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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Ski Salt Lake Shootout
The Ski Salt Lake Shootout inaugural competition produced magazine covers and images published worldwide. The shootout returned for its sophomore run Feb. 22-26, 2009 and Solitude provided the background for many memorable images sure to grace a few magazine pages next winter! Photographers and athletes were paired to battle for cash prizes and bragging rights [...]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Aerial Mountain Tour of Solitude
Can’t afford to hire a private heli for the day? Well, grab a seat in ours and feast your eyes on a scenic ride from frontside groomers to the depths of Honeycomb Canyon. Soar and float like a bird above skiers and boarders making their way down the hill – with no risk of motion [...]
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
Solitude’s Nordic Center Offers Great Instruction
One on One instruction @ the Solitude Nordic Center One of the benefits of working at a mountain resort is occasionally we do an employee specific event, like we did last night at the Nordic Center. The idea was simple, expose our employees to something here at Solitude they would never otherwise do on their [...]
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Getting Off The Beaten Path
Last weeks fury of powder days left most of us exhausted: all the non-stop top to bottom runs, screaming “THAT was the best run of the year”, and repeating the cycle. Now that the skies have cleared and warm air and sun are plentiful the draw to being outside is great – far greater than [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Guest Post: Adam Barker
In a good way, mind you. The last couple of days have been full of deep snow, cold hands and big grins. Where else for all of this to take place but Solitude Mtn. Resort? I love Little Cottowood Canyon and it’s associated resorts as much as any powder-crazed skier/photographer, but man Solitude can hold [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Guest Post: James Douglas
Visitors come to Solitude, walk through this village and often think to themselves “How cool it would be to live here!!” Well folks I’m here to answer that question for you and the answer is… just as cool as you think it would be. I’ve been a resident here in the Solitude Village for two [...]
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Engaged at Solitude
From Solitude’s newest happy couple: “I wanted to let someone at Solitude know! We met in a ski shop and spent the next day, New Year’s Day 2008, skiing together at Solitude. This New Year’s Day we spent the day skiing together at Solitude when Justin took me up Summit and then got down on one [...]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Sushi at the Squirrel
The Thirsty Squirrel’s food menu continues to improve each winter. Last winter food was upgraded from your classic pub fare of nachos and nachos grande to include quesadillas and warm artichoke dip, as well as potato skins and hummus. This season, however, the Squirrel has kicked it up a notch by bringing in Hungry Tuna [...]
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Guest Post: Adam Barker
Today was my first visit to Solitude Mtn. Resort this winter. One of my favorite things about visiting Solitude is the drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon. I fell in love with this canyon several years ago during a brief work stint up at Solitude. I came to know it intimately. I saw its many moods–weather [...]
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Take an aerial tour of Solitude Village
Click here to start a video of Solitude Village from a Bird’s Eye View.