Updates, Deals & Tips:
The Park City 4th of July festivities are many. Beginning on July 3rd, there will be plenty of activities from the resorts and city. Deer Valley Resort will have their Patriotic Music Celebration on July 3 provided by the Utah Symphony. The concert will be from 7:30-9:30 at the outdoor Snowpark Amphitheater. Tickets are $25 for general admission lawn seating. There will be a beverage and food (more…)
The Canyons Ski Resort spring break annual Gruv festival will be coming up soon, taking place March 26th through April 4th. For those ten days there will be lots of free events like concerts in the Resort Village and plenty of fun contests like the infamous Pond Skimming Contest as well as the Canis Lupis Challenge and 1976 Red Bull Games. Great way to spend your (more…)
It was a tight race at the end between Lake Tahoe and Utah, but Utah won in the end, bringing in 50.01 percent of the 285,482 total votes. Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome will be skiing and riding at Utah Ski Resorts for the “Cabin Fever: Finding a Cure” Tour. With “The Greatest Snow on Earth,” 
of course the Gnome is gonna love it.
Besides Park City Ski Resorts: Deer Valley, The Canyons and Park City Mountain Resort, the Gnome has all the other great ski areas in Utah to visit including Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, Solitude, Sundance, (more…)
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival winners have been announced. The Festival is over, but now you can look forward to viewing the winning films.
Grand Jury Prize (U.S. Documentary): “Restrepo”
World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic): “Animal Kingdom”
World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary): “The Red Chapel”
Audience Award (Dramatic): “happythankyoumoreplease”
Audience Award (Documentary): “Waiting for Superman”
World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic): (more…)
Well Sundance Film Festival 2010 is here. We had a lovely dumping of snow last night into this first day of the festival, just to give Park City that extra special wintertime atmosphere for visiting film goers. Some Parkites hate Sundance because it just is an inconvenience to them – parking issues, traffic, long lines at restaurants, etc.. Some Parkites love the festival, look forward to it every year and many will volunteer their time to help the festivities run smoothly. Regardless, Sundance 2010 is here for 10 days from January (more…)
Don’t miss out on the Park City Ski Swaps coming up soon. Even if you don’t need skis or snowboards, there are all kinds of recreational winter items being sold – clothing, lots of miscellaneous ski gear & equipment, snowshoes and more – Good deals to be had!
I went to this one last year on the first day and got an awesome deal on a Burton Snowboard (lightly used for $50) and some brand new boots – ThirtyTwo Focus Boa last year’s model for $60! This is not a huge swap with a ton of stuff like the big Park City Ski Swap, but (more…)