The 2024–25 ski season in Utah begins

Salt Lake City, Utah – Even though winter won’t be here for another month, Utah’s slopes are already opening for the season.

On Friday, November 8, both Brian Head Resort in southern Utah and Solitude Mountain Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon celebrated their opening days, welcome enthusiastic skiers and snowbirds to their slopes.

The premiere of Solitude will function more as a “soft launch” for the season. Throughout the weekend, the Link lift will be open to users with Solitude and Ikon Passes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. After the weekend, the resort will close, and on Friday, November 15, it will return for business as usual.

The second-earliest opening in Brian Head’s 60-year career is being celebrated in the meantime. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the southern Utah resort will welcome visitors with top-to-bottom snowboarding on Navajo Mountain.

Some late-October storms that moved across the Beehive State and dumped snow onto Utah’s upper altitudes were advantageous to both Solitude and Brian Head. On their opening days, Brian Head’s base total reached seven inches and a foot to Solitude due to the storms and perfect snowmaking conditions.

Snowbirds searching for alternatives won’t have to wait long because the opening dates of the remaining Utah ski resorts are close to those of Brian Head and Solitude.

Below is a comprehensive list of Utah’s ski resorts’ expected opening dates as of Friday, November 8:

• Alta Ski Area – Friday, Nov. 22

• Beaver Mountain – TBA

• Brighton – Thursday, Nov. 14

• Cherry Peak – TBA

• Deer Valley – Saturday, Dec. 7

• Eagle Point – Friday, Dec. 20

• Nordic Valley – TBA

• Park City – Friday, Nov. 22

• Powder Mountain – TBA

• Snowbasin – Friday, Nov. 29

• Snowbird – Thursday, Nov. 28

• Woodward – TBA