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Just 32 miles from downtown Salt Lake City is a quaint little resort town known as Park City. The town’s main attraction is the championship caliber ski resorts that employ many of the town’s year round residents.

There are 3 main ski resorts in Park City; Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort, and The Canyons Resort. Deer Valley is open to just skiers while The Park City and The Canyons Resort ski resorts allow both skiing and snowboarding.

Park City Mountain Resort hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics and held the all the snowboard events and the men’s and women’s alpine giant slalom events. They also hold many of the training courses used by the U.S. Ski Team. The Olympic-sized halfpipe, used in the 2002 Winter Olympics, is one of the most visible runs at the resort.

Deer Valley catering to skiers and provides them with upscale amenities and world class slopes to ski. Snowboarding is prohibited at Deer Valley. The freestyle moguls, aerial and alpine slalom events in the 2002 Winter Olympics were held there. The International Ski Federation routinely holds competition at Deer Valley.

The Canyons Resort used to be known as Park City West and considered the sister to the Park City Mountain Resort. The resort was purchased by American Skiing Company in ‘97 and renamed The Canyons Resort. The Canyons is now owned by Talisker Corporation.

The area is rich in second homes, villas, and condos in gated and non-gated private communities. One of the crowning jewels of the area is Wolf Creek Ranch. This gated community has much to offer in Rocky Mountain life and luxury amenities. The community features 24/7 manned gatehouse and electronic entry.

The community features over 50 miles of trails that are great for walking, biking, hiking, and horseback riding. Fly fishing in the Provo River is popular among residents of Wolf Creek Ranch. The 26 acre equestrian center offers a 28-stall stable with tack room, a hay storage barn, an equipment barn, lunge rings, and an outdoor riding area.

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Park City was recognized in 2008 as one of the 20 “prettiest towns” in America by Traveler Magazine. If you love to ski, don’t hesitate to plan your Park City Utah.

Hubert Miles is the founder of Gated Communities USA which features the best Master Planned Communities in the USA and Internationally. Find information on Master Planned Skiing Communities.

Tags: equestrian community, horse community, land conservation community, mountain community, utah
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