04 and 05 April-2024 Snow Basin and Park City

I finished out the ski season on April 4th at Snow Basin, a ski resort about 45 minutes north of SLC. The ski areas I had been to the previous days were all east of SLC so I thought I’d take the recommendations of some locals and give a new place a try.

After an EPIC ski day at Alta the previous day, I was glad to be at a mountain with lots of “groomed blue cruisers” - my legs were still tired from several days of intense skiing. Snow Basin has lots of open terrain and uphill capacity. In addition to lots of great skiing, it was in a national forest so another “just the slopes” resort without a village or hotels/condos. What they did have there were deluxe lodges at the base and on-mountain. All were in the same design - huge exposed natural log beams, fancy lights/chandelliers, and carpet. Yes - carpet throughout below your ski boots! And every lodge has a HUGE 4-sided fireplace - one big stone structure with a fireplace in each direction. I ate lunch at the summit and because it was very windy I ate inside - by beautiful huge windows with sweeping views.

Friday was my last day in SLC so I decided to go east to Park City and check it out. Park City is a famous ski resort but it does not honor my ski pass so I didn’t ski there. I first went to the “new PC” which is at the base of the ski mountain -  it’s a village with restaurants and shops and WAY too many condos. Felt very crowded and overbuilt and like there was nothing but concrete below your feel and buildings everywhere.

I then headed 1.5 miles up the road to “Old Park City” - it’s a mile long “Main Street” kept in the style of the old mining times filled with cute shops, bars and eateries. At the base of Main Street is a snow bridge so skiers can ski back into town, and an old lift that can bring skiers over to the ski mountain. Cute!

Had a long overdue haircut in the afternoon and then had to bring in all my clothes and do a massive “sort and repack”. I’ll be taking a couple weeks off from my Adventure and will be going to Sarasota to see my mom, to Boston for a memorial walk for Jeff, and to Maine to visit friends whom I have not seen since October - looking forward to it - but it requires I put aside my ski clothes for Florida warmth and New England unknowns.

The 2 younger cats LOVED that I made a playground out of their living room …. and older Loma watched me out the window as I shuttled stuff to/from my car.