Solitude Mountain Resort
Solitude Mountain Resort
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Serenity awaits at 10,488 feet on a mountainside where fresh powder can linger untouched for days and your inner peace aligns with your outer grin. Located in one of the snowiest canyons in North America and only 30 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, Solitude Mountain Resort features 82 named runs and 3 bowls spread over 1,200 acres of skiing and riding, including access to some of the most exciting off-piste terrain in the country. A variety of lodging options are available in Solitude’s charming village, along with an array of delectable dining choices, both on and off the mountain. All of our amenities are served with a smile by our friendly, unhurried staff, available to ensure your stay is memorable.
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Oxford, MI306 contributions
Mar 2021 • Couples
We visited on Friday, 3/12. The parking fee is $20 but we arrived at the Moonbeam Base Area at about 8 am so were less than 50 yards to the steps that lead up to the Moonbeam Express Lift. Get here early and know your license plate number so you can pay the parking fee at the machines next to the steps.
The whiteboards next to the lifts indicated they got 9” of snow in the last 24 hours so we skied ungroomed sections for a challenge though liked the groomers here. We took Moonbeam Lift to Powderhorn II Lift. The main portion of Diamond Lane was groomed while the right side leading to the Summit Express chair had some bumps. We like steeper groomed runs so did this one twice. It was a bit icy underneath but good fun. The un-groomed right side took a little more time.
It is an easy ski from Powderhorn II via Eagle Ridge Run to the Challenger and Serenity runs. We especially liked these black runs for their steepness and width among beautiful sections of trees. Challenger had a bit of ice underneath new powder but nothing treacherous. Serenity was similar.
We had a five minute wait for the Summit Express lift but the loading process was smooth because a Solitude guide was directing the lines. The lift didn’t stop though it slowed a couple of times on the way up. The summit is a good place for picture as there is plenty of room to the left of right of the lift exit. Dynamite was recommended as a longer Blue run from the summit. It was more crowded but we stopped for photos and to do an un-groomed section.
For lunch we stopped at the Last Chance Lodge. The Veggie Chili and Turkey Chili ($11 each) were both great. It was at least 8 oz, hot, thick and filling. Because of COVID-19 restrictions there was no seating inside though there are high tables where we stood and ate. There are plenty of picnic tables and plastic lounge chairs outside.
Toward the end of the day we skied the off the Sunrise and Apex Express Lifts. The Sunrise area was quiet and Northstar, Timber Line, and Sensation (all Blues) were uncrowded and well groomed. The Sunrise lift was the slowest at Solitude but the scenery is beautiful. Blue Spruce was a favorite off the Apex Lift. It’s not as steep as some of the black runs but well groomed.
Overall our favorite runs were Diamond Lane, Challenger, Serenity and Dynamite. We enjoyed Solitude for snow, varied terrain, being uncrowded and good layout.
The whiteboards next to the lifts indicated they got 9” of snow in the last 24 hours so we skied ungroomed sections for a challenge though liked the groomers here. We took Moonbeam Lift to Powderhorn II Lift. The main portion of Diamond Lane was groomed while the right side leading to the Summit Express chair had some bumps. We like steeper groomed runs so did this one twice. It was a bit icy underneath but good fun. The un-groomed right side took a little more time.
It is an easy ski from Powderhorn II via Eagle Ridge Run to the Challenger and Serenity runs. We especially liked these black runs for their steepness and width among beautiful sections of trees. Challenger had a bit of ice underneath new powder but nothing treacherous. Serenity was similar.
We had a five minute wait for the Summit Express lift but the loading process was smooth because a Solitude guide was directing the lines. The lift didn’t stop though it slowed a couple of times on the way up. The summit is a good place for picture as there is plenty of room to the left of right of the lift exit. Dynamite was recommended as a longer Blue run from the summit. It was more crowded but we stopped for photos and to do an un-groomed section.
For lunch we stopped at the Last Chance Lodge. The Veggie Chili and Turkey Chili ($11 each) were both great. It was at least 8 oz, hot, thick and filling. Because of COVID-19 restrictions there was no seating inside though there are high tables where we stood and ate. There are plenty of picnic tables and plastic lounge chairs outside.
Toward the end of the day we skied the off the Sunrise and Apex Express Lifts. The Sunrise area was quiet and Northstar, Timber Line, and Sensation (all Blues) were uncrowded and well groomed. The Sunrise lift was the slowest at Solitude but the scenery is beautiful. Blue Spruce was a favorite off the Apex Lift. It’s not as steep as some of the black runs but well groomed.
Overall our favorite runs were Diamond Lane, Challenger, Serenity and Dynamite. We enjoyed Solitude for snow, varied terrain, being uncrowded and good layout.
Written March 13, 2021
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Darcy Z
Toronto, Canada398 contributions
Jan 2020
Our first time to Solitude, skied here for a week and had a blast. Our family skies mostly blues/single blacks, trees and the occasional double blacks. We usually stick to either interior BC or Utah for the nice fluffy light snow. Got 15 inches of fresh powder mid week and totally loved it (plus a few more inches on other days). The day after the storm was even better snow conditions with some sun peaking thru and even kept finding powder stashes thru some tree runs or traversing a bit over Honeycomb Canyon (try to get to Princes of Wales or Boundary Chutes for freshies) 2-3 days later. Hated the end of Woodlawn as it funnels down to a narrow run with huge bumps, people falling all over the place (side trees were no better). Some parts of Honeycomb Canyon were closed during the heavy snow fall days.
Almost all of the lifts were fast and efficient with minimal lineups, except the Sunrise lift which is slow and needs to be updated. On the day of the big snowfall, they had setup more ropes for anticipated lineups, but it was still surprisingly empty in the mornings.
Had a lot of fun on powder days going down Milk Run and Headwall Forest. Even the ski passage to Brighton was full of powder and mostly untouched (signage is not the best though). A bit of a tough cat track on the route back from Brighton though, especially after a long day of skiing.
During the cold and windy days, we stayed in the trees around the Eagle express area and had a lot of fun.
It's not a huge mountain compared to some of the other larger resorts nearby in Utah, but still enough challenging terrain to keep us entertained for a week of skiing.
We stayed at the Eagle Springs Lodge east, was a bit of a walk to and from the Apex Express lift each morning (not true ski in/out). Rental/repair shop was excellent, as I had to get my son's ski binding re-mounted after a few screws came loose (poor work from another installer). Shops at the village are small and don't sell a lot of gear for skiing (eg. I couldn't find a pair of ski insoles for my ski boots).
Meals at Honeycomb Grill was excellent, but lunch at Roundhouse lodge and dinner at St Bernard's was just mediocre. There is a very tiny food shop at Eagle Springs lodge, they also sell beer/wines and some foods. Don't expect to find food items to be able to cook a full meal there (think instant noodles, pasta with sauce, frozen meat pies, etc).
Highly recommend Solitude for some solid family skiing. Just don't expect too much nightlife or shopping in the village area. Come for the snow and challenging terrain, especially for those skiers that are intermediate to advanced levels.
Almost all of the lifts were fast and efficient with minimal lineups, except the Sunrise lift which is slow and needs to be updated. On the day of the big snowfall, they had setup more ropes for anticipated lineups, but it was still surprisingly empty in the mornings.
Had a lot of fun on powder days going down Milk Run and Headwall Forest. Even the ski passage to Brighton was full of powder and mostly untouched (signage is not the best though). A bit of a tough cat track on the route back from Brighton though, especially after a long day of skiing.
During the cold and windy days, we stayed in the trees around the Eagle express area and had a lot of fun.
It's not a huge mountain compared to some of the other larger resorts nearby in Utah, but still enough challenging terrain to keep us entertained for a week of skiing.
We stayed at the Eagle Springs Lodge east, was a bit of a walk to and from the Apex Express lift each morning (not true ski in/out). Rental/repair shop was excellent, as I had to get my son's ski binding re-mounted after a few screws came loose (poor work from another installer). Shops at the village are small and don't sell a lot of gear for skiing (eg. I couldn't find a pair of ski insoles for my ski boots).
Meals at Honeycomb Grill was excellent, but lunch at Roundhouse lodge and dinner at St Bernard's was just mediocre. There is a very tiny food shop at Eagle Springs lodge, they also sell beer/wines and some foods. Don't expect to find food items to be able to cook a full meal there (think instant noodles, pasta with sauce, frozen meat pies, etc).
Highly recommend Solitude for some solid family skiing. Just don't expect too much nightlife or shopping in the village area. Come for the snow and challenging terrain, especially for those skiers that are intermediate to advanced levels.
Written January 12, 2020
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Dan M
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Feb 2022 • Friends
After passing on a ski trip while we were home in Oregon because of weather and holiday crowds, my daughter and I decided to fly to Salt Lake City and ski at solitude in late January. Our flights were about 1 3/4 hours from Palm Springs and Los Angeles. We took an Uber to our condo at Solitude Village, which took 45 minutes to an hour. The condo was across the walkway from the ski rental shop, a deli and upstairs from two restaurants. We were about 100 yards from the closest chairlift. All service employees were very courteous and helpful. And most importantly the skiing was excellent.
Written February 1, 2022
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VirginiaSusieQ
Burke, VA26 contributions
Mar 2024 • Family
Solitude had great snow the week we were there in March. The skiing was great for our expert skiers--they loved the tree runs and the Honeycomb Canyon area. The blues off of the Sunrise lift were good for our intermediate skiers. The less experienced or more cautious skiers did not have as much to ski at Solitude. The lodging was comfortable, but our stay was marred by the unexpectedly difficult and costly parking. Our extended family had 2 cars and only one parking spot. The booking agent, Vacasa, failed to advise us in advance of Solitude's parking system changes. Solitude charged us $350 a week to scrounge for parking for the 2nd car in a small, snow-covered parking lot.
Written March 19, 2024
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DaveUSA1066
Salt Lake City, UT3 contributions
Feb 2024 • Family
The parking reservations are a complete joke at solitude. They let people reserve way in advance so the parking reservations are gone for the season within a few weeks of them opening up the reservation. Then people cancel the day before without penalty for taking a reservation and holding it for perhaps months. So others are left checking and waiting for a person who has no financial penalty to decide to cancel
A joke
A joke
Written March 15, 2024
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Matt A
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Dec 2020 • Couples
I would highly advise against anyone planning on staying here. The overall experience I’ve had has been a run around of lies and incompetence of this resort. After booking a three night stay at the Inn a month and a half in advance. We called a couple weeks prior to our stay to ensure our room and everything was set. It was at this time that the receptionist was having difficulty pulling up our reservation due to a system switch they recently had done. After being on the phone for more than half an hour we were able to get assurances that our reservation and room were indeed confirmed.
However when it came time to checking in we noticed our room number was different. When we inquired about the change we were simply told the room had been “switched somehow and there’s nothing they can do because all the rooms are full”. This is quite an inconvenience being the room we originally booked had accommodations that my wife requires. When this issue was brought to attention the receptionist tried getting us in contact with the Inn Manager. (Nicholas Shanor) He however would not speak to us and we were instructed that he was approving a $25 gift card to spend anywhere at the resort. If we had any issues the only way we could contact him was through his email. We were assured though he was aware of our situation and was on standby with his computer so he could resolve our issue. We tried emailing him only to get no response. I find this all extremely unacceptable and a very lousy way of handling the situation especially from a manager. For me and my family to travel here with CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS and spending countless hundreds if not close to over a thousand dollars to be here. Only to basically be told we’re SOL and be brushed off with a $25 gift card like that makes everything better and fixes the situation. If you have to money to travel this is a very lousy establishment and I’d never recommend this place of stay to anyone. Next time I’ll be at The Bird.
I will say the receptionist was awesome and definitely did her best to help!
However when it came time to checking in we noticed our room number was different. When we inquired about the change we were simply told the room had been “switched somehow and there’s nothing they can do because all the rooms are full”. This is quite an inconvenience being the room we originally booked had accommodations that my wife requires. When this issue was brought to attention the receptionist tried getting us in contact with the Inn Manager. (Nicholas Shanor) He however would not speak to us and we were instructed that he was approving a $25 gift card to spend anywhere at the resort. If we had any issues the only way we could contact him was through his email. We were assured though he was aware of our situation and was on standby with his computer so he could resolve our issue. We tried emailing him only to get no response. I find this all extremely unacceptable and a very lousy way of handling the situation especially from a manager. For me and my family to travel here with CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS and spending countless hundreds if not close to over a thousand dollars to be here. Only to basically be told we’re SOL and be brushed off with a $25 gift card like that makes everything better and fixes the situation. If you have to money to travel this is a very lousy establishment and I’d never recommend this place of stay to anyone. Next time I’ll be at The Bird.
I will say the receptionist was awesome and definitely did her best to help!
Written December 16, 2020
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nikki45
Belmont7 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
We parked at Eagle Nest and the parking was very icy. They had only received 4 inches of new snow overnight but below the new snow, it was so slippery and unsafe. The resort did not get snow for over a week and it was warmer. We had a rental SUV (not 4x4) and 6 people try to help us over the little hill by pushing our suv to get to the main parking but you had no traction. It took someone to tow us and even they were sliding. This is not acceptable to require $35 parking and not plow and put sand on the ground to avoid those kind of issues. No one at Solitude was helpful. Thanks to good people on the parking lot to offer us help.
Written February 2, 2024
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Robert P
2 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
Happy 65th Birthday Solitude! I was disappointed when staff advised us to be out of the lounge at 345pm in honor of the special event closed to the public to celebrate the 65th birthday of Solitude Resort! As a paying customer finishing up on my paid meal and beverage at the lodge, I was disappointed since my lift ticket was also good until 4pm. The management would have better served to begin their celebratory party after the paying customers who contributed to the success of 65 years had left for the day. Instead they were invited to promptly leave early. As a paying customer, far less loyal than others, I was disappointed in the show and lack of customer appreciation from the management. I would have been more upset if I was one of the patrons locked out of the mountainside lodge doors after coming down the hill. Very Subtle display of priorities, Solitude.
Written December 18, 2022
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Cl
2 contributions
Mar 2023 • Solo
Until they can figure out how to get people to and from their mountain it is not worth going to. Paid parking is now $35. Their reasoning is for people to take the bus but the UTA has the worst bus service. The resort needs to rent their own buses to shuttle people up if they don't have enough parking like other mountains do.
Written November 13, 2023
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Jessica E
1 contribution
Dec 2024 • Family
Solitude didn’t open one of their lifts until 40 minutes after opening for who knows what reason. Did they bother to let anyone know that? Nope. So people stood in a line for 40 minutes. This isn’t the first time this kind of thing has happened. I’ve skied here for twenty years. Customer service and operations management has declined significantly the past five years, as prices have skyrocketed and we have to jump through more and more hoops just to get on the mountain.
Written December 30, 2024
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Planning a trip for a family of 4 (2 teenage boys) in early April; first time visiting and have a few questions:
-How are ski conditions at that time of year, typically?
-We'll be staying on property...anywhere in the area we should check out? (We do plan to go over to Brighton at least 1 day to ski.)
-If we drive from SLC, is a 4WD vehicle necessary?
-It doesn't look like Solitude has any terrain parks, is that correct? How about Brighton?
-My boys and I ski mostly blue/occasional single black and my wife skis mostly green and some blue. Terrain-wise is Solitude our best bet?
-Anything else we should be aware of before we come out?
Thanks in advance!
Written February 24, 2021
April is very good for skiing. The season usually goes well into May. There is nothing else to do there but ski at the resort. You can ski to Brighton.
Written March 8, 2021
What’s the best way to get from the airport to Solitude? Should I rent a 4wd vehicle or take some sort of shuttle or Uber?
Written January 30, 2019
Canyon transport is what we took. Then they worry about the rest and we watched the scenery.
The roads were clear so they had no issues getting us to and from.
Written January 30, 2019
Are your lift tickets good for Solitude and Brighton?
Written January 17, 2019
You have to buy tickets for both areas if you want to ski both areas. Otherwise, the ski ticket is only good for one area. The other challenge is if there is avalanche hazard, they do not let you ski between the 2. At those times, you would have to take a bus between the 2 resorts which takes about a 5minute drive.
Written January 17, 2019
What is the most economical way to purchase lift passes for Solitude Mountain?
Written February 10, 2017
Stefanie S
Solitude, Utah
Thank you for inquiring about purchasing lift tickets for Solitude Mountain Resort. The most economical way to purchase multi-day lift tickets is through the resort's website (SkiSolitde). If you plan to purchase a single lift ticket the day you go skiing, then those tickets can be purchased at one of the ticket windows at the resort. Please reach out if you have any additional questions. Thank you,
Written February 12, 2017
I am a beginner snowboarder. Is there enough green and blue runs for a beginner. Also, I am looking at Snowbasin and Powder Mountain as other ideas for less crowded slopes to snowboard.
Written January 22, 2017
Stefanie S
Solitude, Utah
Hi,
Thank you for reaching out to Solitude Mountain resort regarding your trip to Solitude. We have a variety of uncrowded runs with enough beginner and intermediate terrain to keep anyone happy. Our wide runs, soft snow surfaces and excellent snowboard instructors will help you excel quickly.
Please refer to the Solitude website; What To Do; Snowsports Academy for additional information.
Let me know if you have any additional questions.
Happy travels,
Written January 25, 2017
We need to house 9 adults and 5 kids. Where is the best place to stay?? We can split up but wanted it to be a family holiday after Xmas.
Written October 12, 2016
Stefanie S
Solitude, Utah
Thank you for contacting Solitude Mountain Resort regarding lodging. Solitude’s lodging options include a collection of condominiums, townhomes and private homes for rent by Solitude Resort Lodging’s team. A full range of room types, from ski-in / ski-out hotel rooms to luxury condominiums and houses with kitchens and all the comforts of home, are available.
All of the lodging options offer full concierge services as well as access to Club Solitude’s gym, game room, media room and steaming outdoor pool and hot tub. Guests will also enjoy underground parking and ski lockers. Please contact one of our vacation planner and they will be able to assist you with your lodging questions. Call 800-748-4754.
Written October 13, 2016
I will be visiting in Feburary 2016 and am wondering what is the best way to get to Solitude? I am torn between renting a car or taking a shuttle. Thanks for any tips!
Written December 7, 2015
Rent a car and drive 30 minutes. I like renting over the shuttle because your not on a time clock plus you can go to other neighboring resorts easier.
Written October 13, 2016
I want to know what kind of parking is available for your guests. The Best Western website says "limited free parking." Is there enough parking available for all guests? Is it limited? How close is it to the hotel? Is it covered parking? Thanks
Written February 26, 2015
I didn't stay at the resort but for day skiers there is plenty of free parking in the outdoor lot. I skied on a holiday weekend and did not have trouble parking.
Written February 26, 2015
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