Alta, UT

Alta is a tiny ski town of 284 people tucked at 8,530 feet in Little Cottonwood Canyon, 25 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Take I-215 to State Route 190, which winds 8 miles up through granite canyon walls to reach the road's end. Most visitors are day-trippers from the Salt Lake Valley, though serious powder hounds drive from across the region for the 500+ inches of annual snowfall. Alta Ski Area famously remains one of only three U.S. resorts that still bans snowboarders.

Airports closest to Alta, UT are Salt Lake City International Airport and Skypark Airport.