Alta

Alta has three double chairs, two triple chairs, two high-speed quads and four surface lifts. Lifts are open from 9.15 am to 4.30 pm and they carry about 11,200 people per hour onto the mountain. At peak times there may be lines lasting 10–15 minutes. Come early or ski during the noon hour to avoid them. Some older lifts have been replaced in the past few years with faster ones, and further improvements are planned, pending United States Forest Service approval.

The Sunnyside lift is good for beginners and enables skiers to ride up the mountain and then gives them over a mile (1.6 km) of great learning terrain back to the bottom. In 2002, Sugarloaf lift, which leads to access to Snowbird resort, was upgraded to a detachable quad and offers good progression for the beginner who has conquered the Sunnyside terrain.

Lift passes
A full-day pass costs US$49 for adults, US$21 for children aged 12 and under. There’s a special price of US$26 for the three beginner lifts Albion, Sunnyside and Cecret. Now Alta is connected with Snowbird, the Alta Snowbird Pass is available, enabling skiers to access lifts in both resorts. This costs adults US$64 for a full day. A seven-day pass at just Alta is US$280, and for Alta Snowbird it costs US$364. You can buy passes at ticket windows at Alta and various ski stores in Salt Lake City.