WHAT ABOUT PARK CITY?
The famed resort town, Park City, is only 15 miles and 1,200 Ft. higher than Heber Valley. Why
not stay there, since their close proximity makes all the recreation activities about equally
accessible, except for golf and fishing? Park City offers big discounts in the summer on rooms,
but keep it in perspective. Park City’s Stein Eriksen Lodge’s prices drop from $650 in the winter
to around $200 in summer. Heber Valley’s Homestead Resort is around $200 year-round, and
offers more to do than Stein’s. Park City, being higher, is a bit cooler, 5-10°, but, being over
6,000 feet in altitude, Park City will leave you a little breathless with any exertion. Park City offers
better shopping. Heber Valley has one advantage: a spectacular mountain setting. You have to
go to the national parks to beat Heber Valley’s scenery. By comparison, Park City is borderline
ugly. Heber Valley offers lower priced restaurants and a greater range of dining– Park City’s
dining choices are pretty much limited to California Yuppie cuisine. Park City has a slick resort
atmosphere. Heber Valley still has pockets of the 1950s and of the 12th century if you get to
know the thinking of the natives.