Opening dates set for Utah’s ski resorts for the 2025-2026 season: What’s new

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah is known for having the best snow on earth, and ski season is almost here! Utah’s ski resorts are getting ready to open for the season, and they’re making some expansions.

Most of Utah’s 15 ski resorts have announced their opening dates for the winter season, which you can find below. These are anticipated opening dates, and they may change depending on weather conditions.

Utah resorts opening in November 2025:

• Brian Head Resort – November 14

• Solitude Mountain Resort – November 14

• Alta Ski Area – November 21

• Park City Mountain – November 21

• Snowbird – November 27

• Snowbasin Resort – November 28

• Woodward Park City – November 28

Utah resorts opening in December 2025:

• Deer Valley Resort – December 1

• Powder Mountain – December 12

• Eagle Point Resort – December 19

Utah resorts who have yet to announce opening dates:

• Beaver Mountain

• Brighton Resort

• Cherry Peak Resort

• Nordic Valley

• Sundance Mountain Resort

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Expansions and improvements

Many of Utah’s resorts are debuting expansions, new lifts, and guest experiences this season as Utah gears up to host the 2034 Winter Olympic Games. According to Ski Utah, “the industry is looking not just at what’s next but at what’s never been done before,” as the industry prepares to celebrate Ski Utah’s 50th anniversary on December 3.

Many resorts including Brian Head, Nordic Valley, Brighton, Solitude are making expansions to snowmaking systems in order to improve conditions and extend the number of days they are able to stay open.

Cache Valley Resorts

Beaver Mountain is debuting a brand-new day lodge this season, called Marge’s Cabin. It is named in honor of Marge Seeholzer, Beaver Mountain matriarch, and it incorporates the original lodge’s historic fir siding. It is also the oldest continuously family-owned ski area in the country.

Ogden/Weber County Resorts

In addition to a complete tune up of its snowmaking system, Nordic Valley is hoping it will allow for better access to the Nordic Express, an 8-week kids skiing program.

Powder Mountain has new perks for passholders, including discounted Bunny Tickets and early-morning lift access. The resort is also working on a new triple lift in Wolf Canyon that will allow access to the “DMI” area for the first time, adding 1,047 acres of public advanced terrain. It won’t be open for this season, but you can book a guided backcountry tour of the area through the resort.

Snowbasin has completely replaced the Becker Lift, reducing ride time from 12 minutes to under seven, allowing the lift to transport 1,800 riders every hour. Snowbasin is also regrading the Bear Hollow Trail to enhance beginner and family friendly skiing and launching RFID gate access to reduce wait times.

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Visit Ogden is also offering package deals for purchase, which bundle lodging discounts with rentals and lessons. Those packages also include discounted lift tickets and “unique on-mountain experiences,” according to Ski Utah. If you book a hotel room in Ogden, you will also get exclusive discounts at all three local resorts, including 20% off lessons, rentals, and day passes.

Park City Resorts

Deer Valley is seeing the largest expansion of any Utah resort for this winter season, more than doubling in size. It will debut seven new chairlifts, bringing the resort total to 31 total lifts, 202 ski runs, and 4,300 skiable acres, according to Ski Utah. Deer Valley will also offer 1,200 day-skier parking spaces this season. All of this is part of the resort’s Expanded Excellence Initiative.

Park City Mountain is debuting the Sunrise Gondola this season, a high-speed 10-person lift that will take guests to Red Pine Lodge and beginner terrain. The resort team replaced 1,400 feet of old snowmaking pipe and added 700 feet of pipe. There is also a new beginner area at Red Pine Lodge, accompanied by a new children’s lunchroom inside the lodge.

Resorts in the Cottonwoods

Alta Ski Area is on track to complete its realignment of the Supreme chairlift in time for the winter season. Brighton will open a new slopeside stop called The Waffle House that will serve golden waffles and warm drinks in the base area. It will also offer some new amenities to guests outside Snake Creek Lodge.

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Solitude invested $4.5 million in snowmaking improvements, which includes installing a new pipeline to import water for the system. It also added four new Wyssen avalanche towers to Fantasy Ridge, which will allow patrols to remotely mitigate avalanche hazards in difficult terrain. There will also be free mid-week parking at Solitude this season. Snowbird has a new restaurant called The Nest this season, offering stunning panoramic views of the valley below.

Sundance Mountain Resort

The Inn at Sundance Mountain Resort is opening this season, with 63 hotel rooms right next to Outlaw Express. The inn will have amenities like an art gallery, a wellness center with daily yoga classes, and a ski valet and boot room to store equipment. Sundance Mountain Resort is also planning a two-year expansion, and this season there is 60 acres of new terrain in the Far East area.

Southern Utah Resorts

Brian Head Resort invested over $1.4 million in upgrades in snowmaking, new gladed runs, upgraded rentals, and new ski patrol equipment. Those upgrades in snowmaking will allow for more beginner and intermediate terrain to open earlier and stay open longer. Eagle Point is adding the Polestar condominium buildings, which allow direct trailside access just above the Tunnel Vision Underpass. It is also adding a fitness center at Canyonside Lodge this season.

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