Utah Can you do Snowbasin without a car?

[SIMMS7400]

HI All -

Trying to plan an early season ski trip to Snowbasin (mid December). Picking one of the mountain around SLC since they are the most easily accessible. When we go to Snowbird/Alta, the hotel will grab us at the airport so we don't need to rent a car. Since there's no lodging at Snowbasin proper, are there any accommodations close by that provide airport shuttle and then shuttle to and from the mountain each day?

Or am I better off renting a car and grabbing a hotel in Ogden?

 

[fatbob]

You can always take the frontrunner train up to Ogden and stay near the bus route to Snowbasin. But having a rental car might give you greater flexibility.

 

[Dave Marshak]

Bring a folding cot and crash in the handicap stall in the men’s room.
It’s cleaner and nicer than any hotel room I’ve been in since before the pandemic.
Otherwise you’re gonna want a car.

dm

 

[dbostedo]

I seem to recall someone posting here about doing Snowbasin without a car, and was able to do it fine with bus/cabs, but it was limiting in terms of anything other than skiing and walking to dinner locally. (So proximity of lodging to restaurants and bus stops was key.)

But personally, I think having a car is the way to go if you can swing it. Especially if you like to get out early and park in a good spot.

 

[tromano]

Just uber to the hotel. If your hotel is near a bus stop in Davis or Weber County you can get to the reosrt with out a car. But northern UT having a car helps for everything else.

 

[4aprice]

Bring a folding cot and crash in the handicap stall in the men’s room.
It’s cleaner and nicer than any hotel room I’ve been in since before the pandemic.
Otherwise you’re gonna want a car.

dm

Lol. First time I ever walked in to one of those bathrooms in ski boots I had to look around like, am I supposed to be in here?

 

[tromano]

Snowbasin typically is going from 30% open to 90% open during the month of December. Jp could be open, but strawberry probabbly wont be open in mid December. Not sure about the new lift.

 

[BC.]

I'd ask the Snowbasin locals that post here if you can stay with them.......they love tourists. If you have an Ikon pass, they may even make you breakfast in the morning before shuttling you to their mountain.

 

[johnnyvw]

Rental car...definitely

 

[Itinerant skier]

No car needed. Skibus runs right from the Ogden Hotels (lots of walkable food and drink options) and the Ogden train station. Super easy. Spent a week skiing PowMow, Nordic and Snowbasin. Only rented a car to go to Park City for a day.

 

[Kyle]

Personally, I wouldn't even consider it though it is possible. I would find it too limiting.

 

[Crank]

I've done the bus from ogden to SB and I have used a car to get there. Much prefer the convenience of having a car.

 

[Après Skier]

As noted in the attached UTA Odgen-Snowbasin bus timetable, service last season was scheduled from Dec 10 to Mar 24.
The UTA is making cutbacks. Has anyone heard whether this will affect Snowbasin bus service for the upcoming season?

 

[Jim Kenney]

Firsthand Report: Snowbasin, Utah

John Sherwood returned to Utah's Snowbasin Resort in late February, 2023. While he found a decline in some aspects of Snowbasin such as food quality and crowding, he found that the quality of snow and terrain still made the ski area well worth a visit. He filed this Firsthand Report.

www.dcski.com

Above report by a friend summarizes recent trip to ogden/snowbasin sans car.