Learning to Ski or Board? Looking for a fun Powder Day? In Utah for a long weekend and want to take advantage of the Best Snow on Earth? Go somewhere else! This is not a Resort to visit if you want to learn or if you are looking to challenge yourself unless you are already comfortable skiing Blues and some Blacks at other Resorts. The terrain for beginners and lower intermediates is minimal, and usually crowded as a result. Most of the Mountain is crowded on weekends and Holidays. We met locals who live near Snowbasin but said they have made other Resorts their home hill in recent years because the crowds have become unbearable. Now that we’ve experienced it, I can see why.
There is plenty of parking, and the lodges are comfortable, clean, have delicious food, and immaculate bathrooms. Finding a place to sit, however, is another matter entirely. The Base area felt overwhelmingly crowded from the time we arrived until the time we left. It took 10 minutes to find a table where people were finishing lunch and another 10 before they actually finished and we were able to sit down. People were walking around looking for a place to sit every time we were in a lodge from first chair until last call.
Maybe next season I will try it out on a weekday, but frankly I enjoy cruising groomers and didn’t find too much to my liking even when I did manage to find a run that wasn’t packed with people. This resort was a letdown for me. I had heard lots of positives about the Mountain and Facilities, but apparently so has the rest of Utah, and when we visited, it felt like every rider and skier in the state must have been there with us.
