Utah Spring Skiing

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	Photo: Snowbasin

OGDEN, Utah -- The 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, forever changed skiing and snowboarding in Utah.

Nowhere in the state is that legacy more evident than at two Ogden, Utah-area resorts, 50 miles to the north of Utah's capital city.

Snowbasin: A Sun Valley Resort, which had operated for nearly six decades as a city-owned and essentially locals-only resort, underwent a $150 million overhaul before the Olympics.

Its long, steep ski courses shooting off Allen's Peak captured television viewers' attention worldwide during the men's and women's downhill, super G and combined racing events.

Likewise, Powder Mountain Winter Resort underwent its own, though less-extreme, makeover.

Like others who have skied Utah's mountains for many years, I had never before skied either of these two fantastic resorts, which offer completely different experiences. (Take the chance now -- Utah's resorts are expected to continue operating lifts through mid-April, and backcountry skiing usually continues through May or later.)

Modern, Magnificent Snowbasin

Robert Earl and Carol Holding, the multibillionaire owners of the renowned Sun Valley Resort in Idaho and the Utah-based Sinclair Oil, bought Snowbasin in 1984 and are still in the process of transforming it. ...