Welcome to Backcountry Utah's Skiing,Snowboarding
and Ski Resort Page!

Skiing and Resort activities always offer great fun, whether it is Summer or Winter.

Utah's world famous resorts and world famous powder are hard to beat, but summer recreation is a magical time in Utah's Mountains.

Escape to some of your favorite Summer and Winter destinations for a great adventure.

Salt Lake is renowned for its high quality skiing. The combination of high desert air with the evaporation from the Salt Lake creates a lake effect that blankets the Wasatch Mountains with a layer of deep light powder that is the envy of the West.

Check out the Following Links--

Utah Avalanche Forecast Center-- Information on avalanches, and avalanche forecasts.Visit here before going to the Backcountry

Ski Utah- Your link to local resorts, the Interconnect Tour and Events

Ski Utah Locals-- A site with passes, lift tickets and coupons for Utahns.

Utah's Olympic Park- Bobsled Run, Ski Jumps and more

Utah Winter Games-- Winter Sports for recreationists of all Skill Levels and Abilities

BackcountryMagazine.com-- Focusing on Backcountry Winter Recreation

US Ski Team Official Store -- Look sharp and support the US Ski Team. The official US Ski Team store carries great looking winter outfits and other goods.

U.S. Ski Team-- Official site for the US Ski Team in Park City.

Alta-- Located in Little Cottonwood canyon, Alta is the skier's ski area. To assure a high quality experience, they will not let more people on the mountain that the slopes will hold. There is some great beginning territory to be found here.

Park City Mountain Resort -- Is a massive resort located in Park City (Take I-80 up Parley's canyon) with an generous mix of beginning, intermediate and expert runs. Park City Mountain will host the Giant Slalom and half pipe snowboading events.

Skiier at Snowbird

Snowbird-- Snowbird is located in Little Cottonwood canyon (about 9000 South). Snowbird is one of Utah's premiere resorts with 5000 acres of prime skiing. Beginning skiers often find Snowbird a little intimidating.

Mineral Basin

The Canyons -- The Canyons is just east of Park City. The Canyons features an excellent combination of beginner through expert runs.

Brighton Ski Resort -- Brighton is located in Big Cottonwood canyon. Established in 1936. It is one of the nation's first skiing resorts. Brighton has some of the best intermediates runs in area. IMHO, it is one of the best areas to learn to ski. The offer night skiing.

Solitude -- Solitude is located in Big Cottonwood Canyon. It is a favorite of local skiers, and has a nice combination of beginning through advanced runs. It is a great place for beginning and intermediate skiers.

Deer Valley-- Located near Park City. Deer Valley is a full service nationally recognized resort.. They hosted the 2002 Slalom and aerial events.

The Skiers Journal-- An online skiing magazine for hardcore skiers

Wasatch Telemark-- A club for telemark skiers, the web site has a calendar of events and a photo gallery page.

The Utah Nordic Alliance-- TUNA promotes the sports of cross-country skiing and racing. The site includes the TUNA newsletter, racing schedules and results.

Snowboarding. com

USA Luge

Paralympics

Olympic and Paralympic Education

Splore

Olympic Venues

Special Olympics

DaleBoot USA--Manufactures custom fit ski boots. The company has 30 years experience and 11 patents.

Wasatch Touring - Equipment, Clothing and Rental Gear for Backcountry Adventures

Back Country Store- A group of outdoor athletes in the mountains of Heber, who climb, ski, ride, slide and rip using every item they sell.

Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd- Information on Black Diamond climbing, alpine and back country equipment.

Riders at Snowbird

Zumiez-Skateboards, snowboards, shoes and stuff. There are local shops in the Crossroads Plaza, Fashion Place Mall, Layton Hills Mall and Valley Fair Mall.

Ski'n See - An independent, Salt Lake owned ski and snowboard rental shop. You can reserve your skis online.

Canyon Sports Ltd -Ski and snowboard rentals in Salt Lake, at the mouth of the Cottonwood Canyons and in Sandy.

Wild Rose Sports-Road and Mountain Bikes, Nordic, Skate, and Telemark Skis in Salt Lake City, Utah

Snow Woman

Winter Trails

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