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Average of 9 Reviews
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Value 
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Family Friendly
Nightlife 
Terrain Park
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Pros: Great terrain variety, super lifts, excellent facilities, GREAT grooming, seldom busy
Cons: Not as much snow as the Cottonwood Canyons (but still lots of snow)
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Don't Visit Snowbasin!
Bob Peters
reviewed October 16, 2009 at 10:38 am
reviewed October 16, 2009 at 10:38 am
Don't let my title spook you out. I'm just joking.
I live in Jackson Hole, which should say a little bit about the type of ski area I prefer, and Snowbasin is my favorite Utah ski resort. The variety of terrain at Snowbasin is endless, from wide, sweeping, immaculately-groomed runs all the way to seriously-steep challenges. I absolutely love the long, sparsely-wooded ridge-and-gully terrain over toward the Strawberry gondola. For a real challenge, ride the little gondola from the top of the John Paul lift and the ski down the entire Grizzly run, which was the site of the men's downhill at the 2002 Olympics. As you navigate the drops and turns, imagine doing that run at an average speed of nearly 70mph.
The lifts are fast and uncrowded. The base and on-mountain restaurants are open, easy to get to, and serve good food at moderate prices. The bathrooms are, of course, legendary.
Snowbasin is a true gem of a ski resort and well worth a visit.
I live in Jackson Hole, which should say a little bit about the type of ski area I prefer, and Snowbasin is my favorite Utah ski resort. The variety of terrain at Snowbasin is endless, from wide, sweeping, immaculately-groomed runs all the way to seriously-steep challenges. I absolutely love the long, sparsely-wooded ridge-and-gully terrain over toward the Strawberry gondola. For a real challenge, ride the little gondola from the top of the John Paul lift and the ski down the entire Grizzly run, which was the site of the men's downhill at the 2002 Olympics. As you navigate the drops and turns, imagine doing that run at an average speed of nearly 70mph.
The lifts are fast and uncrowded. The base and on-mountain restaurants are open, easy to get to, and serve good food at moderate prices. The bathrooms are, of course, legendary.
Snowbasin is a true gem of a ski resort and well worth a visit.
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Pros: terrain, snow, lifts, food, and, of course, the BATHROOMS
Cons: Have to travel to get to
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A not to miss area if you're in Utah
snofun3 reviewed October 4, 2009 at 11:02 am
After Snowbird, Snowbasin is my go-to place in Utah. Fun terrain, great lifts, fantastic food (the only place I really stop for lunch at), and, of course, the legendary bathrooms.
It does seem to have a bit of a visibility challenge more often than other Utah resorts (Whistler junior?), but with so much fun terrain you can usually get below the problem so that you can't help to have a good time. And, oh, there's rarely a line of any kind.
As mentioned, there's no lodging within about 20 miles, so there's no nighlight, but my feeling is that if you need nightlife then you haven't skied hard enough.
It does seem to have a bit of a visibility challenge more often than other Utah resorts (Whistler junior?), but with so much fun terrain you can usually get below the problem so that you can't help to have a good time. And, oh, there's rarely a line of any kind.
As mentioned, there's no lodging within about 20 miles, so there's no nighlight, but my feeling is that if you need nightlife then you haven't skied hard enough.
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Pros: Lifts, terrain, snow & ease of access
Cons: Flat light, lower elevation, exposure, no lodging.
Came for a day & stayed.
4ster reviewed October 30, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Snowbasin has been here since 1936, but has seen huge on mountain improvments beginning prior to the 2002 Olympics. The area is situated on 3000 acres below 9570' Mt. Ogden. With almost
3000' of uninterrupted vertical, 9 lifts, including 2 Gondolas and the Allen Peak Tram, 6
peaks over 9000', a high tech snowmaking system, Avalaunchers, Gaz-ex cannons, and a
wide variety of terrain, this is a class act resort with 3 great lodges & food to boot.
The skiing is divided into 3 distinct areas. The Strawberry Express Gondola to the southeast
offers 2500' vertical below De Moisey Pk. at 9370' and Strawberry Pk. at 9265'. Moving
to the northwest is the Needles Express Gondola with 2300' vertical below Needles at
9010'. At the northwestern perimeter is the John Paul Express Quad and Allen Pk. Tram, which
have a combined vertical of 2950', below Mt. Ogden, Allen's Pk. at 9465' and No Name
at 9070'. There is all types of terrain here, from wide open bowls steep chutes, evergreen
forests and aspen groves through gullies and canyons, to long roIling groomers.
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Pros: The LODGES are fabulous!!! Long cruisers, no crowd and plenty of terrain.
Cons: Can't think of any
Purchase Date:March 2009
Purchase Price:$58.00
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Pros: Great snow with few crowds.
Cons: No base development/lodging.
Great Nearly Unknown Resort
Pwdrhnd reviewed February 18, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Spent a day at Snowbasin while staying at Powder Mountain. Total contrast with luxurious lodges and modern lift system. Snow was fantastic, but it helped having someone show us around. The place is large and we would have never found the great lines of powder without local knowledge. The food was excellent and reasonably priced for resort food. I would highly recommend it.
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Pros: Lots of varied terrain
Cons: Needs faster and better lift systems
An uncrowded gem that will spoil you!
alignm2 reviewed February 18, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Snowbasin had part of the last winter olympics and built its lodge and restaurants to show off its Sun Valley ties. There is NO WHERE TO STAY NEARBY!!!! We stayed in Ogden - a city that needs a lot of work. Big area with great terrain that is well marked and groomed where it should be and not where it should not be. Well worth the price of a llift ticket!
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reviewed September 3, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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Pros: Awesome snow and terrain
Cons: One road in, one road out (is that even a con?)
I found Jah at Snowbasin
Kevin Desai reviewed October 2, 2009 at 6:54 am
It's beautiful, the snow is unreal and the terrain variety is swell. Don't know what more I can say. It's not a resort, you can't stay there... (er, uh get creative), but if you just want to ski yourself to silly this place rules. Oh yeah the lodge has good (CHEAP) food too.
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