Utah Ski Deals

Another in a flurry of promotions... No surprise, given the drop in tourist visitors in many spots. Hawaii, Mexico, and Rocky Mountain ski resorts are three places where reportedly volume's fallen off-- which can mean bargains, for family travelers.

For instance: promotions at Utah ski resorts. Utah's slogan is "The Greatest Snow on Earth", and its resorts routinely win top marks for best snow: we're talking "champagne powder", heavenly for hotshots and beginners too.

Utah, you say?

Salt Lake City may be as flat as, well, a salt lake, but within 40 miles are seven ski resorts in the Wasatch Range, (part of the Rockies.) Fly direct to SLC, and be on the slopes in no time; three resorts give free skiing on the day you fly in. Two more resorts are also within an hour of SLC. How's that, for choices.

But about those bargains... They're at Powder Mountain (awesome), legendary Alta (skier's only), Park City with its cute old mining town and three ski resorts...

Bargains at Utah Ski Resorts - Winter 2008-2009

• For starters: check United Airlines for "Kids Fly Free" or "Kids Ski Free" deals.

• at Park City's three ski resorts, ski free the day you arrive with Park City QuickSTART: show your boarding pass and get a lift ticket at Deer Valley, The Canyons, or Park City Mountain Resort or Deer Valley Resort.

•Park City Mountain Resort also has an "Extraordinary Family Package" with slope-side lodging for two adults and two kids under 12, including adult lift tickets.; kids age 7-12 pay a discount price for lifts, and 6 and under ski free. See Park City Mountain Packages.

•Powder Mountain has cut the price of a night lift pass to just $15 for an adult, and $12 for a kid age 7 to 12. Plus, night skiing starts an hour earlier, at 3 pm. (The sun's still out!)

• Alta Ski Area: ski free after 3 pm at Sunnyeside Lift -good for beginners. And Alta's rope tow beginner areas are free all day.

• At Solitude Mountain Resort condos, book four nights, get the fifth night free -- see details.

See all the Utah Ski Deals at the Ski Utah site.

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