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SKI RESORTS
get pampered on the slopes like a star
UTAH
It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of
sport.
—Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Prize winner
90 | Greta Garbo dunked her head in icy water every morning. Why? you're undoubtedly
asking. According to the reclusive movie star, cold constricts blood flow and tightens the
skin—which means that Greta and you and everybody else look more beautiful in the winter
mountains. So what better place to spa than at a ski resort?
If you ski Utah, site of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, you can also score some side
benefits. Like getting pampered, Hollywood style. This is the place that, every February, kow-
tows to all the big Tinseltown players at the uber-famous Sundance Film Festival. The rest of
the year is yours.
Not only are Utah's ski resorts easy to get to (there are eight Olympic-caliber ones less
than an hour from the Salt Lake City airport), but they don't need to make snow. The Wasatch
Range gets nailed every winter by huge snowstorms blowing across the high desert. Five hun-
dred inches of snow is just an average winter here. Thanks to the Great Salt Lake, which adds
salt, and the nearby desert conditions, Utah's snow has only half the moisture of most other
ski resorts, making the snow that much fluffier and lighter.
But we were talking about pampering. Here are just two Utah spots where you can get
some high-altitude Hollywood-style pampering:
Stein Ericksen Lodge. Call it Sundance Central. Nestled mid-mountain at Silver Lake Village
in Deer Valley Resort, this resort with 145 fireplaces is where the stars stay during Sundance.
Ski butlers carry your skis and greet you with hot chocolate when you return from the slopes;
maids tidy up your room twice a day; and the Dutch-born pastry chef makes handcrafted Bel-
gian and French chocolates in the lodge's own atelier. Guests are treated to head-to-toe pam-
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