Best Utah Ski Resorts

Park City: Best Utah Ski Resort Overall | PC: Park City Resort

Park City: one of the best ski resorts in Utah for intermediates | PC: Park City Resort

Park City: top family ski resort Utah

Park City town is the best ski town in Utah

Alta: one of the top Utah ski resorts for powder hounds | PC: Alta Resort

Alta is a great all-rounder for beginners, families & expert skiers (but no boarders allowed)

And Alta it is one of the top destinations for Powderhounds in Utah | PC: Alta Resort

Solitude rates highly for it amazing tree skiing | PC: Solitude Resort

Solitude village is very quiet compared to other Utah ski resorts | PC: Solitude Resort

Solitude generally has less crowds than other Utah resorts so there is more powder for you

Powder Mountain is our #1 rated ski area for Powderhounds in Utah | PC: Powder Mountain

Powder Mountain is a huge skiable area with very low crowds

Deer Valley has the best ski-in/out lodging in Utah | PC: Deer Valley Resort

And Deer Valley rates highly for its huge amount of intermediate terrain

Brighton ranks highly for best value and great terrain parks in Utah | PC: Brighton Resort

Brain Head rates as one of the best family resorts in Utah

Snowbird rates highly for it incredible advanced terrain on and off-piste | PC: Snowbird Resort

Snowbird also rates highly for its incredible snow | PC: Snowbird Resort

Snowbasin rates highly for best overall terrain in Utah | PC: Snowbasin Resort

Sundance Resort rates highly for powder and its family friendliness | PC: Sundance Resort

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Powderhounds Awards: Best Ski Resorts in Utah

Which are the best ski resorts in Utah? Here are the Powderhounds.com awards for the best Utah ski resorts, many of which are located near Salt Lake City.

Best Utah Ski Resorts - Overall
Based on all factors including infrastructure, terrain, snow & cost

Alta: Second Best Overall Resort in Utah

Solitude: Third Best Overall Resort in Utah

Overall other top ski resorts in Utah are Snowbasin, Snowbird and Brighton Resort.

Top Utah Ski Resorts for Powder Hounds

Based on advanced/expert terrain + snow quality & quantity + likelihood of finding freshies

Powder Mountain: Best resort in Utah for Powdehounds

Solitude: Second Best Resort in Utah for Powderhounds

Alta: Third Best Resort in Utah for Powdehounds

Other top powder resorts are Sundance, Snowbasin & Brian Head.

Best Utah Skiing & Snowboarding

Best Utah ski resorts - overall terrain: Snowbasin, Alta, Park City
Best resorts in Utah - beginners: Brian Head, Alta
Best ski resorts in Utah - intermediates: Park City, Deer Valley
Advanced piste terrain: Park City, Snowbasin
Off-piste terrain: Snowbird, Alta, Powder Mountain
Slackcountry: Powder Mountain, Brighton
Expert terrain: Snowbird, Alta
Extreme terrain: Snowbird, Alta
Top Utah ski resort for tree skiing: Solitude, Powder Mountain
Uncrowded slopes: Powder Mountain, Solitude Ski Resort
Lift infrastructure: Park City, Deer Valley
Terrain parks: Park City, Brighton

Utah Snow

Top Utah ski resorts for powder: Solitude, Alta, Snowbird, Sundance
Highest likelihood of freshies: Sundance, Powder Mountain

Other Best Utah Ski Resort Awards

Best family ski resort Utah: Sundance, Brian Head, Park City
Shopping: Park City
Ski-in ski-out lodging: Deer Valley, Alta

Nightlife & Dining

Daytime restaurants: Deer Valley, Snowbasin
Après ski: Snowbird, Brighton
Nightlife: Park City
Best restaurants: Park City, Sundance

Cost & Value for Money

Best value ski resorts in Utah: Brighton, Alta
Low cost ski resort: Nordic Valley, Brian Head

Also see our Utah ski resort ratings to see how we rate the ski areas on various factors including the terrain, powder, apres and family-friendliness.

Best Utah Ski Resorts - Readers' Reviews

These awards for the "best ski resorts in Utah" are based on the public reviews on Powderhounds.com. Come and have your say on the top Utah ski resorts by reviewing and rating a ski area. Navigate to the Utah ski resort you want to review and click on the "add review" link in the left-hand-column. Put your vote in!

Best overall Utah ski resort ¹: Alta, Solitude, Powder Mountain
Best Utah powder skiing ²: Solitude, Powder Mountain, Alta
Best snow: Brian Head, Snowbird, Alta
Most uncrowded: Solitude, Powder Mountain, Nordic Valley
Best lifts: Canyons, Snowbird, Deer Valley
Piste trails: Canyons, Alta, Solitude
Off-piste: Powder Mountain, Snowbird, Alta
Child friendly: Nordic Valley, Solitude, Sundance
Value for money: Powder Mountain, Nordic Valley, Solitude
Nightlife: Park City, Canyons, Deer Valley

NB only Utah ski resorts with a minimum of 4 reviews were considered in the awards. Where there are equal scores, the resort with more reviews is selected as the best. 1 The top overall Utah ski resort is based on an average of the other above factors. 2 The best Utah powder skiing is the average of the scores for snow, uncrowded and off-piste. Best ski resorts