📍 Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City

Snowshoe in by guide lamp, sit down inside a wood-stove-heated yurt halfway up Big Cottonwood Canyon, and eat a five-course prix fixe with wine pairings — Solitude Mountain Resort'...

Year-round canyon cabin between Solitude and Brighton — sourdough pancakes that have been on the griddle here for decades and a dining room that runs breakfast through dinner regar...

Solitude Mountain Resort's flagship dining room in Big Cottonwood Canyon, where handmade tagliatelle, mountain trout, and bison short rib make a compelling case for not just skiing...

Butter chicken and tandoori naan at the mid-mountain at Solitude — the Roundhouse is the most unexpected dining detour in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Part of the Solitude Mountain Resor...

Brighton's slopeside bar on the upper floor of Brighton Manor, run by the resort itself. Hand-tossed pizza, a towering order of Molly's Nachos, and fireplace tables that fill the i...

Solitude Mountain Resort's year-round pizza and gelato stop in Big Cottonwood Canyon — margherita, pepperoni, Caesar, and hand-dipped scoops in the village when everything else goe...

On-mountain ramen at Brighton Resort sounds like a gimmick until you're pulling off a tonkotsu bowl at 10,000 feet after a hard morning on the Crest lift. Snow Blossom also runs ba...

Solitude Resort's village après bar in Big Cottonwood Canyon — wings, nachos, a deep draft beer list, and fireside tables when the mountain empties out. The Thirsty Squirrel has th...

Solitude's daily breakfast buffet and lunch anchor, named for the resort's old rescue-dog mascot and still the fastest way to fuel a full ski group without drama. French Toast and ...

Brighton Resort's base cafeteria on Brighton Loop Road, where the Breakfast Burrito sends skiers out the door and the Cheeseburger and Chili Bowl carry the midday crowd. The sun de...