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Opening Day for Snowbird’s 50th season

Michele Roepke
Dec 1, 2021

Snowbird opens for it's 50th season. Photo: Tour of Utah

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah — Today is the first day of Snowbird’s 50th Anniversary season. A lack of fresh snow didn’t hinder skiers or snowboarders from showing up for opening day bragging rights. Three of 11 lifts and 13 of 142 runs are open on a base of 27″ of human-made and natural snow.

Offering 3,240 vertical feet of terrain for all skill levels of skiers and riders, Snowbird boasts Utah’s longest ski season and annually averages 500″.

Located six miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird is a 45 min drive from Salt Lake City International Airport.

Snowbird’s 2,500 acres allows for exploring the backcountry via heli-skiing, snowcat skiing and snowmobile tours. There are four lodges and 15 restaurants.

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I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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