J.G.
We moved here from Heber City, UT and it's a great place with awesome snow! It is 45 min. west of Salt Lake. Park City is 20 min away, that's where the Olympics were, but Soldier Hollow is in Midway, about 5 min from Heber. Soldier Hollow is where the cross country skiing was, but they have a great tubing park. People come all the way from Salt Lake to tube there. There are several hotels in and around Heber and Midway and also some in Park City, which is a quaint (but pricey) ski town that's also fun to see. I was never on skis before we lived there, so I don't know what snow is like elsewhere, but we always heard that Utah snow was the best!