Are you craving the "Greatest Snow on Earth"?? Utah has it. All the fluffy, white, powdery goodness you can sink your skis or board into!! With 14 resorts in the state and 11 within about an hour's driving distance from the airport, you can step off the plane and be shredding the gnar in no time!! Here are links to all the resorts. You can thank me later. Enjoy!

Alta Ski Area: www.alta.com

Beaver Mountain Resort: www.skithebeav.com

Brian Head Resort: www.brianhead.com

Brighton Ski Resort: www.brighton.com

Canyons Resort: www.canyonsresort.com

Deer Valley Resort: www.deervalley.com

Eagle Point: www.eaglepointresort.com

Park City Mountain Resort: www.parkcitymountain.com

Powder Mountain: www.powdermountain.com

Snowbasin: www.snowbasin.com

Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort: www.snowbird.com

Solitude Mountain Resort: www.skisnowbasin.com

Sundance Resort: www.sundanceresort.com

Wolf Mountian: www.wolfmountainutah.com

Zion National Park

One of my favorite places in beautiful Utah is a place where you can find amazing views and great hikes. Zion parks is a National park in Southern Utah, it is three hours away from where I live. This is the perfect getaway for those that enjoy nature and adventure

Zion Park features several hikes, here you can find ones that are for beginner or for professionals so there is something for everyone. Zion national park has an unique geography with amazing and dramatic landscape of the sculptured canyons and soaring cliff.

If you want to experience an unique vacation full of adrenaline and excitement, visit Zion National Park


Source
http://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks

Global Engagement Week

Utah Valley University annual Global Engagement Week (GEW) is a part of the worldwide International Education Week (IEW). 

It is one of the most important week during the year for foreign students at Utah Valley University (UVU). They come together to celebrate differences and culture awareness. GEW is organized and coordinated by the International Student Council (ISC) at UVU, and they bring all the energy and effort to make this event an enjoyable week for families in Utah County. 

GEW also serves to promote campus-wide international programs that prepare UVU students to become productive citizens in the global society; foster collaboration and integration among international students, conventional students, faculty, staff, and administrators at UVU on international issues; and encourage cultural awareness among UVU students and community members. 

Every year ISC creates a cultural theme for GEW to make it interesting to their audience and bring a global prospective to UVU campus. Some of the successful themes from past and this year were International Airport, Amazons, and Ancients Egypt. 

More than 2000 people around Utah County come and participate of this global awareness, they try delicious international food and enjoy performances around the world. Also, foreign students are able to share with this community their culture and the importance of it. 

It is a week to celebrate differences and learn from diversity!! 

La Caille

If you are looking for a great place to eat and budget is not an issue, I would recommend La Caille. They are a fancy upscale restaurant with beautiful grounds! There is a huge pond that you can walk around and take pictures. They have swans and ducks that frequent the pond. Valet will greet you and park your car. The food is all very good as well. They set the scene the for you and then deliver on food presentation as well. When I went I had the.. ~escargot(probably my favorite part) ~sorbet ~salad ~chicken with vegetables ~nutella crepe All of the food was exceptional. The service was great and I enjoyed the entire experience! If you have kids, I would recommend to go with them when their school offers it. I know the french class and foods classes will go. You get a discount rate, with the same quality. ($34 rather than the normal prices of $50 and upwards!!) http://www.lacaille.com/ordereze/splash.aspx