Ski Vacations at Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah
If you are looking for the ultimate Utah ski vacation, Solitude Mountain Resort has everything that you could want or need. During the early 1900's, the area was full of silver miners, who gave the area its famous name. Today, the area is covered with skiers but the crowds are rather light.
The area became a skier's paradise in 1957. It was developed by Robert Barrett, who made his fortune as a uranium miner. He basically started developing the resort because he was denied restroom privileges at the ski area in Alta because he was not a guest.
Now owned by a different family, the resort features 1200 acres of 63 runs for beginners, intermediate skiers, and experts. There are eight lifts, including seven chair lifts and one surface lift. The top elevation at Solitude Mountain is 10036 feet, with a vertical drop of 2048 feet.
There are five lodging options for guests, and activities and events take place all throughout the year. The resort looks like a Tom Kincaide painting, and one can't help but wonder if this is where some of his inspiration came from!
Runs & Terrain - There are 64 named runs and three bowls (over 1,200 acres) full of terrain for everyone: wide-open powder bowls, gladed tree runs, steep chutes, and gentle cruising boulevards. The longest descent is 3.5 miles down Honeycomb Trail.
20% Beginner
50% Intermediate
30% Advanced/Expert
Average Snowfall - Over 500 inches
Top Elevation - 10,035 ft (3,059 m) Summit Chair Top
Vertical Drop - 2,047 ft (624 m)
Total Acreage - 1200 Acres
Snowmaking - Coverage of 5 lifts and 21 runs, 150 Acres
Lifts - 1 High Speed Quad, 2 Quads, 1 Triple, 4 Doubles - 8 Total
Uphill Capacity - 12,550 riders per hour
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Resort Skiing News:-
Skiers welcome cold snap (ABC) (Yahoo!7 Australian News)
The ski season will start five weeks early at Mount Buller in Victoria's alpine region - the earliest start to the season in the resort's 45-year history.
Skiing season better than expected (Daily Inter Lake)
Whitefish Mountain Resort's winter season ended with a bang last weekend, but there's still skiing to be had at Blacktail Mountain near Lakeside and at Turner Mountain near Libby.
CSA-approved ski helmets could be on slopes this fall if makers act promptly (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MONTREAL - The Canadian Standards Association says helmets it has approved for alpine skiing and snowboarding could be ready for the next ski season if manufacturers act promptly.
Dolce Wins Management Contract for Seaview, a Historic Resort and Conference Center Near Atlantic City (Marketwire)
MONTVALE, NJ--(Marketwire - April 28, 2009) - Dolce Hotels and Resorts today announced it has been awarded the management contract for Seaview, a 297-room historic hotel, conference center and golf resort near Atlantic City that has been managed by Marriott International since 1984. Troon Golf has been retained to manage Seaview's two 18-hole championship golf courses, the links-style Bay ...
Local freestylers' new tricks pay off (Daily Inter Lake)
Seven members of the Whitefish Mountain Resort Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Team have qualified for upcoming National Championship competition at Colorado's Copper Mountain.
ANGELS IN THE BRONDFIELD: Crimson Should Not Cut Sports (The Harvard Crimson)
Last week the nation?s second-largest athletic program acknowledged that the recession had dealt it a devastating blow. MIT, proud former promoter of 41 varsity sports ranging from the mainstream to the obscure (the Engineers sported one of the best air pistol squads in the country), cut eight of its teams, including alpine skiing, men?s and women?s ice hockey, men?s and women?s gymnastics, ...
Dolce Wins Management Contract for Seaview, a Historic Resort and Conference Center Near Atlantic City (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Dolce Hotels and Resorts today announced it has been awarded the management contract for Seaview, a 297-room historic hotel, conference center and golf resort near Atlantic City that has been managed by Marriott International since 1984.
Dolce Wins Management Contract for Seaview, a Historic Resort and Conference Center near Atlantic City (Hospitality Net)
Dolce Hotels and Resorts today announced it has been awarded the management contract for Seaview, a 297-room historic hotel, conference center and golf resort near Atlantic City that has been managed by Marriott International since 1984. Troon Golf has been retained to manage Seaview's two 18-hole championship golf courses, the links-style Bay Course, designed by Hugh Wilson and Donald Ross, and ...
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