Park City Mountain Resort
Huge Utah terrain, historic Main Street charm
Park City Mountain is one of the largest ski areas in the United States, a sprawling Utah resort whose lifts spill straight into a historic silver-mining town of restaurants, galleries and buzzing Main Street nightlife.
- 2,051 m Base
- 3,041 m Top lift
- 990 m Vertical
- 328 Pistes mapped
- 43 Lifts
Best known for
Après & vibe
Historic Main Street is the heart of après here, a walkable strip of saloons, restaurants and galleries that fills the old mining-town buildings; the après scene gets a jolt of glamour each winter when the Sundance Film Festival rolls in.
The resort
Park City Mountain is a genuinely enormous resort, its two connected base areas fanning terrain across ridgelines and bowls above a lively Utah town. What sets it apart is how seamlessly the skiing meets everyday life: lifts rise directly from the edge of a nineteenth-century silver-mining settlement, so a day on the hill flows naturally into browsing galleries and dining on Main Street. The mountain itself is broad and forgiving, heavy on rolling groomers and tree runs, with pockets of steeper terrain and open bowls up top. It combines big-resort scale with an unusually authentic town atmosphere.
Go for the rare combination of vast, approachable terrain and a real town you can walk out into each evening. It suits families, mixed-ability groups and intermediates who want mile after mile of cruising, plus anyone who values easy access and lively nightlife over a purpose-built village. The proximity to Salt Lake City makes it one of the simplest major resorts to reach.
Sitting in Utah's Wasatch Range, Park City benefits from the dry continental snow the region is famous for, lighter and less dense than coastal powder. Storms roll through regularly through midwinter, refreshing the groomers and filling the glades and bowls, while the high base elevation helps keep conditions cold and consistent from the heart of the season onward.
Snow & weather
Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.
- Feels like
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- Conditions
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- Wind
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- Fresh snow (3-day)
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Live data © Open-Meteo.com
Dependable, cold and dry high-altitude Wasatch snow; the elevated base helps preserve quality through the core winter months.
Average monthly snowfall
Snowfall climatology unavailable.
Terrain & aspect
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Flat / ungraded
Slopes mostly face NE — 81% on snow-holding, poleward-facing slopes.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Skiing & terrain
Beginners are well served by dedicated learning zones and a generous spread of gentle green runs near the bases.
Intermediates have the run of the mountain, with an abundance of long, rolling blue groomers and easy tree skiing.
Advanced skiers find steeper pitches, bump runs and lift-served bowls scattered across the upper mountain.
Experts head for the high open bowls, chutes and gladed steeps that come alive after fresh snow.
Historic Main Street
The preserved mining-era Main Street is Park City's signature. Ski down toward town and spend the evening among restaurants, saloons, galleries and shops housed in nineteenth-century buildings, a townscape no purpose-built resort can replicate.
Sundance Film Festival
Each winter Park City hosts the Sundance Film Festival, one of the world's leading independent film events. The town takes on a glamorous, crowded buzz as screenings, premieres and parties fill Main Street alongside the skiing.
The interconnected terrain
Linked lifts and gondolas stitch together the resort's two base areas and the ridgelines between them, making for a huge, rambling day of exploration where you can ski a long way without repeating yourself.
On the map
Legend
Run difficulty
- Novice
- Easy
- Intermediate
- Advanced / Expert
- Freeride / Extreme
- Unknown
Run types
- Downhill — groomed
- Downhill — ungroomed
- Downhill — gladed
- Nordic (groomed)
- Ski tour
- ☾Lit (night)
- △Not patrolled
- →One-way
- ❄Snowmaking
Lifts
- Operating
- Operating (private)
- Non-operating
- Lift station
Slope-gradient grading
Downhill / ski tour
- Flat<3°
- Easy3–14°
- Intermediate14–22°
- Advanced / Expert22–45°
- Freeride / Extreme>45°
Nordic
- Easy<6°
- Intermediate6–9°
- Advanced>9°
Aspect (sun exposure)
- N — least sun
- E — morning
- S — most sun
- W — afternoon
Legend after OpenSkiMap
Stay in Park City Mountain Resort
You can stay slopeside at the two base areas or, more characterfully, in town within walking reach of Main Street, choosing from hotels, lodges and condos with easy access to the lifts and a free town shuttle.
Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.
Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.
Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.
From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.
How to get there
The nearest airport is Salt Lake City (SLC), one of the closest major airports to any big ski resort, with a straightforward run up into the Wasatch to Park City.
The transfer from Salt Lake City is a short, easy drive on good roads; shared shuttles and private cars run frequently, making a same-day arrive-and-ski trip realistic.
Best time: Late December through March delivers the most reliable cold, dry snow, with January and February the classic powder months.
Nearby resorts
Other resorts within reach.
Faces north © Joe Lin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Beaver Creek
- Vertical
- 1223 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 155
- Lifts
- 24
Getting to Park City Mountain Resort
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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.