NEW KDHamptons Travel Diary: Julie Wolfe's Mountaintop Engagement in Ogden, Utah! Congratulations!!
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More fantastic travel diaries keep flying in from KDHamptons readers who are escaping the bleak winter season of the Hamptons and jetting off on fantastic adventures. This week, I heard from my gorgeous Southampton friend Julie Wolfe [above], who just returned from the snowy slopes of Ogden, Utah with her boys, and boyfriend Ed…..who became her FIANCE by the end of the trip~ how exciting! Here all the details in Julie’s KDHamptons Travel Diary and below…
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Julie shares: We stay at our condo, Wolf Lodge, when we go to Utah because it is close to the mountain. We generally snowboard/ski at Powder Mountain most of the time because the conditions are always great. On this trip we had 14 inches of fresh powder overnight. It was incredible!
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Eddie and my older son Charlie went to Snowbasin one day which is fifteen minutes away and mostly groomed and a much more upscale resort. Snowbasin has two great restaurants with a grand foyer, chandeliers and marble bathrooms etc. Powder Mountain is much more low key with the “Powder Keg’ for lunch that has burgers, wings, and a kale salad for the veggie eater- upstairs dining you can now find gourmet pizzas- yumm.
We took the snow cat [below] up one day to the top where it is difficult to access unless you hike-in search of uncharted territory “fresh tracks”. The nickname for Powder Mountain is “PowMow!”
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Powder Mountain has been bought by Summit Group from Los Angeles and they have made some changes but have kept the “funky-ness” of the place which we love! Our favorite restaurant is in Ogden- Japanese called Tona where we celebrated my birthday- amazing raw oysters with fish egg and a wasabi vinaigrette on top.
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After skiing there are natural hot springs on the way to Ogden [below] or if you don’t mind the drive to Honeyville there’s the Crystal hot springs there about a 45 minute drive from Eden. Charlie and Cole loved the FastKart indoor race track where we all raced our go karts for a fun adrenalin rush.
In Ogden, there’s a huge movie theater and across the street is Fat Cats [above] where there is fun for everyone. Video arcade, rock climbing, flow rider, indoor sky-diving etc. Outdoor fun includes snowmobiling to see the elk, horseback riding and of course skiing and snowboarding.
This ski trip was extra special because Ed proposed to me [below] and we are all really happy! [CONGRATULATIONS JULIE!!]
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There are plenty of hotels in Ogden which is a 15 minute ride to Powder Mountain or Snowbasin. Park City is also about 60 minutes away if you wanted a change of pace- more restaurants and night life there.