I think roundtrip fares from Wash-Balt to SLC are around $400 this winter? Two advantages Utah has over a lot of ski destinations is that the SLC airport is less than an hour from six top notch ski areas. If you're not endeared to your own gear, then renting might be a good option. I drive now to ski and bring everything in my car across country, but in the past I always flew with my own skis and boots, checking the skis and boots, or sometimes bringing the boots in a carry-on bag to ensure they didn't get separated from me. Using a website like travelocity to plug in your dates and destinations is a good place to start to compare prices among different carriers. So you just have to game it out to see what the bottom line is with each airline. Some airlines might count skis and boots as one bag, some won't. As you may know baggage fees are real tricky these days and can make seemingly cheap flights as pricey as expensive flights. The best to SLC is probably Delta, but the cheapest might be Frontier from WAS DC airports. Does anyone here do that or is it easy enough to check skis? Any other tips for flying with skis? Been many years since I've done that. I've heard of people just bringing their boots in checked luggage and renting skis when they get there. What's the best airline for flying to Utah? Who has the cheapest flights from Dulles or BWI? That's the Apex Express chair in center of photo. The Village of Solitude can partially be seen to the right. This is the Last Chance Grill to the left. Vince doing some bumps near the Eagle express chair on the lower, frontside of Solitude: You can see the edge of it to the left in above photo. This is the entrance to Headwall Forrest, a steep treed area that often holds great, soft snow. I saw tracks in that area that were made by people with much larger cojones than I :-) The impressive cliffs to the right generally don't have so much snow sticking to them. This is the lift you'd take to get to views/terrain in above photos. This is the sporty section of the summit chair lift line at Solitude. Vince is waiting for me at the top of an inbounds slope called Buckeye Jr. I'm told the climb to get up there includes bootpacking a steep, knife-edge ridge line.Īnother view of Fantasy Ridge from further away. It's hike-to terrain above the Honeycomb Canyon section of Solitude Ski Area and only for strong experts. This is one of the great views in all of Utah skiing, Fantasy Ridge. Moving on to Solitude Ski area, all photos from Jan 26, 2023. Timpanogos from Mineral Basin at Snowbird: This was a pretty day!Ī pretty view of Mt. It's not a good place to be on low viz days because you can't see where you are going in the huge treeless expanse. It's a great option for intermediate and advanced skiers and is always very popular on sunny days. The "backside" of Snowbird consists of a huge bowl called Mineral Basin. To his left would be Restaurant Roll leading to the Gad Valley. It leads to the Peruvian Gulch side of the mtn. The slope to the immediate right of the snowboarder would be Middle Cirque on the trail map. This is the Cirque Traverse, a key route to lots of fine offpiste steeps to the left and right. They were installed this offseason at Snowbird:Īnother photo of my son skiing Great Scott, a signature black diamond run at Snowbird, Jan 21. This shot shows both new tram cars in action about midpoint in the line. Here are a few more photos from the past week skiing in Utah: Although the current storm front is expected to continue through Sunday night, so Monday could be a popular day for Utahns to call in sick. Might try again tomorrow, but sometimes it's not worth the trouble when I can rest and ski the next empty weekday. Taking today off, Jan 28, 2023, because there's a foot of new snow, but it's a Saturday and the access roads to Alta, Snowbird, Solitude and Brighton are snarled with traffic, including hours long closures for snow removal and avalanche mitigation work.
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