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It snowed 4 days while we were in Park City - it doesn't get much better than that.
Resort Lifts Runs Difficulty Notes
Deer Valley
Carpenter Express
Success Green very nice
Solid Muldoon Blue quite steep
Sterling Express
Homeward Bound Green Windy. Nice easy glades halfway down but we didn't do them.
Connects to Ontario, to get over to Quincy Express.
Birdseye Blue
Nabob Blue very steep
Quincy Express
Silver Strike Express
Northside Express
Ruby Express
Ontario Green Lots of places to run through the trees. Flat at the top, and very easy, but busy. Connects to Homeward Bound to get over to Silver Lake Lodge and Sterling Express.
Hidden Treasure Blue off of Ontario. Very flat at the top, short blue section.
Hawkeye Blue very nice
Lucky Star Blue a little steep
Lost Boulder Blue very nice
Sidewinder Blue a little narrow, only ran this one time
Blue Bell Blue/Green excellent
Silver Buck Green narrow, only ran this once.
Bandana Green Windy. Leads down to Empire Lodge.
Empire Express
Supreme Blue Narrow, runs on a ridge between Lady Morgan Bowl and black runs on Empire peak. Only did this once.
Alta
Albion Very slow
Sunnyside
Blue Bell Blue Untracked on 12/23/2008, and 4 feet of powder. Fell twice.
Dipsy Doodle Green Connects to Home Run trail, and also to Sugarloaf lift.
Sunnyside Green Connects to Home Run.
Home Run Green Very flat and slow. Several places to cut through the trees that looked interesting, but didn't try those.
Crooked Mile Green Best run off this lift.
Sugarloaf Summit - 10,500 feet.
Collins Return Blue very flat at the top, connects to Waldron's Way. Windy and hard to see the trail.
Waldron's Way Blue Places to drop down a steeper section if you want.
Little Dipper Blue There is a much steeper entrance to this that we tried one time, and a cutoff that is much flatter and easier that we used a lot. Nice, and we spent most of our time on this. Connects to Devil's Elbow.
Devil's Elbow Blue Nice. We spent most of our time on this. Connects from Little Dipper. Packed down by mid-day.
Roller Coaster Blue Steeper than Devil's Elbow, we only tried this once.
Solitude
Moonbeam Express
Little Dollie Green
Same Street Green Ran this a lot at the end of the day, very nice. Connects to Little Dollie at the bottom to take you back to Moonbeam Express lift to avoid flat section of Same Street and Easy Street.
Home Run Blue Short connector to bottom, only ran this once.
Hal's Hollow Blue Very nice, but only did it once. Connects to Eagle Express lift.
Apex Express
Fleet Street Blue Very nice. Ran this a lot.
Fluid Drive Blue Steeper than Fleet Street and ungroomed. Only tried this once.
Blue Spruce Blue Ungroomed, quite steep at the top. Only ran this once.
Altabird Blue Ungroomed, steep at the top. Only ran this once. Lots of places to cut through some trees.
Main Street Blue Bottom section of all the blue runs off Apex Express.
Sunrise
Summit Access Blue This was closed until 11am, connects to Summit lift and Deer Trail.
North Star Green Very nice. Ran this several times.
Powder Horn
Eagle Ridge Blue Uninteresting except for the views of the black trails. Connects to Sunshine Bowl trail. Only ran this once.
Eagle Express
Sunshine Bowl Blue Sunshine Bowl is one of the steeper blue trails I've ever seen. Ran this once coming down from Powder Horn lift, and a second time off the Eagle Express lift. Groomed in the center, ungroomed to the right side.
Summit
Liberty-Dynamite-Mine-Broadway Blue?? Fresh powder all the way down, about 3 feet deep. Some extremely steep short sections that were manageable because of all the snow on them. We only attempted this once. Spectacular views.
Birdseye Blue
Nabob Blue very steep
Quincy Express
Silver Strike Express
Northside Express
Ruby Express
Ontario Green Lots of places to run through the trees. Flat at the top, and very easy, but busy. Connects to Homeward Bound to get over to Silver Lake Lodge and Sterling Express.
Hidden Treasure Blue off of Ontario. Very flat at the top, short blue section.
Hawkeye Blue very nice
Lucky Star Blue a little steep
Lost Boulder Blue very nice
Sidewinder Blue a little narrow, only ran this one time
Blue Bell Blue/Green excellent
Silver Buck Green narrow, only ran this once.
Bandana Green Windy. Leads down to Empire Lodge.
Empire Express
Supreme Blue Narrow, runs on a ridge between Lady Morgan Bowl and black runs on Empire peak. Only did this once.
Alta
Albion Very slow
Sunnyside
Blue Bell Blue Untracked on 12/23/2008, and 4 feet of powder. Fell twice.
Dipsy Doodle Green Connects to Home Run trail, and also to Sugarloaf lift.
Sunnyside Green Connects to Home Run.
Home Run Green Very flat and slow. Several places to cut through the trees that looked interesting, but didn't try those.
Crooked Mile Green Best run off this lift.
Sugarloaf Summit - 10,500 feet.
Collins Return Blue very flat at the top, connects to Waldron's Way. Windy and hard to see the trail.
Waldron's Way Blue Places to drop down a steeper section if you want.
Little Dipper Blue There is a much steeper entrance to this that we tried one time, and a cutoff that is much flatter and easier that we used a lot. Nice, and we spent most of our time on this. Connects to Devil's Elbow.
Devil's Elbow Blue Nice. We spent most of our time on this. Connects from Little Dipper. Packed down by mid-day.
Roller Coaster Blue Steeper than Devil's Elbow, we only tried this once.
Solitude
Moonbeam Express
Little Dollie Green
Same Street Green Ran this a lot at the end of the day, very nice. Connects to Little Dollie at the bottom to take you back to Moonbeam Express lift to avoid flat section of Same Street and Easy Street.
Home Run Blue Short connector to bottom, only ran this once.
Hal's Hollow Blue Very nice, but only did it once. Connects to Eagle Express lift.
Apex Express
Fleet Street Blue Very nice. Ran this a lot.
Fluid Drive Blue Steeper than Fleet Street and ungroomed. Only tried this once.
Blue Spruce Blue Ungroomed, quite steep at the top. Only ran this once.
Altabird Blue Ungroomed, steep at the top. Only ran this once. Lots of places to cut through some trees.
Main Street Blue Bottom section of all the blue runs off Apex Express.
Sunrise
Summit Access Blue This was closed until 11am, connects to Summit lift and Deer Trail.
North Star Green Very nice. Ran this several times.
Powder Horn
Eagle Ridge Blue Uninteresting except for the views of the black trails. Connects to Sunshine Bowl trail. Only ran this once.
Eagle Express
Sunshine Bowl Blue Sunshine Bowl is one of the steeper blue trails I've ever seen. Ran this once coming down from Powder Horn lift, and a second time off the Eagle Express lift. Groomed in the center, ungroomed to the right side.
Summit
Liberty-Dynamite-Mine-Broadway Blue?? Fresh powder all the way down, about 3 feet deep. Some extremely steep short sections that were manageable because of all the snow on them. We only attempted this once. Spectacular views.
