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(Jan. 2025) As many have mentioned, Solitude used to be wonderful—just flat out, wonderful, in every way. Whether you were visiting from out of town and staying at the Inn, or visiting as a local, it was the last great, fun, quiet, unspoiled, uncrowded place to ski with good terrain. Then, Alterra took over. The snow and terrain stuff is mostly out of their hands because it’s all just nature. I’ve always enjoyed the terrain and snow here, and actually, during the week at least, it still isn’t super crowded. But my family is here on a “staycation” just staying at the inn and teaching our little kids to ski, and all day, every day, I am relentlessly confronted with small changes that make this place much worse than it used to be: The blaring of obnoxious, obscure music from the rear of Moonbeam lodge is bewildering and annoying to say the least. There are visibly far fewer employees on the mountain than there used to be, and it’s wild to walk around and see the same hunks of trash (cans, bottles, etc.) day after day, because there’s no one walking around to check on things (and yes I pick up what I can while shepherding my littles around, but it’s not my job right?). Then there is the Inn. I feel so bad for anyone visiting and staying at the Inn—it is NOTHING like it used to be. The pool and hottub are surrounded by snow and ice so that there’s nowhere to put your things (towels, etc), and you can’t walk around without seriously risking slipping and falling. This all used to be cleared, obviously, for safety and accessibility reasons. One of the charming and wonderful things about the Inn was “The Library Bar,” a small and extremely cozy little bar space full of leather chairs, books—utterly lovely, and a joy to hang out in at the end of the day and connect with other visitors. Well, they’ve killed this space - no more bar, just a cold, quiet, somber room now, with a big stupid TV that no one wants. I mean, they’ve turned the “Library Bar” into a “TV Room”… that says it all! Adjacent to this is what used to be a lobby space—again, big comfy chairs and couches, and a roaring fire in the stone hearth. This is where everyone hung out in the early morning and in the evenings to read, play games, etc. Gone. Now it is packed with extra seating for St. Bernard’s restaurant, which, as far as I can tell, is never actually busy enough to need that space for seating. Everywhere you look on the mountain, small declines like this are taking place - in the restaurants, the Moonbeam lodge (gone are the nice little touches, like self serve whip cream for hot chocolate—and by the way, the hot chocolate is now just brown water); and the pricing on food is truly staggering, and we usually ski at DV now so you understand I’m no stranger to pricey snacks. I could go on, but as you can see, no individual change is catastrophic, but taken together, they demonstrate a “McDonaldization” of Solitude, which means the vibe has become like: “Come ski, then GO HOME”. They don’t actually seem to WANT people to hang around and bask in the vibe—why? Who knows? Maybe because that would mean hiring more people like they used to have? It’s very strange. There is nothing welcoming left, nothing cozy, nothing resembling the almost “hometown” vibe this place used to have. For now, the current ownership seems to be skating by on the decades of goodwill built up by that cozy old vibe and by previous owners that many of us here seem to remember, but it makes you wonder how long it can go on like this. As long time loyal Solitude skiers and Inn guests, I can assure you we are totally done here. There’s nothing left for us.
D H
OK, I get January has been driest snow on earth month, but plenty of the other UT resorts still seem to be managing reasonable grooming. Scalping down to dirt, unven seams and variable width for no apparent reason? Come on, lift the game & lose the fake groom.
PS
The "Unmarked obstacles" sign on the trash can does not cut it when there are huge unmarked rocks sticking out proud of the groomers in random spots - perhaps someone could bother to jam a few stakes to prevent a serious injuy (or worse).
J F
Solitude WAS a wonderful place but now IKON has completely ruined it by making the smallest resort in Utah its base resort. With little amenities and parking, very limited food options and the Squirrel (bar) being closed due to Covid. The entire place is congested beyond belief. It's been dubbed "Crowd'itude"... there is no more solitude at Solitude.
The IKON Pass has brought more rear wheel drive trucks and "SUV's" in from out-of-state and into the narrow BCC. These cars get stuck and block the two lanes when it snows. It's become an utter joke with the locals, who are PISSED at the IKON for the Disneyland-like crowds and the Denver'ing of SLC.
And good luck finding a parking spot from Thursday-Monday. Enjoy parking on the side of the road while cars whizz by you (even with a paid parking season pass). If I were from out of town visiting-Park City or Deer Valley are better options for staying, eating and skiing. Solitude, thanks to IKON, has VASTLY outgrown itself.
Personally, this is my last season at Solitude. I cannot imagine paying $100 plus dollars to ride 900 acres with shoulder-to-shoulder traffic.
If IKON were to make Snowbird it's base resort (way bigger and way more amenities) the problem of crowding would be reduced greatly-and if IKON made Solitude a 3 or 5 day IKON resort this would be a win-win... but Snowbird is not stupid enough to fall for the mistake of Solitude's agreement with Lucifer.
Have fun on the 25 minute up and down the canyons, it's now 1-2 hours without a crash. There are a lot of other resorts that provide true solitude.
TB
Bad snow that was hard and icy, narrow cat tracks, and low chairs.
Harvey Wallace
Solitude was a wonderful ski area (about 9 a out of 10) five years ago. Before the corporation bought it and made it an IKON season pass area. Locals call it MULTITUDE now not Solitude any more, it is a complete shit show every time it snows with 20 or 30 minute lift lines and the small acreage ski area is skied out in 3 hours and then no more powder. Driving up the canyon n a snow day is ridiculous and the chances are that you will get stuck behind some dope with 2 wheel drive who slid off the road and you will have to sit for hours till they clear it.
The truth is the corporation screwed it over and it is nooo longer a hidden gem of the Wasatch. Unless you are from California and are used to such crowds.
Don’t buy and IKON and don’t support Corporate skiing. They suck.
annlothropquandt
Solitude is an undiscovered gem in Utah. We love the zero lines and the variety of terrain.
Steven Freund
I love this place - make a point of getting over here at least once per year, usually driving from Park City. It is wonderful for families as you really can't get lost as all trails lead back to one of 2 base areas. The terrain is very good, not expansive but enough to keep you interested and challenged for a couple of days. It's intimate compared to the larger resorts in LCC or PC and worth the drive
b reg
The value of Solitude has tanked tremendously with the crowds coming on the ikon pass, parking fees, no decent liftopia deals, elevated snow sports school pricing, and raised age of "Free to ski" (used to be 6 and under). Last season, the were still friendly folk. Brighton has the same snow and much more to offer in terms of terrain, snow school instruction, "free to ski" (10 and under) and ticket pricing. See no reason to come to Solitude as there's not any solitude...
Will undefined
Great lifts with easy access to all mountain areas Including expert areas. Low traffic on the mountain let's you ski at your own pace and sometimes feels like you are alone on the run. Gets crowded around the holidays and weekends and lodging seems unable to accommodate the influx of people.
gary undefined
visited salt lake city to ski snowbird however snowbird was closed for 2 days so took the bus to solitude
had a great 2 days, nice soft utah powder great tree runs, some very steep terrain
only con was the lifts although fast it was impossible to do the best runs back to back without going all the way back to the bottom
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