United States
1 / 9Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon, 40 minutes from Salt Lake City: forest runs, Honeycomb Canyon backcountry, two terrain parks and a link to Brighton.
Trail information
Solitude sits in Big Cottonwood Canyon about forty minutes from Salt Lake City, and most of the skiing threads through open mountain forest. Beyond the marked runs it is known for the backcountry terrain of Honeycomb Canyon and for two parks: a mellow one on the Main Street run-out and a steeper one on North Star.
A marked route links the resort with neighbouring Brighton and back, which effectively doubles the terrain on offer. There is no night skiing, and the resort publishes no fixed ticket price at all: the rate moves with the date and with how much has already sold, so buying online in advance is the cheapest way in.
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Coxs Creek
Shepherdsville
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What visitors say about the resort
The praise is for the snow and the shape of the mountain: Big Cottonwood collects plenty of dry powder, and the terrain mixes open bowls, steep chutes, cruisers and tree runs. Honeycomb Canyon is treated as the prize, holding fresh snow long after the front side has been skied off. Reviewers also like the calm atmosphere, the compact walkable village, and lift tickets that undercut better-known Utah resorts.
Crowding now draws criticism: since the resort joined Ikon, locals report twenty to thirty minute lines on storm days and the mountain skied out within a couple of hours. The lift layout is another gripe - getting back out of Honeycomb means riding down to a dedicated return chair and changing again. Parking generates plenty of complaints: spaces are limited, weekends need a paid reservation, and the canyon road backs up. Evenings are quiet and dining choice is narrow.
An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.
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