Powder Mountain [Skiing, Maps, Lodging] (2025)

Voted the "Top Ski Resort in the West" for 2024 by SKI Magazine readers, Powder Mountain superlatives include "terrain for days," "massive," "super fun" and "more than 500 annual inches of snow." The resort is 60 miles north of Salt Lake City International Airport, about a 75-minute drive by car. The second half of the drive combines the Ogden River Scenic Byway with Powder Mountain Road, State Route 158. In 2016, the resort welcomed the addition of more than 1,000 new acres of terrain with two new chairlifts and capped day passes to keep the skier density low. It is the most skiable acreage of any resort in the United States.

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