Utah’s 2025-26 Ski Season is Set to Kick Off in Just Over 2 Weeks—All Resort Opening Dates The 2025-26 ski season is a little over two weeks away in Utah and several ski resorts have announced when they will be open for the new season. Utah is known for having some of the best snow conditions, terrain, and largest ski resorts in the United States. Some Utah resorts are kicking off the season with great ticket prices, […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | October 22, 2025 2 Comments
Brian Head Resort in Southern Utah is Rolling Out $1.4 million in Upgrades for the 2025-26 Winter Southern Utah’s Brian Head Resort is investing over $1.4 million in capital improvements, enhancing mountain operations and solidifying its reputation as Utah’s affordable, family-friendly ski resort. Last winter, Brian Head had one of its best seasons ever, operating daily from November 8, 2024, through May 11, 2025. For the upcoming season, the resort is scheduled to open on November 7 […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | September 19, 2025 0 Comments
Salt Lake City, UT, On Track For One of its Lowest-Ever Season Snowfall Totals Salt Lake City, Utah, has long been considered one of the best spots to have relatively easy access to lots of good snow while not excluding yourself from civilization. While in recent years, getting from Salt Lake City to the ski resorts has been more challenging, Salt Lake still remains one of the best hubs for skiing in the world […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 27, 2025 0 Comments
Will The Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Gondola Ever Get Built? In 2020, the Utah Department of Transportation announced three possible strategies to help reduce traffic in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The proposed solutions were a cog railway or a gondola to shuttle visitors to ski resorts Alta and Snowbird or a new and improved bus system to shuttle more skiers up the canyon. The gondola was the option that was chosen […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | March 25, 2025 2 Comments
Avalanche Danger Closes Some Utah Resorts After Massive Snowfalls The recent incredible snowfalls surely have had most of us dreaming of powder days, but there can be too much of a good thing: several Utah resorts were unable to open in the last few days. Sundance Mountain Resort announced on its social media channels that it would not be able open on Monday, January 2, 2023, due to extreme […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 3, 2023 3 Comments
America-Wide Staff Shortages Will Affect Ski Resort Bus Routes in Utah in 22/23 Utah Ski Resorts will be adversely affected by the nationwide staff shortage, as the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) had to cut services to ski resorts. The UTA announced cuts to several of its bus routes last Wednesday. Related: UDOT Plans Toll Road in Both Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons Along With Gondola Project UTA is short 85 bus drivers in the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 30, 2022 4 Comments
Utah Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2015/16: Utah is now home to the largest ski resort in the USA after Vail muscled Park City away from its former owners via litigation and combined it via two chairlifts to Vail’s other ski resort, The Canyons. The new ski resort is now simply called Park City. Park City and the other famous ski resorts in the Cottonwood Canyons will […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 8, 2015 2 Comments
1-3 FEET of Snow Forecast for Alta & Snowbird This Weekend | They Both OPEN Tomorrow… If you’re in Utah, get ready to call in sick tomorrow. Both Alta and Snowbird have announced they will be opening for the season on Friday, November 21. Park City will follow suit on Saturday the 22nd.Brighton was the first resort in Utah to open, welcoming guests on Tuesday, November 18th. The resort now has four lifts serving nine runs. Thanks to low temperatures in the Wasatch Range over the last month, snow technicians at Utah’s resorts have been cranking their snow guns to prepare for the upcoming season. But a forecast of new snowfall this weekend may be the push many resorts need to open up their doors. Industry News ameliatraynor | November 20, 2014 0 Comments
Opening Dates for UTAH Ski Resorts, 2013/14 Utah is powder heaven. We know, “greatest snow on Earth.” It says it on the license plate, how could it be wrong. The Cottonwood Canyons get some of the most consistent snowfall averages in the US. Ski season in Utah is right around the corner. Here are all the Utah ski resort opening dates that we could come up with. You could be skiing and riding in Utah as soon as November 14th… Our opening dates are based on these factors: -Ski Area […] LiveWeatherBlogs.com | October 10, 2013 1 Comment
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