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Snowbasin? You haven’t heard of it but you will by 2002. The four Olympic downhill events (men’s and women’s downhills, plus the downhill elements of the combined) and the two super giant slaloms are to be held here.
You may hear even more about the sprawling city of Ogden, which is hosting the curling events and is also effectively the host city for the races at Snowbasin, which is a short drive up into the Wasatch mountains from Ogden.
The resort is in the same ownership as Sun Valley, and big investment in hotels and other accommodation is expected over the next few years. It needs it, or the big investment already made in lifts will have been wasted. Read the rest of this entry »

The Greatest Snow on Earth’ that’s what Utah claims. (Until recently it made the claim on every car number plate, but now seems to be targeting broader markets.) It’s a debatable claim: the Colorado resorts say that their famous powder is drier, and have figures to prove it. What they can’t dispute is that some Utah resorts do get huge dumps of snow up to twice the amount, over the season, that falls on some big-name Colorado resorts. And you don’t need to worry about whether it is or is not the lightest: by Alpine standards it’s wonderful stuff. If you like the steep and deep, the pilgrimage to Utah is one you can’t put off forever. In fact, it’s one you shouldn’t put off much longer. Read the rest of this entry »