Park City trips and vacations
Just an hour outside Salt Lake City, Park City is home to three world-class ski resorts. But vacations to Park City are about more than plentiful snow. You’ll find five-star restaurants, designer boutiques and hip galleries in the city’s rustic Western storefronts and artwork by graffiti superstar Banksy scattered around town. And once a year the glitterati arrive to celebrate the famous Sundance Film Festival.
Park City vacation highlights
Ski scene
Vacations to Park City are all about snow sports, with Utah’s legendary powder blanketing the slopes from November through April. The city co-hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 2002, and visitors can reap the benefits at Utah Olympic Park, a 400-acre wonderland with six Nordic ski jumps and one of only four sliding tracks in North America.
Hollywood on ice
Every January, Park City transforms as filmmakers, celebrities and paparazzi descend for the Sundance Film Festival. Most screenings are open to the general public, so this is your chance to see big-deal films first, alongside their stars. Or catch a movie at the ornate Egyptian Theatre on Main Street, where some of the great films of the last 50 years premiered.
Where to stay
The hotels in downtown Park City have a Wild West feel with an upscale gloss — and they put you mere steps from the best dining and shopping. For spas and ski-in-ski-out privileges, look to larger resorts, which are also convenient to downtown. To save on hotels, explore options in the nearby Kimball Junction area.
Things to do in Park City
Take in the culture
Trade the cold outdoors for a dose of world-class culture at one of the city’s museums. View stagecoaches, recreated mines and an underground jail at the interactive Park City Museum, which showcases the city’s past. Explore ski fashion and the evolution of snowboards at the Alf Engen Ski Museum, inside Utah Olympic Park. For international art, cruise the Kimball Art Center galleries.
Shopping
If you love to shop, you’ll be in seventh heaven here. Luxury stores cluster around Main Street, offering everything from urban fashion labels to upscale cowboy duds and, of course, ski gear. To bring a bit of Park City back home, check out any of the carefully curated home goods stores.
Places to eat
Park City’s buzzy food scene rotates around elevated comfort cuisine in cozy but glitzy settings. Handmade pastas, sky-high stacks of buttermilk biscuits and farm-fresh meats populate local menus. Michelin chefs have run pop-ups here, and at night, craft cocktails fuel the apres-ski scene. Pop into the High West Distillery tasting room to sample the city’s award-winning whiskey.
