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Ski the backcountry with the Interconnect Tour

PARK CITY, Utah — The Ski Utah Interconnect Adventure Tour is an opportunity to experience both the backcountry terrain and front-country resorts of the Wasatch Mountain Range. Through skiing up to 6 resorts in one day, expert skiers get to experience all angles of the Wasatch. Skiers get to tour Deer Valley, Park City, Brighton, Solitude, Snowbird, and Alta all in one ski day. 

The tours operate seven days a week, weather and conditions permitting. Participants will ski resort terrain & the backcountry terrain between and through as many as six* resorts in one day. Interconnect Adventure Tour guides are trained in snow safety and backcountry etiquette.

Client Requirements

All participants must be advanced to expert skiers in good physical condition. The day requires walking, hiking, traversing, and of course skiing, but all this is done in diverse snow conditions. In the backcountry, Mother Nature will decide the snow conditions, be confident your guides will search out the best conditions, as they want to ski quality too!

Participants must be 15 years or older. Participants between ages 15 and 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. This tour is not designed for the timid.

Due to the nature of the Interconnect Adventure Tour, snowboarding is not permitted. (Deer Valley Resort® and Alta do not allowing snowboarding)

Safety Equipment provided by PiepsBlack Diamond

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All Interconnect participants will be outfitted with Pieps new Powder BT avalanche beacon. The Powder BT has a 60-meter circular range, three antennas for pinpoint search accuracy, a self-check function for always-accurate antennas, and Digital Signal Processing to account for wayward beacon signals, the Powder BT is the go-to beacon for serious backcountry travelers. The Pieps US Store

If you would like to find out more about Pieps beacons, the acclaimed Jetforce avalanche airbags, the very first iProbe, or more traditional avalanche tools:

Route Options

Deer Valley Tour Departures:
The more approachable tour route. The Deer Valley departing tour is a true traverse of the Wasatch Mountain range, with opportunities to experience Deer Valley, Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, Snowbird & the backcountry terrain between these resorts. This tour covers an average of 25 miles, requires good physical condition and the ability to ski variable ski conditions.

Snowbird Tour Departures:
The more advanced and physically demanding tour route. The Snowbird departing tours requires more hiking, more sidestepping & a stronger skier, with opportunities to experience Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude & the backcountry terrain between these resorts.

Custom Departures Only available for Private Tours:
Offering unique routes. Custom routes offer the ability to incorporate touring equipment, requested start or finish resort, and/or a custom route.

If you would like to purchase an Interconnect Tour as a present, we can issue a certificate that is good for the purchase price, for the life of the tour no expiration date. You can purchase a gift certificate from our online gear store.

Tour Rates

Open Tour
$450 plus tax
  • Open Tours require a minimum of 3 reservations in order to operate
  • The maximum group size is 8
  • Open Tours operate as group travel, varying ability levels may be present
  • Tour route is chosen by the initiating reservation

Private Tour
$1,499 plus tax
accommodate the first 3 clients
each additional client $300.
Benefits of booking a private tour:
  • Clients can choose their preferred tour route, terrain difficulty and start/finish location
  • If your group consists of 4 or more, a private tour is more economical. All clients, after the first three, are only $300 per person.
  • Private Tours can accommodate a larger group, up-to 12 clients.
  • There are no client minimums in order to operate.
  • Only private tours have the option to incorporate the use of touring equipment (ie. skins)

Tour operates 7 days a week, lunch & transportation* included

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