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Alta Crystal Resort Blog

Please share your experiences with us—great hikes you’ve taken, suggestions of other things to do in this area, comments about horseback riding, disc golf—whatever.  One of the things we’ve discovered is that guests love hearing from other guests! 

Easter Sunrise Service 2009

Mon Mar 08, 2010

You owe it to yourself to come up to Alta Crystal Resort for Easter at least once in your life.  Everyone who has stayed with us during Easter talks about it—and how their families still tell stories about the incredible weekend they had.  We really hope you can join us this year, although these photos are from previous Easters.  (After all, Easter this year doesn’t happen until April 4.)

On Friday night, we kick off the weekend with a cupcake decorating and crafts party.  Lots of Easter cupcakes, lots of decorations and all sorts of springtime crafts.  We even show… Read Full Story

A wonderful week skiing at Crystal Mountain

Fri Feb 12, 2010

The skiing just keeps getting better and better.

We managed to get out skiing 2 days this week, and 2 days last week—and had some of our best days ever at Crystal Mountain.  We know it’s been a mild winter down in town, but Crystal is high enough that the snow just keeps on coming—and it’s marvelous.

The groomers have been great all winter (the grooming crew has been doing an incredible job this season)—but we’ve spent a lot of time off-piste for the past 4 weeks.  The snow is soft, the temperatures have been cold, and it seems Crystal… Read Full Story

Snowshoe Tour At Crystal Mountain

Thu Jan 28, 2010

We’ve been absent from our blog for a while (having too much fun doing outside things, you know!). But we finally went on Crystal Mountain’s Alpine Wilderness Snowshoe tour a couple of weeks ago, and we wanted to let you know just how wonderful it was!

We first did this tour almost 2 years ago when Crystal was testing the idea with employees and locals.  We meant to sign up all last winter, but kept forgetting until it was too late.  Our friend, Tena, convinced us to actually schedule it in advance this time (!) and so 4 of us… Read Full Story