My trip from Brighton led me up Guardsman Pass, where the preferred method of transportation is snowcat:
And the views are great. The view over towards Brighton:
And Solitude:
But I came to a closed gate because the snow over the pass was too deep, so it was back to SLC and up 80 to Park City.
When you get off at the Park City/Kimball Junction exit, it is hard to miss the Olympic Park on the hillside:
I decided to check it out, thinking that it would be a 10 minute drive by. I was there almost two hours and it was worth it. This center features the bobsled and luge tracks, the freestyle pools, the mogul/freestyle trail, and of course the ski jumps. The Park has access roads to the top and two CTEC Double Chairs for the jumps and the freestyle/mogul run.
Alf Engen and Joe Quinney greet you:
The freestyle pools:
See the future Olympian?
From the day lodge/museum, it is a 2 minute stroll downhill, past the winchcat:
to the base of the ski jumps and the mogul run:
Mogul/freestyle run with its own chairlift:
Double to the ski jumps:
Now that the games have come and gone, this is a training ground for athletes, a museum for Utah's ski history as well as the games, and also a tourist trap with probably the most extreme zip line ride you've ever seen. It drops from the top of the ski jumps and into the valley. I spent $5 to ride the double to the top of the ski jumps and walk around. It was worth it:
Not at the top yet....
This mid-unload was for jumpers of the K90 jump only.
There's the top:
And the top of the extreme zip line:
Nice views:
That's the Canyons Resort over the Bobsled/Luge start:
And the views are great. The view over towards Brighton:
And Solitude:
But I came to a closed gate because the snow over the pass was too deep, so it was back to SLC and up 80 to Park City.
When you get off at the Park City/Kimball Junction exit, it is hard to miss the Olympic Park on the hillside:
I decided to check it out, thinking that it would be a 10 minute drive by. I was there almost two hours and it was worth it. This center features the bobsled and luge tracks, the freestyle pools, the mogul/freestyle trail, and of course the ski jumps. The Park has access roads to the top and two CTEC Double Chairs for the jumps and the freestyle/mogul run.
Alf Engen and Joe Quinney greet you:
The freestyle pools:
See the future Olympian?
From the day lodge/museum, it is a 2 minute stroll downhill, past the winchcat:
to the base of the ski jumps and the mogul run:
Mogul/freestyle run with its own chairlift:
Double to the ski jumps:
Now that the games have come and gone, this is a training ground for athletes, a museum for Utah's ski history as well as the games, and also a tourist trap with probably the most extreme zip line ride you've ever seen. It drops from the top of the ski jumps and into the valley. I spent $5 to ride the double to the top of the ski jumps and walk around. It was worth it:
Not at the top yet....
This mid-unload was for jumpers of the K90 jump only.
There's the top:
And the top of the extreme zip line:
Nice views:
That's the Canyons Resort over the Bobsled/Luge start:
