.  We woke up to some heavy snow and thought for sure we'd be delayed.  By the time we left for the airport, it had cleared up and melted away.

I'm glad we had the chance to ski at Park City, but I still prefer Colorado and Tahoe skiing.

Trip Summary

Lodging - Marriott Park City, Friends Apartment

Food - Bistro 412, Blue Plate Diner, 

Activities - Park City Mtn Ski Resort, Canyons Ski Resort