Snow day: Free winter activities in Salt Lake City (video)

– January 2, 2011Posted in: Adventure, Destinations, Video

The Downtown Traveler editorial team (that’s me and Jake) narrowly escaped the East Coast snow storm. We left JKF airport the day after Christmas, just a few hours before it was closed for the blizzard. We’re reporting from Salt Lake City, Utah— where several feet of snow is no cause for panic.

Sledding on a tube at Popperton Park in Salt Lake City Utah

Leslie posing with her sled at Popperton Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.

We may have missed “Snowmageddon 2010” in Manhattan but we’ve had our share of snow time. In the past week we’ve gone sledding, cross-country skiing and trekking through Salt Lake City’s public parks.

Click on the video for fun, FREE ways to enjoy the snow in Utah’s capital city.

What are your favorite snow day activities? Share your tips by leaving a comment below!

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About Leslie Koch

I'm a New Yorker with a passion for travel and art. I founded DowntownTraveler.com after returning from a year-long backpacking trip around the world. Find me on Twitter at @leslietravel.

13 Comments

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Ted Nelson

Posted January 2, 2011 at 11:28 PM

Leslie, unfortunately the Birkebeiner 2011 is closed to new participants, but if you work on that style I could definitely see you making strides for 2012.
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  Leslie Koch
  
  Posted January 3, 2011 at 12:19 AM
  
  Thanks Ted! I think my form was quite good for a beginner 🙂 Sadly, there was no mattress to rest on in the park…
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Jake

Posted January 3, 2011 at 12:31 AM

Excellent video! Who’s that dude going off that insane jump in an inner tube and sledding down those stairs in such an extreme fashion? He must be pretty cool, brave, and courageous.
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  Leslie Koch
  
  Posted January 4, 2011 at 12:11 AM
  
  Yeah, he looks familiar! His tubing ride was impressive 🙂
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ciki/@agentcikay

Posted January 3, 2011 at 1:58 AM

errr.. sleeping inside the hotel whilst it snows outside? (kidding :P)

snowboarding. for sure.
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  Leslie Koch
  
  Posted January 4, 2011 at 12:12 AM
  
  Try tubing. It’s so much fun!
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Alyson Smith

Posted January 3, 2011 at 6:51 AM

Wow leslie! Looks like you guys were having a lot of fun and getting a great work out skiing! I miss the days when snow can be a fun activity, all we did here in NY was just shovel out our cars!
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santafetraveler

Posted January 4, 2011 at 12:05 AM

The editorial team? Love it. What a fun video. The ride down the steps was very cool. Would not have thought of that. Clearly, I lack imagination.
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Juno

Posted January 5, 2011 at 8:35 PM

I love it love it!!! 🙂 You guys look really stupid! haha! Kiddin.. 🙂 Tubing, on my list for sure.
Snow activities.. snow ball fight. Nothings more exciting than that. haha!
I love you roll down hill, and I totally did that.
Rock on nerd sister!
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  Leslie Koch
  
  Posted January 6, 2011 at 4:26 PM
  
  Thanks Juno. Although I think we look amazingly cool in this video, not nerdy! lol
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Maria A

Posted January 7, 2011 at 2:59 PM

Looks like you guys had a great time sledding. Guess Utah can be pretty fun. 🙂
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Kelley

Posted March 1, 2011 at 3:20 PM

Man I wish Ted and I went sledding when we were there!
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  Leslie Koch
  
  Posted March 1, 2011 at 7:45 PM
  
  It was really fun. Although I wasn’t as brave as Jake– I didn’t go off that ramp!