Topic: Resorts

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Sundance, UT - With what's sure to be a hit with Utah Valley college students and working stiffs, Sundance Resort is adding night skiing for the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season.

Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Park City, UT - The recently formed Deer Valley Resort Lodging and Reservations (DVRL&R), which serves as property manager for more than 300 Deer Valley lodging units, is now managing The Lodges at Deer Valley and the Silver Baron Lodge as well.

Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Salt Lake City, UT - Utah's Snowbasin Resort and The Grand America, both owned by Sinclair Oil magnate Earl Holding, have teamed up to present a specially priced January ski package. Starting at $199, the packages include executive suite accommodations in the 24-story, AAA Five-Diamond downtown Salt Lake City hotel, an all area adult lift ticket to Snowbasin, spa access, complimentary valet parking, and a slope survival welcome gift. Optional packages include upgraded ski and snowboard equipment rentals. For those traveling with children, one child per paying adult will ski free.

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Park City, UT - Chain saws have been buzzing this summer at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) to expand the glade skiing and riding off Crescent Ridge initiated last year.

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Eden, UT - If you're looking to find the optimum time to board Snowbasin Resort's Needles Gondola to catch fall color at its peak, look no further than a new fall color and website journal, www.utahfallcolors.com, from the Ogden Valley Business Association.

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 07:00 AM

Park City, UT - Resorts West has been selected to manage operations at Silver Star at Park City, a new luxury slopeside property at Park City Mountain Resort at the base of the Silver Star chair lift and also adjacent to the Park City Golf Club. Silver Star will be open in full completion for nightly rentals for the first time this winter season. Accommodations include condominiums, townhomes and cottages, in two- to five-bedroom floor plans.

Friday, August 28, 2009 - 06:00 AM

Denver, CO - Although the latest release from the Federal Reserve reported that the "economy is leveling off," data gathered and analyzed by the Mountain Travel Research Program (MTRiP), revealed a slightly different picture in its most recent Monitor.

Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 06:00 AM

Beluga, AK - Environmentalists are assailing Dick Bass, owner of Utah's Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, for his partnership in a large-scale coal strip-mining operation proposed along Alaska's Chuitna River. The Sierra Club and other environmental advocacy groups are convinced that the mine's output will contribute to global warming and harm the area's king salmon fishery.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 06:00 AM

Snowbird, UT - The biggest gospel music festival west of the Mississippi comes to Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon this Friday through Sunday for the first Snowbird Tent Revival. Presented by the Snowbird Renaissance Center (SRC) at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, the Snowbird Tent Revival features legendary soul, jazz, blues and rock artists alongside full choirs for what promises to be a jamboree, New Orleans Jazz Fest-style celebration of inspirational performances.

Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 06:00 AM

Park City, UT - The prestigious Waldorf Astoria Collection of hotels has opened its first ski resort property, the Dakota Mountain Lodge & Golden Door Spa, at The Canyons in Park City, featuring 175 guestrooms, the Golden Door Spa and Spruce restaurant.