"Utah's Wasatch Mountains are home to seven major ski resorts (Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Park City, Deer Valley, and Canyons) developed in close proximity since the 1930s due to the region's geography and mining history. Early informal connections were blazed like trails between Solitude and Brighton and gates between Alta and Snowbird. In the 1980s, an initial proposal to link several resorts failed, setting the stage for more ambitious ideas."
"In 2011, the SkiLink Gondola was proposed to connect Canyons to Solitude, aiming to cut travel time and ease traffic but it was kiboshed by 2013 amid environmental opposition and regulatory hurdles. Then in 2014, the ONE Wasatch plan united all seven resorts with a vision to create a massive interconnected area of over 18,000 acres using new lifts and runs."
Utah's Wasatch Mountains host seven major ski resorts — Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, Park City, Deer Valley, and Canyons — sited close together from the 1930s onward because of geography and mining history. Early informal connections existed between neighboring mountains. A 2011 SkiLink Gondola proposal to connect Canyons and Solitude was canceled by 2013 amid environmental opposition and regulatory hurdles. The 2014 ONE Wasatch plan envisioned linking all seven resorts across more than 18,000 acres with new lifts and runs but stalled over environmental concerns, watershed protection, backcountry access debates, and competing pass systems. Partial links and multi-resort passes now offer alternative access, while a full merger remains possible in future.
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