Utah ski resorts are ready for winter 

The first flakes of snow are starting to accumulate in the mountains of Utah, and ski resorts there are ready to welcome the white stuff with comprehensive changes and improvements to their facilities.

Some of those changes are described below:

• Deer Valley skiing has more than doubled in size, marking the largest resort expansion in ski industry history for the 2025-26 season. This winter, Deer Valley will debut seven new lifts – including the East Village Express, a 10-passenger gondola linking the new East Village to Park Peak. The resort now features 31 total lifts, 202 ski runs, and 4,300 skiable acres.
• The Chateaux Deer Valley has completed a full guest room renovation. Visitors can expect updated designs, furnishings and modernized fixtures throughout the property.
• The Inn at Sundance Mountain Resort will open its doors this winter, with 63 ski-in/ski-out hotel-style rooms located close to the Outlaw Express lift in the heart of the Resort Village. It features expansive views of Mt. Timpanogos. The Inn will also boast an art gallery and a wellness center that will offer daily yoga classes, plus a ski valet and boot room to store gear.
• Brian Head Resort has invested over US$1.4 million in upgrades for the 2025–26 winter season. Enhancements include expanded snowmaking, new gladed runs on Navajo Mtn., upgraded rentals and new ski patrol equipment. Last winter, the resort set a record with 181 skiable days – the longest season in its 60-year history – thanks to snowmaking and grooming improvements.
• Beaver Mountain will debut a brand-new day lodge for the 2025–26 season, called Marge’s Cabin. The new facility honors Beaver Mountain matriarch Marge Seeholzer. As the oldest continuously family-owned ski area in the country, Beaver Mountain continues to invest in the guest experience while preserving its legacy.

• Snowbird’s new mid-mountain restaurant, The Nest, features Swiss floor-to-ceiling glass windows on 3 sides, presenting panoramic views that frame the valley below, along with the surrounding peaks of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
• Snowbasin has executed a full replacement and enhancement of one of the resort’s chairs with a new high-speed detachable quad will reduce ride time from 12 minutes to under seven. Also, the 2025–26 season will mark the debut of RFID gate access across all base-area lifts at Snowbasin, streamlining lift entry and reducing wait times by up to 25%.
• Park City Mountain is elevating the guest experience for 2025–26 with the debut of the Sunrise Gondola, a high-speed 10-person lift that will streamline the ride to Red Pine Lodge and the resort’s improved beginner terrain. The upgrade is expected to ease base area flow and create a more seamless experience for families and first-timers.
• More ski terrain is on its way to Powder Mountain for the 2026-27 season. The resort is in the construction stages of a new triple lift in Wolf Canyon that will offer lift access to some of the best expert and advanced terrain in Northern Utah. The new lift will add 900 acres of lift-served runs and 147 acres of hike-to terrain, including wide open bowls, prime glades and expert chutes. The area will remain out of bounds during the 2025/2026 season, but a guided backcountry tour can be booked to see this new terrain.