4 Best Hotels in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Side Trips from Salt Lake City

The level of luxury that's commonplace in Park City (along with the lofty prices to go with it), arrived in Alta in 2019 with the opening of this ultraposh slopeside retreat built using timber and stone from the original lodge on the site, and featuring a glamorous full-service spa with a heated outdoor pool, a swanky restaurant and hip gastropub, and stylishly kitted rooms and suites, many with mountain-view balconies.

In honor of Alta's ski-bum heritage, Snowpine has 19 economical dorm-style bunk rooms with shared bath facilities—but they book up fast.

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.

Alta's sleekest lodge is a contemporary, full-service hotel with warmly decorated guestrooms and seating areas and exceptional views of the slopes. Rates include breakfast and dinner, and amenities include an outdoor pool and indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis.

The stark concrete walls of this 10-story structure, designed to complement the surrounding granite cliffs, enclose a self-contained ski-in, ski-out village with restaurants, bars, shops, and a high-end, two-story spa. Every window has a great view, and rooms are decorated in hues matching the mountain landscape. In addition to a heated pool and three hot tubs, the luxurious Cliff Spa has a rooftop lap pool and numerous treatment rooms. There's a day care facility here as well.