Hotels Alta, Utah USA
A Mecca for powder snow skiers/boarders
Pistes: 2500 acres
2605 m - 3245 m
Hotels Alta, ski holidays Alta
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Resort statistics
- Beginners
- Intermediates
- Experts
- Snow sure
- Off-piste
- Ski area
- Charm factor
- Non-skiers
- Nightlife
- Practicality
- Fine dinning
- Short transfer
- Resort value
Airports
- SALT LAKE CITY (30 minutes)
Pros
- Quantity and quality of snow is hard to rival anywhere in the world (nearly all North facing)
- With its links to Snowbird is it one of the larger ski areas in North America
- Fabulous ungroomed slopes with both steep and not so steep options
- Accommodation is nearly all ski-in and ski-out
- Spectacular mountain scenery unlike many North American resorts
Cons
- Limited groomed runs for intermediates
- Virtually no nightlife
- Chairlifts are antiquated and slow
- The village architecture is big, bleak, modern and rather inhospitable looking
- Small and rather claustrophobic village
Funicular
Cable Car
Gondola
Chair lift
Drag lift