Brighton/Solitude

[BoozeTan]

Thinking of going to Brighton and Solitude next season. Which is the better place to stay for the week and why?

[Stormchaser]

There is nothing at Brighton except skiing and riding. You can ski/ride back and forth from Solitude to Brighton so it doesn't really matter which resort you stay at, but you get ski on ski off at Solitude, and a village with restaurants and bars (not many). Inn at Solitude is steps from the Apex and Summit chairs, and the Inn is very accomodating. They will drive you to the Silver Fork and back for dinner if you like (5 minutes down canyon). Club Solitude has sauna, outdoor pool and hot tubs, game room, etc. There are IKON lodging deals at Solitude. Traffic to/from Brighton sucks as they have parking issues on weekends/powder days - plan ahead if your gonna drive or take the ski bus to Brighton. We used Utah Mountain Shuttle to and from the airport - they stopped for groceries and booze for us. The snow is about the same at both, but Brighton has a higher base elevation, so if temps are marginal head to Brighton. Sidecountry at Brighton is awesome. Sidecountry at Solitude may require walking for boarders... They both under report snowfall totals. Brighton opens terrain faster on powder days, but gets more traffic. Both resorts have a couple of flat spots that require speed and/or walking for single plankers. Check out topos and fatmap. Good video blog entries of a few areas at Solitude...

https://blog.solitudemountain.com/2021/ ... 1642190843

[Rez]

I just booked a nice 4 bedroom condo on Wasatch Blvd between Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons and right across the street (4 min/0.2 mile walk) from a bus stop for the aforementioned ski bus that can take you to either SB/Alta or Brighton/Solitude. It's not "on mountain" but it's easy access to all the mountains. If you're not completely settled on staying really close to a B/S and might also want to take in some days at SB/A it's a good option.

[BoozeTan]

thanks for the info

[TheRat]

We've stayed at the Inn at Solitude. Couldn't be more convenient. And you can connect to Brighton via the trails, so easy to do both from the Inn. Kind of quiet if you're looking for night life. They get buried big time often.

[twilkas]

There is nothing at Brighton except skiing and riding. You can ski/ride back and forth from Solitude to Brighton so it doesn't really matter which resort you stay at, but you get ski on ski off at Solitude, and a village with restaurants and bars (not many). Inn at Solitude is steps from the Apex and Summit chairs, and the Inn is very accomodating. They will drive you to the Silver Fork and back for dinner if you like (5 minutes down canyon). Club Solitude has sauna, outdoor pool and hot tubs, game room, etc. There are IKON lodging deals at Solitude. Traffic to/from Brighton sucks as they have parking issues on weekends/powder days - plan ahead if your gonna drive or take the ski bus to Brighton. We used Utah Mountain Shuttle to and from the airport - they stopped for groceries and booze for us. The snow is about the same at both, but Brighton has a higher base elevation, so if temps are marginal head to Brighton. Sidecountry at Brighton is awesome. Sidecountry at Solitude may require walking for boarders... They both under report snowfall totals. Brighton opens terrain faster on powder days, but gets more traffic. Both resorts have a couple of flat spots that require speed and/or walking for single plankers. Check out topos and fatmap. Good video blog entries of a few areas at Solitude...

https://blog.solitudemountain.com/2021/ ... 1642190843

Stormchaser nails it here, did a week at Soli at the same place he was recently, very accommodating. it was 2008, don't recall connecting trails but the bus transport was as easy as could be. Brighton was snowboard central.