2 Best Hotels in Side Trips from Salt Lake City, Utah

Many families have been booking the same week each year for several generations at this low-key but stylish 1939 lodge that's home to the famed Sitzmark Club bar as well as saunas and hot pools, which are set against a 30-foot wall of windows, to help you work out the kinks after a day on the slopes. The dining room is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in winter and with limited weekend hours in summer, and a number of dining packages are available. Budget travelers can opt for a bed in one of the shared dorm rooms.

Log furniture and wood paneling give the rooms in the cozy and rustic 1940s ski lodge just down the road from Solitude and Brighton a warm and inviting feel; the views are unbeatable and the food in the excellent restaurant is a major attraction year-round (you can dine on the patio in summer). Service is attentive, but not overbearing.