<p>Cool!! SALE! My favorite 4 letter word! Which way is the outlet mall? In SLC? Off which highway?? My guys tend to forget or break something. Lets hope all they break are their goggles!!</p>
<p>It is right off the 80 and 224 connector (the way to PC). If you are coming in from SLC, you will drive past it on the way to Park City. It’s an outdoor mall and some of the stores aren’t deeply discounted, but some are. I remember finding a couple of corduroy jackets at PacSun with the fake sheep fleece for about $25 apiece several years ago. The Old Navy is also a true outlet - they have stuff there they don’t even sell in their stores. </p>
<p>Here is the link:</p>
<p>[Tanger</a> Outlet Centers :: Save when shopping designer brands](<a href=“http://www.tangeroutlet.com/]Tanger”>http://www.tangeroutlet.com/)</p>
<p>The last time we were there, they also had a new mall with stores and restaurants just across the way. Not sure of the selection, but you will see it when you get into town.</p>
<p>Cool! Thanks! However, one slight problem. I have sons. Getting them to go ssshhhhopping is NOT easy. Emergency shopping only, I suspect :(</p>
<p>Lodging is confirmed! Now on to car and ski rentals.</p>
<p>If you can tolerate the lift ticket prices, Deer Valley is a great place to ski. They have a complementary ski storage, so you just drop your skis, get your number bracelet to reclaim them the next day, and schlep downstairs to change your boots to your street shoes. Eliminates the hiking wearing your boots and shouldering your skis. A very clever marketing gimmick to get you to stay on their hill, and it works.</p>
<p>Deer Valley is the king of grooming. And many of the blue runs are quite steep. They are famous for their food, and the cafeterias at both the base and upper lodges are very good. None of it is cheap, but its quite good. I’m not sure my frame of reference is broad enough, but I think the higher lift ticket prices and the lack of “out of bounds” cache lead to a customer base that is less likely to ski into you than at many other venues. There are a few cowboys, but not all that many. In any case, you should enjoy Park City and the general area.</p>
<p>My family is made up of snowboarders, so we used the Canyons and Park City resorts and never went to Deer Valley. I have friends that are skiers that quite liked DV, though.</p>
<p>The problem with buying lift tickets in advance is it will lock you in to one resort. They are literally within a 5 -10 minute drive of each other, so it’s not a geographical distance factor. Some people like one mountain over the other. We had been several times, so we got to know what conditions were better at each mountain and what the family wanted to “do” on the mountain. The gondola ride at Canyons is fun, even for non-skiers/snowboarders, like myself. </p>
<p>My D broke her arm at Park City on one of those last-run-of-the-day, too slushy spring skiing conditions rides. Can’t tell you how awesome the staff at the mountain in getting her care. </p>
<p>You might want to try each resort to see what you like for your next trip. (You will go back. It’s a great place!)</p>
<p>Condo owner at Canyons here. Some suggestions:</p>
<p>Canyonsports for discount tickets to PC and Canyons. Big savings (e.g. $25 off for Canyons), and not date-specific. Problem is they are only in SLC. If you fly in during the day you can hit the one downtown on the way up to PC.</p>
<p>If you are there for the whole week I strongly recommend driving around to Snowbird. Its 45 min (easy freeway drive) but its mecca and the snow will potentially be better (higher altitude). You can get discount tix at the place behind the 7-11 at the base of Big Cottonwood Canyon. PCMR for a whole week will get old.</p>
<p>I would recommend a car - PC is pretty spread out.</p>
<p>If the boys are not of legal age there really is not that much to do in PC (except go out to eat).</p>
<p>For very good but very basic Mexican: El Chubasco</p>
<p>Outlet mall has a Columbia store - great prices on ski jackets.</p>
<p>So many choices!</p>
<p>The beauty of the Costco ticket deals (thank you Sherpa! I am planning to follow up with you) is that they are 2 or 5 packs of individual tickets- not a 2 or 5 day pass per person. So that really gives us flexibility. So, for example, if we buy 2 5-packs for PC, thats 10 tickets, and there will be 3 of us skiing/riding for 6 days and hopefully my h will be able to join us for 3, maybe 4. He can get a military discount, and we can ski free the day of arrival, so I am still figuring everything out. </p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions! We’ve skiied Alta/Snowbird several times before, so will pass on that unless the conditions are terrible at PC. May consider Deere Valley as I’ve always wanted to go, but if younger s decides to stick with the snowboard instead of skis (he likes to alternate) that will kill that idea, unless he’s willing to go for a day. </p>
<p>Older s is of legal age, so can go to the bars, etc, but younger s is still 19, so may be limited in what he can do. And I doubt older s will want to go by imself. They can figure that all out later. Fort now I am greatly appreciating all the suggestions!</p>
<p>South Jersey Chess Mom - good reminder about altitude sickness. My H deals with that. Drink lots of fluids the few days before you fly out. We have used Utah Ski for rentals and found their prices to be good. We actually have a condo at The Canyons and keep all of our equipment in a locker there so we don’t rent anymore. For activities for your younger kids, there’s a tubing hill which you pass when you come in on the interstate. YOu can do the Bar B Q sleigh ride or DV has a snow cat dinner ride to one of their on mountain restaurants. We take one day off and go horseback riding usually. There’s a couple of different places that do that. YOu can also take a hot air balloon ride. If you have a slushy day - you might want to be aware of some other options. We’ve done snowmobiling, too but the snow needs to be good for that. I am just remembering that there is an equipment rental place in the SLC airport so you can rent there and take back there. HAve never done that but it might be worth checking their prices. The concern I would have is to make sure they have a place at PC so if you had an issue you could have some recourse on the slopes. Just some tips about skiing at Canyons. Don’t miss skiing on Boa. Long run, usually in great shape and not many skiers. Also, the left side is super, too. Get down Chicane early. There is only an outdoor eating facility on the left side of the mountain, although it’s a great place for spring skiing. It’s the colder side of the mountain.</p>
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<p>Thanks again, everyone! Such great ideas.</p>
<p>Apologies that I didn’t clarify this sooner, but we are annual skiiers. The “kids” (now 19 and 23) have been on skis since they were 3-4 yo. So we’ve done most of the other ancillary fun stuff, with the exception of hot air balooning, on previous trips. We did snowmobile twice, but the second time I tipped over the snowmobile :o when they had us doing wheelies in a field.</p>
<p>Unless there is NO SNOW, we will be on the slopes. The boys like to be the first ones on the mountain and the last off. The tips for which runs to be sure to take, and where to eat onthe mountain are REALLY helpful, POTOmom! Do you have suggestions for which side of the mountain to start at PC, or a particular strategy of where to go in the morning vs evening to get the best conditions and least crowd? We tend to follow the sun so we arent in the shade, but int he spring that may not be a smart plan (though in the morning we dont wat to be on runs that iced up overnight).</p>
<p>Thanks again for everything! I love cc’ers!!</p>
<p>I will coordinate with sherpa to get the Costco tix for PC and The Canyons. THANK YOU SHERPA!!! I’ve got everything but the rentals nailed down (lodging, car, air are all done). Any other pointers for where the locals hang out for aprez ski?</p>
<p>crossposted with POTOmom! Coupons! my favorite! I always embarass the kids with them, but print out many before we go. Thanks for the links!!</p>
<p>Wil you be skiing that last week of Mar/1st wk of April? Maybe we can meet up! All you in the PC/Canyons area/ A cc event on the slopes?/ Or dinner? or breakfast??</p>
<p>Canyons has highly varied terrain that includes steeps (9990), bowls (Dreamcatcher), moguls (Condor). No lines, fast chairs = alot of vert. My usual routine: warmup on Tombstone chair (Cloud Nine usually), laps on 9990, amble over to Dreamscape/Dreamcatcher chairs, back to Tombstone, up 9990 and down North Face to lunch at RedPine, then rest of the day off Condor. Basically ski the mt. left to right, which follows the sun.</p>
<p>I would LOVE to be there. We are spending all our money this school on conservatory audition trips. And the HS graduate is expecting some sort of graduation trip so we are planning a family summer trip over her bday. OK. I have my trail map out. Obviously, your kids are great skiers so here’s a plan for The Canyons. (We hardly ski anywhere else since we ski in /out and the mountain is LARGE.) When you park in the lot, you will take the cabiolet (people mover) up to the resort center. Short walk to the gondola where you pass ski stores if you have forgotten anything. Gondola takes you to mid-mountain. In the morning go to the left when you get off gondola and go down chicane. Takes you to Tombstone Express. (try to stay away from this lift until you are going back to the other side of the mountain, it gets very crowded). Your kids will probably like the 9990 area. We keep going to the left and get to the Dreamscape area. That’s where the outside eating area is. When you get tired of skiing over here, head over to the complete opposite side of the mountain and go to Boa. Depending on how accomplished your kids are, there is a powder area over there where you hike up and come down the side of the Murdock Bowl. There is also a “fine dine” on the mountain which you should do one day - Lookout Cabin. It’s fantastic. Warning - you may need to make reservations there. They have an outdoor porch that has a phenomenal view and the weather will probably be perfect for eating out. DON"T plan to eat at Red Pine Lodge - too many bodies. There are two snowboard parks - one on Painted Horse (usually fairly empty of riders) and the other is at the top of Sun Peak Express. You can ski down or take the gondola down. As with all slopes, skiing down at the end of the day gets very crowded and skiied off. However, it’s kind of a fun run so sometimes I do it mid-day and go down to SMokey’s and eat lunch. If you go into the Grand Summit (which is the Lodge right at the gondola) you can pick up a printed sheet of the day’s groomed runs and downstairs they have all the literature you need. The Mountain Express lists all the restaurants and a copy of their menus. They have a Coupon Book that contains has everything from rentals to massages to dining. There’s a visitor’s center on Main Street in Park City where you can get all the literature, too. It’s pretty small so just ask someone to point it out to you.
Deer Valley - If you’ve never gone there, you should. At least go eat there one night - they are known for their great food.<br>
PArk City - Great mountain and lots of terrain. I skied there for 10 years before Canyons was created. Find that it gets a little more crowded than either Deer Valley or Canyons.
On March 29 and 31st, the Utah Jazz is playing at home, we’ve done that and it’s great fun. It’s a very easy drive and easy to park, too. The Olympic Training Center is another fun thing to do. We went and watched the ski jumping while the were training for the Olympics. They also have a luge run you can pay to do. The museum is very interesting also. The Olympic Park is on your right just after you get off the interstate. [Utah</a> Athletic Foundation](<a href=“http://olyparks.com/uop/index.asp]Utah”>http://olyparks.com/uop/index.asp)<br>
Also near the Tanger Outlet at Kimball Junction. If you’re buying groceries, there’s a grocery store right across the highway or your other option is Dan’s when you are entering Park City. FYI - the liquor store is very hard to find. If you want directions, PM me.</p>
<p>Been meaning to update –
Sherpa is a HUGELY WONDERFUL poster whose kindness in helping to get a weeks worth of discount lift tickets is beyond incredible! CC posters a re teriffic!! Can’t wauit to have the opportunity to return the favor!!!</p>
<p>And of course thanks to all of you for all your suggestions!! Kep 'em coming!</p>
<p>We had to cancel our trip (I’m going to be headed to surgery instead . . . NOT a good trade-off) but I’ve been making notes from this great thread for when we get to go next year.</p>
<p>Have a great time jym - please report back when you get home.</p>
<p>Oh nooo, Proud mary. Are you ok? Hope it is nothing major. </p>
<p>We are all set (had a little snafoo with the condo checkout date- they had us leaving a night earlier than we’d requested, and we would prefer not to sleep in the snow) but got it straightened out (hopefully the people coming in behind us have their lodging squared away).</p>
<p>Sherpa mentioned that he had a few “locals favorites” restaurants to mention. Anxiously awaiting…</p>
<p>19’’ of new at Alta today.</p>
<p>Wow!! Sounds like the Northeast ;)</p>
<p>slightly off-topic, but thanks to this thread for informing me about VRBO.com, where I will be making reservations for a house for D’s graduation next year. Small town, few hotels, renting a house sounds like a great idea and there are dozens available within walking distance of the college. Yea! CC comes through again.</p>
<p>Now back to the Utah skiing thread (D1 is in Park City as I write, and says the white stuff is really coming down)</p>
<p>dragonmom,
Yay for vbro! And since your D is in Park City, can you get a full report of the places to go? How old is she? I have one who is over 21 but one who is under 21, so the places they can go may vary. Thanks!</p>