Park City Utah is the largest ski town and year-round resort community in the state and just a scant 22 miles from Salt Lake City. Silver was discovered here in 1872, but Park City struck gold when it opened it's first ski area in 1946. It is now the home of the U.S. Ski Team, Sister City to Courcheval, France, and was the site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games for the GS, Slalom, Snowboarding, Ski Jumping and Freestyle events. Park City hotels have something for everyone and offer year-round recreation from skiing to golf!

Park City is unusual among western resort towns in that nearly all of the surrounding land is privately owned, mostly by ski resorts and mining companies. Many landowners have generously granted access to cyclists and hikers and several have even built trails on their property. Most of the trails in the area run on non-public lands.