Park City Mountain Resort — Skiers line up after fresh snow

Week 5 of series on Utah's signature ski runs.

Signature Run — Jupiter Bowl

Jupiter Area is considered the most extreme terrain at Park City Mountain Resort, and Jupiter Peak is one of Park City Mountain Resort's most iconic images. Jupiter includes multiple bowls and shoots but is most well-known for its main bowl, aptly referred to as Jupiter Bowl. On a powder day, skiers and riders line up to be the first to experience Jupiter. Most make a beeline directly for Jupiter Bowl to enjoy fresh tracks the entire way down to the lift. Jupiter Bowl is a double-black diamond bowl located to skier's right off the Jupiter lift. Skiers and boarders can drop in at any point to enjoy extreme or a more mellow pitch, but it's all worth the wait. Out of town visitors and locals alike enjoy bragging rights after a few laps off Jupiter Lift. The Jupiter

Bowl run is 3,600 feet long and drops 1,100 vertical feet. This is also one of the drop-off points for Ski Utah's six-resort interconnect tour.

No. 1 Run — Hidden Splendor

Out of 106 runs at the resort, it's hard to choose just one. Likely the easiest to access and one of the most scenic runs on the mountain and thus one of the most popular is Hidden Splendor. Skiers and snowboarders can get to the run from any one of five lifts — Silverlode, Bonanza, Motherlode, Thaynes and Pioneer. Hidden Splendor is located to skiers' right off the Silverlode Lift. It gently slopes down to the right with big, beautiful evergreen trees scattered about. It then takes a bit steeper albeit short pitch down. Staying to the left, it connects to Mel's Alley, weaving through a tree-lined avenue where skiers/riders could drop off onto a variety of slopes including blues and blacks. Otherwise, continuing straight, it eventually winds down through gorgeous scenery to the Silverlode Lift, a high-speed six-pack that whisks you back to the top to try it all over again. This is an intermediate run that is 11,800 feet long and drops 1,900 feet.

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