Denver vs. Salt Lake City vs. Lake Tahoe

[Anklebiter]

I only time I skied Snowbird was 2 years ago. The night before (January 16th) it rain as high as 11000 ft and then froze. The mountain didn't open until 10:30, only Mid-Gad and Gadzoom opened in the morning. They finally opened Peruvian at 3:00pm, so we only were able to get one run in over there. The whole mountain was a sheet of ice for several hours. A local said, this was a once in 30 year event. It just happen on my birthday. Looking back I find it funny that, I spent many years dreaming of skiing Snowbird and when I do. It's like skiing my home resorts back in the Pocono's. I guess I just need to go back.

 

[ScottySkis]

I only time I skied Snowbird was 2 years ago. The night before (January 16th) it rain as high as 11000 ft and then froze. The mountain didn't open until 10:30, only Mid-Gad and Gadzoom opened in the morning. They finally opened Peruvian at 3:00pm, so we only were able to get one run in over there. The whole mountain was a sheet of ice for several hours. A local said, this was a once in 30 year event. It just happen on my birthday. Looking back I find it funny that, I spent many years dreaming of skiing Snowbird and when I do. It's like skiing my home resorts back in the Pocono's. I guess I just need to go back.

Must go back, sorry it rained when you were their but like the patrol said, it happens once in a blue moon.

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[skiNEwhere]

True, but aren't most of the CO resorts much further from Denver than the ones here in SLC? The gas cost adds up quickly....

They are a little further. Off the top of my head, you got 7 ski areas within a 2 hour drive from Denver, but I'm in Idaho Springs so subtract 45 minutes

 

[ScottySkis]

They are a little further. Off the top of my head, you got 7 ski areas within a 2 hour drive from Denver, but I'm in Idaho Springs so subtract 45 minutes

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Denver city and the airport is like 30 miles east of the city even further from the mountains.

 

[thetrailboss]

I only time I skied Snowbird was 2 years ago. The night before (January 16th) it rain as high as 11000 ft and then froze. The mountain didn't open until 10:30, only Mid-Gad and Gadzoom opened in the morning. They finally opened Peruvian at 3:00pm, so we only were able to get one run in over there. The whole mountain was a sheet of ice for several hours. A local said, this was a once in 30 year event. It just happen on my birthday. Looking back I find it funny that, I spent many years dreaming of skiing Snowbird and when I do. It's like skiing my home resorts back in the Pocono's. I guess I just need to go back.

Wow. So January 2011? That was the "epic" season of 783 inches of snow too....

 

[Anklebiter]

Wow. So January 2011? That was the "epic" season of 783 inches of snow too....

Yeah, the day before we skied Solitude. It started as wet snow, but changed over to rain by afternoon. We still had a great day, though.

 

[drjeff]

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Denver city and the airport is like 30 miles east of the city even further from the mountains.

The place i'm staying at next month at Beavercreek says on their website that they're located 115 miles from Denver International. The place I stay at when I go out to Utah up at the Canyons is 34 miles from Salt Lake City International

Denver airport is atleast 75-80 miles further from major mountain skiing that Salt Lake City's - a factor for both rental car drive time and/or grounds transporation time + costs for sure

 

[Anklebiter]

Must go back, sorry it rained when you were their but like the patrol said, it happens once in a blue moon.

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Oh, I plan to go back. We had a couple great days at Alta, one at solitude and finished with a half powder day at Brighton. Then caught an early evening flight back home.

 

[snoseek]

I've seen it rain straight to the top of alta in December, alot of it too. Of course it was followed by 50 inches of snow the following days. It's rare but can happen. I've also seen it rain at Vail and Steamboat in the dead of winter, again pretty rare