Resort Profile: Park City Mountain

Home to the 2002 Winter Olympics, Park City Mountain Resort goes beyond the typical vacation destination. It’s an experience that you can customize before you even pack your bags, as you plan your days on the hill with the Personal Mountain Planner. The mountain lies just 35 minutes from Salt Lake City, and most people are on the slopes the same day they land, enjoying the famous Utah powder that collects in McConkey’s Bowl (pictured above).

The resort is spread across seven peaks and nine bowls, and of the 107 trails, 17% are classified beginner, 50% intermediate, and 33% advanced or expert. Off the slopes, Park City offers a wealth of adventures, from tubing at Gorgoza Park, to screaming down the Alpine Coaster, or even enjoying the crisp mountain air in a horse-drawn sleigh.

Park City Mountain Resort recently celebrated its 45th anniversary of skiing and snowboarding among the rustic mining structures that loom over the terrain. Park City is a favorite of experienced skiers and snowboarders, due in part to a mountain that boasts the largest superpipe in the country, and the four terrain parks here have earned Park City Mountain Resort the title of Terrain Park of the Year from Transworld Snowboarding magazine for four years in a row. In fact, they’re the training ground of professional athletes like Shaun White and Tanner Hall.

Park City Mountain Resort official website (summer)

Location: Park City, Utah

Trails: 107

Lifts: 16 (4 high-speed, six-passenger chairs; 3 high-speed quads, 5 triples, 4 doubles, and Magic Carpet in children’s area)

Uphill Capacity: 30,800/hr

Acres: 3,300

Snowmaking Coverage: 14% (475 acres)

Summit Elevation: 10,000 ft. / 3,048 m

Base Elevation: 6,900 ft. / 2103 m

Vertical Drop: 3,100 ft. / 945 m

Longest Trail: 3. 5 mi / 5.6 km (Homerun)

Terrain Parks: 4

Halfpipe(s): 1

Average Snowfall: 355 inches / 902 cm annually

Night Skiing: Yes, 12/25-3/30 only