Park City
Host to a third of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games events, this silver-mining mecca turned tony resort town just 40 minutes from the Salt Lake City International Airport continues to welcome the world’s best skiers (and tenacious neophytes) to the 9,026 acres that comprise its three adjacent ski areas. But why risk life and limb when you can lounge at the Egyptian Theatre on Park City’s historic Main Street and release some pent-up adrenaline by watching an independent thriller during the Sundance Film Festival? Every January, this super-hyped, celebrity-studded affair ambushes the quaint town’s 100-plus restaurants and bars, 20-plus art galleries, and dozens of shops and boutiques, so you may want to skip ahead to February if you’re after winter-wonderland solitude. There’s still plenty to do, whether sleigh riding, snowshoeing, ice skating, hot-air ballooning, or even bobsledding down the same track used in the Olympics (to be followed by an indulgent spa day, of course).
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