This property was the perfect home base for a week of skiing and snowboarding around the holidays! The area is a rural Utah community, with gas stations and a small grocery within 15 minutes, with beautiful views of the mountains reflecting off of the lake from the back porch of the condo. There is a small hot tub that is clean and well maintained that got used every night to relax our sore muscles. The kitchen had everything we could ask for and I did most of our cooking for the week---from a slow cooked rib roast, to breakfast bowls, the kitchen was appointed with all the necessary equipment to allow for fine dining and packing lunch up on the mountain. The condo master suite was terrific and private, so the teens had their own space downstairs and mom and dad got some peace and quiet!
Within an easy drive are two large ski resorts---but they have buses that come to the condo if you don't want to share your car that day! Not far away are several other larger, more populated ski resorts that make for a very easy day trip. Lots of shopping less than an hour away in Salt Lake City. Check out Red Rock Brewery and Red Iguana for casual dining in SLC and we found a great new wine bar, Stanza, on our way back to the airport for lovely italian dining!
The condo complex was very quiet and relaxing and the people we met were all friendly. There's a new breakfast place, only open on weekends, The Blue Coyote Cafe (which at first glance made me wonder if we should have driven in to Ogden) was a fabulous buffet and at a great price for a family of four. The owners were incredibly thoughtful and kind answering our "newcomer" questions and the food was terrific(but ask fro the beignets!) We found the best rental gear and service, as luck would have it, at the top of Powder Mountain in their ski shop. We went to four other places in Ogden and Eden and found the service to be adolescent, at best, and the gear mediocre. Powder was generous with never-used boards and ski gear that met and exceeded our needs. We found Powder Mountain to be a fabulous ski mountain for our family of four east coasters! Not a lot of double blacks(but we don't really need those) but tons of fresh powder runs---no man made snow on the mountain. Also, no alcohol on the slopes but that may be a Utah thing(I could have used an Irish Coffee at the top of the mountain on a cold afternoon!)