USA Guide
The Southwest
Salt Lake City
Disarmingly pleasant and easygoing, Salt Lake City is well worth a stopover of a couple of days. Its setting is superb, towered over by the Wasatch Front, which marks the dividing line between the comparatively lush eastern and the bone-dry western halves of northern Utah. The area offers great hiking and cycling in summer and fall and, in winter, some of the world's best skiing. People elsewhere in the US still tend to imagine Salt Lake City as decidedly short on fun, but so long as you're willing to switch gears and slow down, its unhurried pace, and the positive energy of its people, can make for a surprisingly enjoyable experience.
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