(Yes, the item after #12 on our Top-10 list is #D, because trying to rank Utah’s winter activities linearly from best to worst would be a fool’s errand.) December 18 – March 31 (Closed December 25 & January 1).All sliding events are free to the public. Or you can watch the experts for free at Olympic Park’s official bobsled & skeleton events. But if your thighs happen to look like tree trunks and your schedule is clear for the next four years, who knows? This may be your big break. with an extra $175 laying around can hurtle (carefully, carefully) down the same icy tube as the 2002 Olympians.

How? Just drive to Olympic Park in Park City.”Īnyone at least 16 years old and 100 lbs.

conducted an extensive sociological study about bobsledding and discovered that everyone who watches it on TV during the Olympics immediately has these two thoughts simultaneously: “What an absurd, amazing sport,” and, “ Who, exactly, bobsleds? Like, how does one start bobsledding?” To which we say: “I know, right?!” and, “ You can bobsled. So giddy up, get on your horse, and pony up the (generally very modest) resources needed to do all of the below. The pony that is winter in Utah has no fewer than a dozen tricks, because the same cold, dry air that makes the best snow on earth also creates the perfect conditions for all these other winter activities. There’s snowboarding, too, which is just as good as skiing, but Utah ain’t no two-trick pony, neither. Utah’s skiing is the best in the world, in our very educated opinion, but Utah winters aren’t a one-trick pony.

Salt flats utah during winter