Utah 2022-2023 Utah Ski Resorts/Conditions/Meetups

[blackke17]

heavy winds, no crowds, lots of left overs at Alta yesterday! the coverage is unreal

 

[dbostedo]

Can someone advise what the lowest cost option is for my son and I to stay on mountain at Snowbird or Alta? Thanks for your help!

Are you willing to have a shared bunk room? Or looking for your own room between the two of you? Lodging at Alta lodges often include breakfast/dinner, so you need to factor that in too...

The cheapest would be the bunk rooms at Goldminer's Daughter (food included) or Snowpine Lodge (food not included) I think (though I don't know the lodges well - others have bunk rooms too). As for the cheapest regular hotel room... probably those two as well, based on food included or not (though Snowpine is higher end, so maybe more expensive in the end). You might just want to search and price out the various Alta Lodges - or maybe someone here knows them all well.

You can also look for places for rent at the Iron Blosam at Snowbird (VRBO/AirBnB/etc.) - those are owned condos, so rates depend on the market and owner. Sometimes there are deals to be had.

When you're going and availability would be the next consideration. A lot of on-mountain books many months in advance.

 

[ss20]

Can someone advise what the lowest cost option is for my son and I to stay on mountain at Snowbird or Alta? Thanks for your help!

Iron Blossom or Inn at Snowbird are the cheapest as far as I am aware of. Sometimes you can score a decent deal on a 1 bedroom condo at Hellgate (but that's not slopeside and a PITA for walking. The Peruvian has some small private rooms that have a shared bathroom, that may be worth looking into too but I believe the Snowbird options are generally cheaper.

The bunk beds at the lodges are generally only economical for 1 person.

 

[ss20]

Alta closed today and Snowbird is just Chickadee. Crazy winds that will continue whipping HARD until midnight. Extreme snowfall rates greater than 2" per hour. Weak layer from the dry portion of November.

Nightmare scenario for avalanche danger.

 

[focker]

Iron Blossom or Inn at Snowbird are the cheapest as far as I am aware of. Sometimes you can score a decent deal on a 1 bedroom condo at Hellgate (but that's not slopeside and a PITA for walking. The Peruvian has some small private rooms that have a shared bathroom, that may be worth looking into too but I believe the Snowbird options are generally cheaper.

The bunk beds at the lodges are generally only economical for 1 person.

What I have found so far is just insanely expensive. Like $700 a night type deal. Yikes. It's like $3600 for 4 nights with the fees and stuff included. Insane.

 

[focker]

What I have found so far is just insanely expensive. Like $700 a night type deal. Yikes. It's like $3600 for 4 nights with the fees and stuff included. Insane.

This is for a room with ONE BED in it.

 

[Jim Kenney]

This is for a room with ONE BED in it.

Assuming you're trying to avoid rental car, look for a motel on the 994 or 972 bus lines. It will be a little bit of a hassle to ride bus, but worth saving $3k+ https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Info/Ski-Service
Otherwise, rent a car and stay where you want in the valley. If snow screws up LCC, go to BCC with your IKON pass.

 

[ss20]

What I have found so far is just insanely expensive. Like $700 a night type deal. Yikes. It's like $3600 for 4 nights with the fees and stuff included. Insane.

Yeah that's generally in-line with the high season these days... not sure if you've been up here before but the bed base in LCC/BCC is very small compared to most resorts of similar size so anything close to the slopes is a very high commodity.

Closest you can get that's borderline reasonable in price is some of the Airbnb's at the canyon mouth, but by that point a better buy is one of the decent hotels in the valley.

 

[silverback]

What I have found so far is just insanely expensive. Like $700 a night type deal. Yikes. It's like $3600 for 4 nights with the fees and stuff included. Insane.

You’re getting close to snow cat/ heli money. Maybe look at a different trip.

 

[Tytlynz64]

The Crystal Inn in Sandy is on the bus line and it stops at the end of their driveway. Continental breakfast included.

 

[BC.]

What I have found so far is just insanely expensive. Like $700 a night type deal. Yikes. It's like $3600 for 4 nights with the fees and stuff included. Insane.

These are the kind of prices that are keeping me from a trip “again”.

 

[dbostedo]

The Crystal Inn in Sandy is on the bus line and it stops at the end of their driveway. Continental breakfast included.

Note that ski bus service is much reduced this season due to staffing shortages. It may change, but right now, the only bus to Alta/Snowbird is UTA route 994, and only stops at Sandy Station, park and ride, and the resorts.

Ski Service

www.rideuta.com

https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Tools/Schedules-and-Maps/994-Historic-Sandy-Station-To-Snowbird-Alta

 

[Tytlynz64]

Note that ski bus service is much reduced this season due to staffing shortages. It may change, but right now, the only bus to Alta/Snowbird is UTA route 994, and only stops at Sandy Station, park and ride, and the resorts.

Ski Service

www.rideuta.com

https://www.rideuta.com/Rider-Tools/Schedules-and-Maps/994-Historic-Sandy-Station-To-Snowbird-Alta

The bus still stops at their driveway and it is seven stops to Sandy station. Beats 3k for 4 days. I stayed at the GMD and it was nice, but I wouldn’t do it again.

 

[dbostedo]

The bus still stops at their driveway and it is seven stops to Sandy station.

Not according to the links I posted. I've never used UTA, so maybe I'm misunderstanding the website... but this season's only Alta/Snowbird route doesn't appear to go or stop anywhere near Crystal Inn.

 

[Tytlynz64]

Not according to the links I posted. I've never used UTA, so maybe I'm misunderstanding the website... but this season's only Alta/Snowbird route doesn't appear to go or stop anywhere near Crystal Inn.

The route to and from Sandy ST takes Murray blvd. the local route takes you to and fro the station and you can grab the bus to the resort. I called and they said that they will shuttle to Sandy st as well but if you want to go early, the bus will work. Again they could be pulling my leg.

 

[dbostedo]

The route to and from Sandy ST takes Murray blvd. the local route takes you to and fro the station and you can grab the bus to the resort. I called and they said that they will shuttle to Sandy st as well but if you want to go early, the bus will work. Again they could be pulling my leg.

Thanks... so two different buses then. I was thinking that Crystal Inn used to be on a direct/no transfer bus route.

 

[Tytlynz64]

Thanks... so two different buses then. I was thinking that Crystal Inn used to be on a direct/no transfer bus route.

You are correct it was. As you pointed out the personnel challenges seemed to have changed that. But the UTA still services the local routes.

 

[focker]

Well how funny is this. Looks like my work will be flying me out to SLC the week of Feb 6th for customer meetings. I'll have a free rental car and flights paid for. Would just need to pay my own hotel for a night and for my ski pass.. Likely would just drive up to Solitude for a day.

 

[Tytlynz64]

Well how funny is this. Looks like my work will be flying me out to SLC the week of Feb 6th for customer meetings. I'll have a free rental car and flights paid for. Would just need to pay my own hotel for a night and for my ski pass.. Likely would just drive up to Solitude for a day.

Find a Ikon holder to meet up with and you can get a discount off of the walk up rate. FWIW.

 

[focker]

Find a Ikon holder to meet up with and you can get a discount off of the walk up rate. FWIW.

Yeah I figured I could get someone from here to ski with me for the day. All I'm going to need to figure out at this point is where to ski. it would be hard not to go to Alta for the day, but perhaps easier to just go to Solitude...