Families have loved Alta for
over six decades, since 1938. This skiers’ only mountain has terrain
for everyone from tykes to backcountry junkies. Just one thing,
snowboarders are not allowed, never have been. Serious skiers say if
you can ski Alta, you can ski anywhere.
Alta covers 2,200 acres typically coated in fluffy light dry Utah
snow. Alta’s terrain varies from steep avalanche chutes and wide
open powder bowls like Ballroom and Greely’s on the flanks of 11,068
Mount Baldy. But there are plenty of groomed cruisers off the
Sugarloaf and Collins quad chairlifts. Alta has 116 named runs, and
a recently upgraded lift system with three detachable chairs. Young
families will love the Sunnyside lift and the Albion Base Lodge
where all learn to ski programs are centralized including
Alta’s
Children’s Adventure Center and Alta’s day care.
Alta and Snowbird offer an interconnected lift ticket, called the
One Ticket, so you can ski all 4,700-acres in a day. For lodging,
the finest on mountain hotel is
The Rustler Lodge at Alta,
with 85
rooms from dorm style rooms to deluxe suites with a mountain view. Your kids will love the outdoor heated pool, and parents will love
the spa and the meal plan that’s included in your package so
breakfast and dinner are done in style, with a view of Alta’s ski
slopes.
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