Salt Lake City


Salt Lake is not New York. Why the heck would it want to be? It’s frickin’ perfect here.

Utah’s capital has spent most of two centuries watching the rest of the country’s big cities grow up. It’s been learning, editing, building. Salt Lake City is laid back like Seattle but it’s sunny here five days a week. It’s folksy like Boston without a weird accent. (Well…)

Salt Lake has theaters, theatres and restaurants like New York, but rent for a Brooklyn studio will get you 3,000 square feet here. It’s got mountains like … where? Geneva? but without all the equivocating. Five pro sports teams, four ski resorts, three freeways and 12 apostles. Everything you need; nothing you don’t.

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Salt Lake Gallery 1 - Downtown with a view of the capitol building.
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Downtown with a view of the capitol building.

The Great Outdoors

Luckily outdoorists tend to be a fairly peaceable lot or there would be some serious turf wars among various local factions. Salt Lake City, Utah, sits in a mountain bowl 4,300 feet up, with immediate access to all forms of adventure: four world-class ski resorts 45 minutes from Salt Lake International Airport (with 10 more outside city limits); a lineup of slanty canyons to the east with a hundred options for hiking, biking, climbing and camping; a Great Salty Lake to the west for boating and floating; and there’s golf, too, for you golfers.

Indoor Salt Lake

And there are plenty of indoor things to do in Salt Lake City, too: concert venues for crowds of 20 to 20,000; restaurants repping all corners of the globe and a bourgeoning foodie scene at small-market prices; blockbuster theaters and art house indies; ballet, opera, orchestra and theatre worthy of much less convenient metropolises; museums; malls; and pro basketball, soccer, baseball and hockey. And don’t forget the one and only Temple Square, home to a gothic-and-granite goliath. There’s even a happening nightlife (“even” because some people expect a night out in Utah to be as dry as the air).


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Places to Stay

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The Fairfield Inn by Marriott is located near the Salt Lake International Airport and downtown Salt ...
Near The Shops at South Town, Mountain America Exposition Center, Jordan Commons, Rio Tinto Stadium....
Stay centrally in downtown Salt Lake City. Little America Hotel offers 850 luxurious guestrooms,...
Renting a camper couldn't be easier! Easy Camper Rental offers the highest level of hospitality, eas...
Explore Utah in a fully outfitted Toyota TRD Off-Road 4Runner!
Affordable accommodations in Downtown Salt Lake City!
Find Choice Hotels located in Utah. Find the perfect hotel as you plan your Utah vacation.
Located off 1-15 and 20 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City, the airport, and world-class skiing.
Find the perfect RV rental in Utah. Simple, easy and fully insured.
Luxurious ski-in/ski-out (if you ever decide to leave the room) accommodations at the base of Alta S...
Silver Fork Lodge is located up Big Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This classic hotel is 1 mile from the Salt Palace Convention Center and 1.2 miles from the Salt Lake...
A rustic hotel conveniently located at Alta Ski Resort.
Crystal Inn strives to delight every guest, every day, one at a time.
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Salt Lake City Weather

Average Temperature

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52.4°F
Low31.6°F

Average Precipitation

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1.79"

Average Snowfall

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9.5"

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