Utah offers ideal conditions
for skiers and snowboarders.
Snow sports in Utah can be surprisingly affordable. With some of
the lowest ticket prices in the nation, Utah’s superb skiing and
boarding are within reach of almost all budgets.
Here are some of the best value packages on the powdery slopes
of Utah for the 2007-08 winter season:
Alta Resort
Alta’s value-priced seven-night Week at the Crystal Inn package is
just $106 per person, per night. With the package, your clients
will get five days of Super Passes, which are passes at the area of
their choice Alta, Snowbird, Solitude or Brighton, roundtrip
airport transportation and roundtrip ski bus transportation. The
Crystal Inn is located about a half-hour from the ski areas by
car.
Through Feb. 8, clients can take advantage of Blackjack
Condominium Lodge’s January/February Special, which provides Ski
in/Ski out to Snowbird at the Blackjack Condominium Lodge, which is
situated on the Free Alta Shuttle Route. This seven-night lodging
offer includes five days of lift tickets at $179 per person, per
day. This rate is for a studio condominium with a queen-size Murphy
bed and sofa sleeper, but rates are also available in other classes
of units.
801-359-1078; www.alta.com
The Canyons Resort
Lodging and breakfast for two, along with two free lift tickets,
are provided with the Ski Free with Breakfast package valid at The
Canyons, Grand Summit, Sundial Lodge or the Silverado. The package
must be booked three days in advance and minimum stays may apply.
Rates depend upon accommodations chosen.
Available Feb. 1-3 and March 7-9, the Girls Only Holly Flanders
package consists of lodging at Grand Summit, Sundial or Silverado,
two spa treatments, and lift tickets each day starting at $515 per
night.
435-649-5400; www.thecanyons.com
The Snowbird Resort averages
500 inches of snow each year.
Starting at $277 per night, double adult occupancy, the
Exceptional Value Package includes three nights’ lodging at The
Lodges at Deer Valley and two days skiing at Deer Valley Resort.
The package is valid through Jan. 17 and from March 30-April 13. A
fifteen percent discount is offered from Jan. 27-Feb. 13.
Three-night minimum stays are required for the Exceptional Value
Package with a minimum purchase of two adult lift tickets per
bedroom.
The Black Bear Lodge, just steps from Silver Lake Lodge, is
offering a fifth-night-free deal. Offer is valid through Jan.
31.
Another fifth-night-free offer is provided by Bear Hollow
condominiums located in the Kimball Junction neighborhood of Park
City. Offer is valid March 1-31.
435-649-1000; www.deervalley.com
Snowbird Resort
Guests arriving Sunday through Wednesday, departing Tuesday
through Friday, are eligible for the Early Week, Ski Free Special
package, offered for a two-night minimum and five-night maximum.
Rates start at $149 per person, double occupancy, including passes
for the Snowbird tram/chair for each night of stay. The Early Week
Special runs until Feb. 14 and again from Feb. 24-April 4.
The Mountain Vacation package covers airport transfers from Salt
Lake City International Airport, for at least four nights lodging,
with a tram/chair pass each day per adult and a half-day ski or
snowboard lesson per adult (16 and up) at Snowbird Mountain School.
Per person rates, based on double occupancy, start at $729 at the
Inn at Snowbird, $816 at the Lodge at Snowbird and $956 for Cliff
Lodge. Rates are offered through April 5.
With a minimum three-night stay, the Late Season Stay and Ski
package runs from April 6-May 3, and includes a tram/chair pass per
adult, per night. Rates begin at $119 for a north studio at The
Inn.
800-232-9542; www.snowbird.com
Wolf Mountain
The Easy Going Green package offers five nights lodging in a
high-end, two-bedroom condominium with a private hot tub, and your
clients will also get one lift ticket for Powder Mountain, one for
Snowbasin and one for Wolf Mountain, along with one spa treatment.
The Easy Going Green Package is priced at $419 per person, double
occupancy.
Also including five nights lodging in a two-bedroom condo, the
Blue Bird package gives two Powder Mountain lift tickets, two
Snowbasin lift tickets and one Wolf Mountain lift ticket priced at
$385 per person, based on quad occupancy. This package is not
offered on holidays.
Families of four can take advantage of the Learn to Ski/Board
Family package, designed just for them. They’ll stay in a
two-bedroom condominium, receive four lift tickets and take a
two-hour family skiing or boarding lesson at the resort. Not
offered on holidays, the package is priced at $599.
801-745-3511; www.wolfmountaineden.com
