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On 6/27/2024 at 12:58 PM, Don Johnson said:

Going in mid July.  Anyone know of a place that has outside dining with views?

Stein Erickson lodge

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On 5/22/2024 at 6:25 PM, A-Tex Devil said:

Bumped.  We are switching it up this summer and going to Park City instead of Vail. We have driven to Vail from Austin the last three years.  Has worked out great.  The drive to Park City looks challenging in two days.  I’d do it no problem just me.  But unless we do it in 3 days and go through Colorado, most of that drive from Albuquerque to Park City looks fucking desolate.  Worried about everything one worries about with two kids that need to hit the head every two hours and an anxious wife who has seen too many “breakdown” movies.  This isn’t really us being cheap more than we like to bring a lot of stuff with us when we go - bikes, fishing poles, etc.  And it could be a ton of fun if done right, it seems.  Thoughts or advice?  

Stick wife and kids on a plane and meet them there with all your gear.

Or, rent a truck or suburban. Wife won’t be as concerned with a breakdown and nothing is more satisfying than farting in someone else’s car and not giving a shit what your kids do in their backseat for 30 hours of driving.

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5 hours ago, Balcones said:

Stick wife and kids on a plane and meet them there with all your gear.

Or, rent a truck or suburban. Wife won’t be as concerned with a breakdown and nothing is more satisfying than farting in someone else’s car and not giving a shit what your kids do in their backseat for 30 hours of driving.

We are here right now.  Drove to Santa Fe from Austin, then to Park City with a stop at Four Corners. We did rent a car, which worked great.  
 

Second day drive was beautiful but it was a bitch, particularly between Four Corners and Moab.   Four corners was fun because I could make the joke about leaving my kid two states over before I realized where she was.  
 

Summer tip - Skip the Epic Adventure stuff at the bottom of the main mountain. The lines are awful,  it’s way too expensive and it’s a la carte.  Go to Olympic Park.  $89 (still a lot) for all you can do in 3.5 hours.  
 

I did the Olympic Bobsled too.  It was wild. The 59 seconds it took to get down felt like 10.  
 

Took kids shore fishing at Jordanelle Reservoir.  They aren’t quite ready to fly fish but if anyone knows any other good fishing spots for kids within an hour of Park City, let me know.  

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On 6/4/2025 at 4:29 PM, Saint Austin said:

I wish I'd seen this thread earlier. We're heading there with the kids later this month. Definitely interested in what all to do and where to eat.

How old are the kids?  I hiked the mountains in Deer Valley with my 1 year old in a kid carrier and then dined at the resort restaurant on the deck after.  It was pretty perfect (particularly the beer).  

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On 6/7/2025 at 12:09 PM, LCHorn said:

How old are the kids?  I hiked the mountains in Deer Valley with my 1 year old in a kid carrier and then dined at the resort restaurant on the deck after.  It was pretty perfect (particularly the beer).  

Excellent. 12, 10, and 8

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I'll be in Park City next week with three teenagers.  I'll plan a day at the Olympic Park, have a reservation to raft the Weber River, and will have an adult dinner with the wife at Firewood.

Any recommendations for a causal meal in town?

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I can only offer a summer perspective. I’m not a skier, and have only vacationed in mountain towns during the summer. This was my first trip to Park City, and I’ve also been to Breckenridge and Crested Butte. Compared to each other, they have their pros and cons.

Park City is by far the easiest to get to. It’s a 2.75 hour direct flight from Austin, the rental cars are on site at the SLC airport, and it’s an easy 40-minute drive to Park City. Breckenridge is a tougher haul. When you get to Denver, you shuttle practically to a different town for a rental car, and then it’s a 2-hour drive to Breck. Crested Butte is somewhere in between – layover in Denver to catch a small plane to Gunnison, and from there about a 40-minute drive to CB.

I think Crested Butte has more charm, but that’s purely a matter of personal taste. It’s the smallest of the towns, so the dining options aren’t as plenty.  There’s much more to do in Breckenridge and Park City, and the Olympic Park in Park City is far better than the adventure park in Breck. The hiking in CB is great, but it seems like there are more options in Breck and PC. 

Regarding the whiteness in PC, yes, that’s generally true for most mountain towns. But I noticed a lot more nonwhites in PC, perhaps because it wasn’t ski season. It took me a couple days to get over the fact that I was in the state of Utah. But I didn’t get a sense of “Mormonness” around town. It seems like most of the locals – the rafting guides, servers, bartenders, art gallery staff – are from places other than Utah, and wanted to retreat to a mountain/ski town. If it’s any indication, there were pride flags hanging along Main Street. The beer flows abundantly in PC.

I could go the rest of my life without returning to Breckenridge. But I’ll want to go back to Crested Butte and Park City.

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Headed to PC in 2 weeks for a quick fly fishing trip. I’ve been there for skiing but it’s been a few years and never been in the summer. I think we’ll probably eat at High West one night because it seems like the thing to do.

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