Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome visited Utah last week.  By looks of his photos and posts on Facebook he had a great time and even discovered that while Utah has the “Greatest Snow on Earth” thats not all there is to do here.  

Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome rode Park City Mountain Resort’s half-pipe with an Olympian, bobsledded at Utah Olympic Park, zipped along the Alpine Coaster (yes it’s open in the winter), took in a Utah Jazz game, listened to the world renowed Mormon Tabernacle Choir, curled at the Olympic Oval, suntanned at McHenry’s Beach in Deer Valley, enjoyed Utah’s famous snow at Snowbird, had a beer at Squatters, and more. 

Check out the photos and videos of his adventures on Facebook.  Or better yet, comment or send us a note of what the Roaming Gnome should have done.

This past week the Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup competition was held in Park City at the 2002 Olympic Park.  The coolest part, aside from the world class athletes competing here in Utah, was the fact that the event was free. If you missed it, here is a recap of the event.

Just up the hill, literally, from nearly a dozen of the Utah Vacation Homes Bear Hollow properties, the Utah Olympic Park is home to the Bobsled/Luge/Skeleton track as well as the Ski Jumping venue from the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.  Most of the events held there are free for spectators so if you find yourself in Utah for a ski vacation, be sure to check out the Olympic Park schedule of events.

Starting up later this week (February 22 - March 1) is the United States Luge Junior National Championships. Once again, admission is free for you to watch the best youth and junior luge athletes from across the country. A few of these athletes may compete in the next winter Olympics.

Here is a map for you to see where the Utah Olympic Park is located, but you can also click the image to get driving directions.