We are considering Utah for next years 8-12 week family ski trip and I'd like some suggestions on season passes and even affordable/convenient towns to rent a house in. I grew up in Tahoe and have skied a good bit in Colorado but have always wanted to ski Utah. To give you an idea of what we are looking for, we are currently in Georgetown, Colorado from Jan 1-Feb 28 and it has worked out so well. We got an RMSP+ for our family of 4 ($1512) and I got a Loveland pass for myself ($400) so our passes were under $2000 for the whole family. I'm ok paying a little more for passes understanding these were cheap by comparison to other places and we ski enough days to really bring down the cost per day. When quoting prices if you could give the lowest, early season prices cuz we will make our decision within the next month or so and be ready to buy passes as soon as they come out.
Georgetown sits about 40 minutes right in between both Winter Park and Copper mtn so those are where we go on our family days and that distance appears to be similar to SLC to various resorts or same with Ogden. However, Loveland is only a 15-20 min drive and that is the mountain I've been most impressed with on this trip and hope that someone can recommend something similar if it exists in Utah. It's an old school, no frills, locals resort that is almost never crowded
What individual or combos of passes would be good for a family where the 2 girls only want blue bird groomers, my 9 y/o son is a rapidly advancing intermediate who loves off-piste and I'm up for anything but especially love powder, trees and steeps?
Our experience this year has far exceeded our expectations to the point of us considering duplicating it next year given that Colorado hasn't had a great winter but we've never skied Utah and are hoping you guys have a standout year next year after this not so great one. Are there any small towns closer to resorts than SLC/Ogden where one can find an affordable house to rent?
Also, how is January and February for snow in Utah? March could be a possibility but I'm not sure how bad spring break is there so you would have to average a lot more snow in March than January to justify dealing with 2x-3x the amount of people (I hate skiing weekends so if weekdays during spring break are like weekends that may answer that question).
Thanks so much for your help!
Georgetown sits about 40 minutes right in between both Winter Park and Copper mtn so those are where we go on our family days and that distance appears to be similar to SLC to various resorts or same with Ogden. However, Loveland is only a 15-20 min drive and that is the mountain I've been most impressed with on this trip and hope that someone can recommend something similar if it exists in Utah. It's an old school, no frills, locals resort that is almost never crowded
(even on weekends)
compared to the mega resorts so it's my go to mountain whenever there is fresh pow. Rather than being lucky to get 2-3 untracked runs at Winter Park or copper even on a week day, yesterday I skied Loveland all day (35 runs) and was able to find fresh tracks on the majority of every run as there is just more terrain than what can usually be tracked out on a weekday. Does something like that exist in Utah? I'll put up with a tiny lodge and fixed chairs if it has exceptional snow and tiny crowds.What individual or combos of passes would be good for a family where the 2 girls only want blue bird groomers, my 9 y/o son is a rapidly advancing intermediate who loves off-piste and I'm up for anything but especially love powder, trees and steeps?
Our experience this year has far exceeded our expectations to the point of us considering duplicating it next year given that Colorado hasn't had a great winter but we've never skied Utah and are hoping you guys have a standout year next year after this not so great one. Are there any small towns closer to resorts than SLC/Ogden where one can find an affordable house to rent?
Also, how is January and February for snow in Utah? March could be a possibility but I'm not sure how bad spring break is there so you would have to average a lot more snow in March than January to justify dealing with 2x-3x the amount of people (I hate skiing weekends so if weekdays during spring break are like weekends that may answer that question).
Thanks so much for your help!