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Website points bargain hunters to Salt Lake ski vacations

Andy Mahre of Yakima skis at Silverton, Colo., for his stint as one of the featured skiers in the lastest Warren Miller ski film, “Children of Winter.”Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions (Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions / The Spokesman-Review)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
Andy Mahre of Yakima skis at Silverton, Colo., for his stint as one of the featured skiers in the lastest Warren Miller ski film, “Children of Winter.”Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions (Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions / The Spokesman-Review)
Andy Mahre of Yakima skis at Silverton, Colo., for his stint as one of the featured skiers in the lastest Warren Miller ski film, “Children of Winter.”Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions (Photo courtesy Warren Miller productions / The Spokesman-Review)

WINTER SPORTS —  A national travel website is advising clients that Salt Lake County is the place to go for an affordable skiing or snowboarding vacation.

A frugal traveler visit a Salt Lake-area resort for $239, according to a TripIndex Ski program launched this week by TripAdvisor.com.

By contrast, the most expensive destination is Vail, which costs $746. Park City is third on that list at $667, about $6 cheaper than a trip to Aspen. Two other Colorado resorts, Telluride and Steamboat Springs, round out the top five in the most-expensive list.

The closest bargain destination spot to Spokane is listed as Banff, Alberta .

If you need another good reason to go to Utah, consider this:

Per-gallon price for gasoline dips under $3 in Utah
It’s been some time since Utah drivers paid less than $3 a gallon for gasoline, but prices have fallen more than 25 cents a gallon lately, putting Utah tied for 10th with Kansas for low prices of the fuel.
—Salt Lake Tribune

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog