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Iron Blosam Snowbird in Summer

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We'd love to vacation in the mountains in the summer, but are a bit wary of the "no air conditioning" at this and other mountain resorts. We don't mind hot days but we like it cool at night. Does anyone have experience with what it is like at night in July at Iron Blosam/Snowbird? Also, we have a hold on a unit that has a loft, sleeps 8--anyone know if these units back up into the mountain or if they have a nice view? Any info appreciated!
 
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I live at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon as you head up the mountain. I love the summer. There are alot of hiking trails in the Cottonwood and Wasatch Front. There are books available Hiking the Wasatch Front for example. You have 3 canyons in the Salt Lake Valley. Milcreek, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The tram at Snowbird is open during the summer and they have some rides up there. The eating facilities are limited. I would go grocery shopping on the way up the canyon. If you are flying in, you will need to rent a car. Take I15 to 90th south. Go east or left off the freeway. Stay on that road it will curve to 94th south and stay on that road. Abouth 20th East you will hit 2 grocery stores that have good prices and you should buy your groceries there. If you are a member of Costco. We have 2 Costco's on your way. There is a Blockbuster there too for movies.

Snowbird isnt very busy in the summer. Its a slower time. Ive stayed at the Cliff and like that better but the Iron Blossom is nice. It has more cement showing. I was able to get a few rooms at the Iron Blossom for people coming in for my daughter's wedding, so Ive seen the inside rooms but have only stayed there once. As I remember, if you have the unit with the loft then there are 2 queen size beds in the loft. I think 2 queen beds in the room downstairs and maybe there is a murphy bed in the living room. There will be a balcony out the living room and large windows that look towards the ski resort. If you keep the windows open there should be enough air flow to keep things cool at night. It gets warm during the day. We go camping during July at Tanner's Flat (which is close to Snowbird) and it is comfortable at night.

You should do a day trip to Park City, its about a 45 minute drive from Snowbird. There are more restaurants and activities. You could do a day trip to downtown Salt Lake but the city center is under construction. You can get the LDS Temple area which is interesting. There are many restaurants and shopping in the Gateway area.

If you have more specific questions, ask away. There are a number of people who live in the Salt Lake area on Tugs or email me. Have fun....
 
talkamotta said:
I live at the base of Little Cottonwood Canyon as you head up the mountain. I love the summer. There are alot of hiking trails in the Cottonwood and Wasatch Front. There are books available Hiking the Wasatch Front for example. You have 3 canyons in the Salt Lake Valley. Milcreek, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The tram at Snowbird is open during the summer and they have some rides up there. The eating facilities are limited. I would go grocery shopping on the way up the canyon. If you are flying in, you will need to rent a car. Take I15 to 90th south. Go east or left off the freeway. Stay on that road it will curve to 94th south and stay on that road. Abouth 20th East you will hit 2 grocery stores that have good prices and you should buy your groceries there. If you are a member of Costco. We have 2 Costco's on your way. There is a Blockbuster there too for movies.

Snowbird isnt very busy in the summer. Its a slower time. Ive stayed at the Cliff and like that better but the Iron Blossom is nice. It has more cement showing. I was able to get a few rooms at the Iron Blossom for people coming in for my daughter's wedding, so Ive seen the inside rooms but have only stayed there once. As I remember, if you have the unit with the loft then there are 2 queen size beds in the loft. I think 2 queen beds in the room downstairs and maybe there is a murphy bed in the living room. There will be a balcony out the living room and large windows that look towards the ski resort. If you keep the windows open there should be enough air flow to keep things cool at night. It gets warm during the day. We go camping during July at Tanner's Flat (which is close to Snowbird) and it is comfortable at night.

You should do a day trip to Park City, its about a 45 minute drive from Snowbird. There are more restaurants and activities. You could do a day trip to downtown Salt Lake but the city center is under construction. You can get the LDS Temple area which is interesting. There are many restaurants and shopping in the Gateway area.

If you have more specific questions, ask away. There are a number of people who live in the Salt Lake area on Tugs or email me. Have fun....
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Just got back from 9 days skiing at Snowbird and Park City. Snowbird is very nice for skiing, but can't imagine what there would be to do in the summer. The base "village" is not very built up.

That said, you're only 10 - 12 miles from salt lake city, the city goes up almost to the ski resort. It takes 20 minutes to get to Sandy (suburb of SLC) that has more restaurants than citizens (and more traffic than you'll care for).
 
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That said, you're only 10 - 12 miles from salt lake city, the city goes up almost to the ski resort. It takes 20 minutes to get to Sandy (suburb of SLC) that has more restaurants than citizens (and more traffic than you'll care for).
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Actually, Sandy is the city that you come into as you come down out of Little Cottonwood Canyon. SLC is further north and its southern boundary is roughly I-80. There are 15 (or there abouts) cities in Salt Lake County as well as large areas of unincorporated county. To the outsider (and many who live here as well) it just looks like one big metropolis. Alta City is up near Snowbird. I haven't been up there for awhile and I'm not sure how built up Alta City is. The last I remember, it was mostly the ski resort and some houses.

I used to live in Sandy, near 9400 South (the road that Talkamotta mentioned). I could see the top of the Snowbird tram from my kitchen window. It was just a small speck that shone when it caught the sunlight.
 
donnaval said:
We'd love to vacation in the mountains in the summer, but are a bit wary of the "no air conditioning" at this and other mountain resorts. We don't mind hot days but we like it cool at night. Does anyone have experience with what it is like at night in July at Iron Blosam/Snowbird? Also, we have a hold on a unit that has a loft, sleeps 8--anyone know if these units back up into the mountain or if they have a nice view? Any info appreciated!
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How long will your vacation last? I ask because, your being from the east, you are coming along way for Salt Lake. One of the things I love most about Utah is her diversity. By that I mean, you have the mountains that have trees and has wonderful mountains for biking, hiking and golf or fishing. If you were to stay for 2 weeks, you could spend your second week in the southern part of the state, which is completely different. National Parks in Utah are wonderful. It truely is a beautiful state.
 
Thanks for all the info! It is a long trip from Western PA but fortunately we can get a nonstop flight so it won't be too bad. We do want to stay for two weeks and would be interested in southern Utah esp for the parks but actually wouldn't mind vegging out on a mountainside for a couple of weeks lol. Fresh mountain air would be our goal for this trip. So far I haven't been able to find availability in a Southern Utah timeshare to coincide with our Iron Blosam week. We may just grab another Salt Lake-area week and explore into the edges of Wyoming and Idaho and do an overnight between Zion and Bryce. (We did the Grand Canyon last year).

If it gets too hot in our non-airconditioned unit, I guess we can always buy a fan at Costco!:D
 
If you left SLC very early in the day, you could also drive to Lehmann Caves in Nevada (Great Basin NP) and drive back later in the late afternoon, early evening. It is doable. And, as I've mentioned umpteen times before, the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City is outstanding theater--and it isn't all Shakespeare. If you are planning a Bryce or Zion adventure, make an overnight stop in Cedar for one or two plays. The Big Yellow Inn is a great B&B if you make rez far enough in advance. From Cedar City you can drive to Bryce via highways 14 and 89 and see Cedar Breaks along the way. If memory serves me correctly (and that is always iffy) there is a timeshare at Brian Head Ski Resort and they supposedly have great mountain biking trails.

It is difficult to do justice to southern Utah from one central point (as in a timeshare) IMO since the driving distances are so great. I think it is better to do a driving vacation where you stay one or two nights and then go on to the next stop. You need to get off I-15. Highway 12 through Escalante and Boulder is interesting. Southwest Utah in the Moab area is fantastic--Arches NP, etc. Very different scenery than in PA!
 
The timeshare at Cedar Breaks is Monarch Grand Vacations. There are 2 other timeshares in St George through II. I would even venture into Mesquite, NV. Its less than an hour drive from Mesquite to St. George so you are adding driving time but it would work. You could actually take a day trip to Vegas, if that interests you.

If it were me, I would do the hotel thing. Actually for Bryce-4 days, I did the tent thing. Im not into tents but it was perfect. There is no other place like Bryce, they have hotels just outside the park. You could go to Moab for 2 days and see Moab and Canyonlands. For 2 weeks I would definitely do 2 different places. If not Southern Utah, try getting something in Wyoming, Idaho or Montana close to Yellowstone or Jackson Hole. You might be looking at hotels there too.
 
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