Utah ski resorts unveiled new features this winter designed to help their visitors enjoy a day traversing their mountains and relaxing in their lodges.
Solitude Mountain Resort’s fresh amenities include a waffle shop, a snow groomer and something unique — perhaps revolutionary — to Utah ski areas: kiosks where skiers pay to park.
With this bold move, the Big Cottonwood resort is aiming to help alleviate canyon congestion. But in doing so the resort is alienating some of its loyal customers over what they see as a predatory fee and, at the same time, winning kudos for doing its part to tackle Utah ski country’s most vexing problem.