With Brighton getting 14 inches of snow yesterday, it seemed like a good time to fire up our planning thread for Westfest 2019. As usual, the core of the event will be skiing the four Cottonwood Canyon resorts of Snowbird, Alta, Brighton and Solitude, with two "prefest" days for those who wish to arrive early.
Dates
Tuesday January 22nd (Prefest)
Wednesday January 23rd (Prefest)
Thursday January 24th (Snowbird)
Friday January 25th (Alta)
Saturday January 26th (Solitude)
Sunday January 27th (Brighton)
Although the dates are firm, the actual resorts may change based on ticket deals, so stay tuned and don't commit to specific ticket deals until we confirm the locations.
Tickets and Hotels
We have moved the event forwards a week to keep it in January, so we can take advantage of the Salt Lake City "Stay and Ski Free" deal. Tom (macrophotog) is in touch with the city and will let us know details as they are available. As usual, we will plan to stay in the Sandy area. If that deal is not available, there is still the Superpass, Liftopia and multi pack deals. Stay Tuned!
Prefest
As of now the two prefest days are open. Last year folks with the Epic Pass skied Park City, but with so many new passes this year, like IKON, we wanted to give people the chance to have input on where they may ski. If Tracey and I come out early, we would probably ski Powder Mountain, as we get free reciprocity there. I think every resort in Utah is on some kind of pass, so let us know where you might like to ski. We can even add more Cottonwood days, if that works.
Transportation.
Tracey and I now have an AWD that can take five plus all their gear. We are happy to drive up to the resorts everyday we are there.
Let's start planning!
Dates
Tuesday January 22nd (Prefest)
Wednesday January 23rd (Prefest)
Thursday January 24th (Snowbird)
Friday January 25th (Alta)
Saturday January 26th (Solitude)
Sunday January 27th (Brighton)
Although the dates are firm, the actual resorts may change based on ticket deals, so stay tuned and don't commit to specific ticket deals until we confirm the locations.
Tickets and Hotels
We have moved the event forwards a week to keep it in January, so we can take advantage of the Salt Lake City "Stay and Ski Free" deal. Tom (macrophotog) is in touch with the city and will let us know details as they are available. As usual, we will plan to stay in the Sandy area. If that deal is not available, there is still the Superpass, Liftopia and multi pack deals. Stay Tuned!
Prefest
As of now the two prefest days are open. Last year folks with the Epic Pass skied Park City, but with so many new passes this year, like IKON, we wanted to give people the chance to have input on where they may ski. If Tracey and I come out early, we would probably ski Powder Mountain, as we get free reciprocity there. I think every resort in Utah is on some kind of pass, so let us know where you might like to ski. We can even add more Cottonwood days, if that works.
Transportation.
Tracey and I now have an AWD that can take five plus all their gear. We are happy to drive up to the resorts everyday we are there.
Let's start planning!
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