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Moving to Utah for the 2019-20 season questions

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WiseRedden
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My girlfriend and I are looking to move to Utah for the winter. I have spent a couple years living in Taos, NM skiing nearly every day of the week that I could get off. I'm one of those people who will ski lift open to lift close. My girlfriend on the other hand has never skied a day in her life. Does anyone have advice on where to live, work, or other general information/tips about moving to either Park City or Alta/Snowbird. Would definitely prefer Alta/Snowbird, but if Park City would be a better fit for both of us, I'd wouldn't rule that out as a possible winter destination. Although, I've heard the cost of living in PC is absolutely ridiculous. Any and all advice/tips on this would be great.
Aug 29 2019 7:33AM
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SkiBum.
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I would say this all depends on your budget, line of work you want, and then what type of skiing you want.

Park City is pricy to live in. If you could even find a 1bd/1/bath they have to be going for like $1500/m cheapest these days. Just goes up in price from there. You got park city and deer valley to ski there in town. Alta/bird/solitude/Brighton are 45 +\- minutes away. Plenty of low to mid level
jobs in Park City. Anything from working at a resort to hospitality or food service or shit anything. Everyone needs workers.

There is no town to “live” in up at Alta/Bird. You would have to live down in the Valley somewhere like Cortonwood heights or some other cookie cutter suburb. While more affordable then Park City, it’s city life and there is no ski town feel anywhere in the SLC Valley. Plenty of jobs down there too.

Good luck. Utah is a great place to work and live.
Aug 29 2019 10:04AM
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InfamouslyJones
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Just post up in SLC. Youre 30mins from any of the canyon mountains in LCC and BCC (sorry I hate park city).

The girlfriend will be able to live a more city/suburban life while youll be ale to ride whenever you want.

Jobs will also be more available as well as affordable housing.

Good luck trying to make it in Alta/Snowbird.. Jobs and employee housing there is hard to find.
Aug 29 2019 10:09AM
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Ajd2700
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Oh man she’s never skied? Dealt with that, this is gonna be a tough season for you. Stay strong
Aug 29 2019 10:27AM
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SkiBum.
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Oh on your girlfriend not skiing - my wife just started last year. Get her a lesson or have someone else teach her. Never teach your significant other to ski unless you want to break up or fight!

Deer Valley has a great learning area. That’s where she started. Loved it. She already bought her pass for this season. So important to have a good time right off the start
Aug 29 2019 10:55AM
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wasatch_rat
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You're girlfriend will like living in sugar house, the avenues, downtown or the liberty park area. These are the places with the most to do for non skiers. Park city is also rad but quite a bit more expensive, and the all mountain skiing isn't as good. Sugar house us the most fun swanky urban lifestyle type area but still super close to the mountains. Dont get a place on the west side of the city. In general the southeast part of the salt lake valley is where you want to be.
Aug 29 2019 12:10PM
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GrapeHunter
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As stated, Park City is expensive and far from everything else.
If you want to be close to stuff/not pay your life away to live, Sandy is basically at the bottom of the canyon that has Brighton, Alta, Solitude, etc. And you’re close enough to SLC that your wife won’t have to drive forever to go anywhere.
or just post up in SLC and make the 30-45 drive to the mountains
Aug 29 2019 3:46PM
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SuspiciousFish
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Some good answers here. Also, Snowbird is NOT a good hill for beginners. There is basically only 1 blue run which is still pretty sketchy if your a beginner and everyone and their brother gets funneled down it. Trust me I know.

Solitude is actually a really good option and I had fun skiing there with my Wife who is intermediate now. A cool thing about Solitude is on the Summit Express chair there is a nice meandering blue run that goes down the bottom of the gully with steeps and fun features like side hits on either side so you can have fun and show off while she is on a chill run. It also has a really laid back vibe and hardly any lift lines and a lof of other blue runs and good learning curve.
Aug 29 2019 4:14PM
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d00d
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nah Utah sucks move to Colorado or California
Aug 29 2019 6:51PM
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SuspiciousFish
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wasatch_ratYou're girlfriend will like living in sugar house, the avenues, downtown or the liberty park area. These are the places with the most to do for non skiers. Park city is also rad but quite a bit more expensive, and the all mountain skiing isn't as good. Sugar house us the most fun swanky urban lifestyle type area but still super close to the mountains. Dont get a place on the west side of the city. In general the southeast part of the salt lake valley is where you want to be.


I second this. Whatever you do stay away from West Valley. West/South Jordan is not as bad and is cheaper too if your careful in selecting a good area.
Aug 29 2019 6:54PM
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Titus69
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Honestly just start out in salt lake and live in Millcreek or somewhere between the highway to PC and the cottonwood canyons, brighton or PC is a good place to learn for your wife, epic pass isnt to pricey but you can only ski PC in utah. Has good groomers but full of Jerry's, and also gets real tracked out after storms, brighton you can find endless pow on weekdays in the side country, also has super mellow runs for beginners. As others said park city is gonna be expensive as fuck compared to slc, we also dont need more people up here either cause living here for the summer sucks besides the 10-15 degree difference from the valley, offers great outdoor activities but just a busy place to be for how small it is.


Also Utah sucks, dont come here.
Aug 29 2019 7:04PM
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.nasty
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I live in Kimball junction, honestly it’s great if you can find the right place for the right price. I’m only 45 mins from Alta, (unless there’s traffic but I always go real early anyway), and out of the smog that the city gets but I can still work within a mountain town type of community which is something I personally value but that’s just me.
Aug 29 2019 10:45PM
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SuspiciousFish
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.nastyI live in Kimball junction, honestly it’s great if you can find the right place for the right price. I’m only 45 mins from Alta, (unless there’s traffic but I always go real early anyway), and out of the smog that the city gets but I can still work within a mountain town type of community which is something I personally value but that’s just me.


Oh man, I forgot about that inversion soup. I remember days when you literally couldnt see the street light 2 blocks away it was so thick.

Also, its much more rural and Mormon but I lived in American Fork for a few years and it was really chill and still 45 min to Alta/Snowbird. AF Canyon is sweet for camping too.
Aug 29 2019 11:22PM
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SkiBum.
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Titus69Honestly just start out in salt lake and live in Millcreek or somewhere between the highway to PC and the cottonwood canyons, brighton or PC is a good place to learn for your wife, epic pass isnt to pricey but you can only ski PC in utah. Has good groomers but full of Jerry's, and also gets real tracked out after storms, brighton you can find endless pow on weekdays in the side country, also has super mellow runs for beginners. As others said park city is gonna be expensive as fuck compared to slc, we also dont need more people up here either cause living here for the summer sucks besides the 10-15 degree difference from the valley, offers great outdoor activities but just a busy place to be for how small it is.


Also Utah sucks, dont come here.


You’re the type of Park City person that’s the worst. “We don’t need more people
here” it’s to busy and I’m to high on my horse because I rent a room in a condo with 4 other people but I “live” in Park City.

I’m sure you also complain about parking road bikers and Vail.
Aug 30 2019 9:51AM
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Titus69
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SkiBum.You’re the type of Park City person that’s the worst. “We don’t need more people
here” it’s to busy and I’m to high on my horse because I rent a room in a condo with 4 other people but I “live” in Park City.

I’m sure you also complain about parking road bikers and Vail.


Lmao I usually live in salt lake but have been house sitting in PC for the summer, nice assumption though. It's literally a fact even in the summer when I go out to work theres usually some shitty traffic full of Texans and southern cali people, it's to small to have such a population.
Aug 30 2019 10:14AM
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.nasty
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Titus69Lmao I usually live in salt lake but have been house sitting in PC for the summer, nice assumption though. It's literally a fact even in the summer when I go out to work theres usually some shitty traffic full of Texans and southern cali people, it's to small to have such a population.


Oh heck it’s more just the mass amounts of commuters from the valley than full on tourists. I get it, it’s expensive so most just live down there to save a buck. Kind of defeats the whole culture of a mountain community though.
Aug 30 2019 12:13PM
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Titus69
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.nastyOh heck it’s more just the mass amounts of commuters from the valley than full on tourists. I get it, it’s expensive so most just live down there to save a buck. Kind of defeats the whole culture of a mountain community though.


Yeah it is that too but mid summer can suck ass with just all the dumbass's who come here to escape their hometown heat of a 15 degree difference for the summer. Still just so much development going on up here, everyone hears PC offers good skiing, has mtn biking everywhere and immediately just move here. People who've been here for 10+ years are bitching about it, wasnt until the last like 5 years that it really picked up I guess.
Aug 30 2019 1:00PM
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SkiBum.
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Titus69Yeah it is that too but mid summer can suck ass with just all the dumbass's who come here to escape their hometown heat of a 15 degree difference for the summer. Still just so much development going on up here, everyone hears PC offers good skiing, has mtn biking everywhere and immediately just move here. People who've been here for 10+ years are bitching about it, wasnt until the last like 5 years that it really picked up I guess.


You don’t even live here. You’re house sitting. You can’t bitch about anything.
Aug 30 2019 11:15PM
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Titus69
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SkiBum.You don’t even live here. You’re house sitting. You can’t bitch about anything.

Lived here for over a year and worked in PC since I moved here, chill out.
Aug 30 2019 11:25PM
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PeppermillReno
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SkiBum.You don’t even live here. You’re house sitting. You can’t bitch about anything.


House sitting implies hes getting hooked up with free/no rent to live in Park City and hes bitching up a storm about that what a tool. PC isn't even that expensive (apart from lodging/housing) you can get a pizza/burrito/beer for the same price as anywhere else. I get wanted to be closer to AltaBird in the winter but what idiot wouldn't rather live in Park City the summer.
Aug 31 2019 1:43AM
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Titus69
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PeppermillRenoHouse sitting implies hes getting hooked up with free/no rent to live in Park City and hes bitching up a storm about that what a tool. PC isn't even that expensive (apart from lodging/housing) you can get a pizza/burrito/beer for the same price as anywhere else. I get wanted to be closer to AltaBird in the winter but what idiot wouldn't rather live in Park City the summer.


Lol you guys need to chill the fuck out, I'm literally just saying that it's getting crowded in park city cause everyone hears how nice it is and it's getting annoying cause its turning less into a chill ski town and more so just a place where rich people wanna go to feel like they're outdoorsy. Living theres the only expensive part, otherwise food and other things to do arent really more expensive than anywhere else.
Aug 31 2019 9:33AM
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