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SALT LAKE CITY — Snowbird will be celebrating the Fourth of July with a pancake breakfast, skiing, live music and other summer festivities during its last day open for the season.
After a fantastic snow year, which extended the regular ski season at Snowbird into June, the resort will be holding its last hurrah for the 2018-19 season, according to a press release by Snowbird. The event will provide an opportunity that many skiers treasure: the chance to ski in the middle of summer.
“This is a great way to wrap up an amazing winter at Snowbird,” Snowbird general manager Dave Fields said in the news release. “We’re grateful to all of our employees who worked so hard this winter and to our many guests who hopefully enjoyed the season as much as we did.”
Snowbird guests will enjoy an all-American morning meal at the Plaza Deck in Snowbird Center with all-you-can-eat pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, potatoes, coffee, milk and orange juice, according to the news release. Live music will be played by Whiskey Fish on the Plaza Deck from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The usual daily summer activities at Snowbird — including the aerial tram, woodward wrecktangle, alpine slide, bungee trampoline, ropes course, climbing wall and kids’ inflatables — will be available as normal from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m, according to the news release. Skiing will be available both this weekend (June 29 and 30) and July 4, from 8 a.m.until noon, for a reduced cost of $75. Those with season passes to other mountains can receive a special $50 lift ticket if they present their 2018-19 pass, as well.
The breakfast price is $17 for adults, or $32 for breakfast and an aerial tram ride, according to the news release. For children ages 7 to 12, breakfast is $11, or $26 with the tram ride included. Children under age 5 can go for free.
Due to snowpack melting rapidly on the lower portion of the mountain, skiers will only be able to enjoy the upper mountain, according to the news release. Day passes provide one valid ride up and down on the tram, while Little Cloud will be the only lift in operation. As skiing below Little Cloud is closed, skiers will need to take the tram down to get back to the Snowbird base.
After more than 500 inches of snowfall and 190 days in operation this season, Snowbird is excited to round off the season with a bang on Independence Day.
Editor's note: The content of this article was taken from a press release sent out by Snowbird. This is not information gathered by KSL.com reporters.
