RESORT PROFILE
Looking out over the panoramic grandeur of Ogden
Valley is one of Utah’s best kept secrets: Snowbasin
Resort. The state’s third largest ski resort, Snowbasin
is situated just outside the City of Ogden and is less
than an hour-drive from both Park City and Salt Lake City to
the south.
Officially opened in 1940 as ‘Ogden’s Snow Basin Winter
Playground’ when two rope tows were installed to pull
skiers up Becker Hill, Snowbasin Resort is now one of the
oldest continuously operating ski resorts in the U.S. Over
the last 80 years, Snowbasin has played host to a number
of prestigious sporting events, such as the NCAA National
Ski Championships, the 2001 Disabled World Cup and
the Utah Winter Games. As part of Salt Lake City’s 2002
Winter Olympic Games, the resort was the home venue for
the Men’s and Women’s Downhill, Super G, Combined, and
Paralympic events.
As a member of the Grand America Hotels and Resorts
family, Snowbasin is a year-round resort offering families
and outdoor enthusiasts a wide variety of activities. In winter,
Snowbasin features world-class skiing and snowboarding
over nearly 3,000 acres, with an average of 300 inches of
annual snowfall and 3,000 vertical feet to schuss down. In
the summer months, guests come to enjoy lift-served hiking
and mountain biking, scenic gondola rides, rounds of mini
golf, shopping, live music events and much, much more.
Snowbasin also delivers award-winning cuisine and unique
culinary events, including mountaintop dining to take in the
spectacular views.
With a single, centralized base area, gondolas, free parking,
shuttles from the parking lots, a great snowsports school and
variety of terrain, Snowbasin has become widely recognized
as one of the top resorts for families in Utah.
“SKI Magazine recently deemed Snowbasin Resort to be
the most accessible ski resort in the west, and our dining
experience is regularly recognized by the magazine’s reader
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