Alta is a ski area in the western United States located in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah just east of Sandy a suburb southeast of Salt Lake City. With a skiable area of 2200 acres (8.9 km2) Alta’s base elevation is 8530 ft (2600 m) and rises to 10550 ft (3216 m) for a vertical gain of 2020 ft (616 m). One of the oldest ski resorts in the country it opened its first lift in early 1939.
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