Powder Mountain Ski Resort

Can a sputtering Utah ski area with huge snowfall and the largest acreage in the U.S. be saved by a bunch of nonskiing intellectuals? Just ask Aspen. And buy real estate now.

Summit buys PowMow with a different kind of development plan.

Snowcat, shuttle, backcountry, lifts. This 7,000-acre playground just won't quit.

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Explore open bowls and unmapped trails inside the resort, then dive into untamed descents just beyond the ropes. Your next big adventure is...

Sure, Utah's 13 resorts are known for their unbelievable snow. But the drinking scene has remained, well, questionable. Not anymore: Utah's changed their liquor laws. And that's only one of many improvements the state boasts for the 2009-10 ski season.

Snowbasin and Powder Mountain Ski areas