Active in Town and Indoors

Our Local Expert Says:

The best (and only) roller coasters in Utah.

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Located just 20 minutes north of Salt Lake, this is Utah's oldest and largest amusement park. Featuring more than 40 rides, including four different coasters, the park is open from May to October (weather permitting) and offers traditional theme park attractions. X-Venture Zone attractions (including go-cart races and Catapult) are not included in an all-day ride pass. Groups and special events are welcome. Check out website for further details.

Our Local Expert Says:

All-around best climbing gym in Utah: best route-setting, friendliest staff.

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The Front Climbing Club, located just west of downtown Salt Lake City, offers some of the best indoor bouldering in the U.S. And because it's a bouldering facility only (i.e. has no *roped* climbing), you don't even need a partner or belaying skills to have fun there. All you need is shoes and a chalk bag -and these can even be rented at the front desk. The walls feature plenty of angles -from slightly less than vertical to quite overhanging. There is more than 10,000 square feet of climbing surface and a very good problem-setting crew. In addition to climbing, they offer yoga and kettlebells classes most evenings of the week, a selection of cardio machines, a weight room, and a systems/ training-specific wall.

The Front often hosts local and regional competitions, as well as certain professional-level events. Most citizens' comps take place during the fall, winter, and spring. The pro events usually align with the Outdoor Retailer fall and summer shows- usually in January or February and August.

Check online for upcoming events, as well as weekly schedules.

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Considered by many to be Salt Lake City's best yoga studio.

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One of Salt Lake's most comprehensive and beloved yoga studios. The Shiva Centre (formerly known as Flow Yoga) is located on the eastern edge of Sugarhouse (near Blue Plate Diner).

Check online for their schedule; each day features a long list of various classes. Also offered at the studio is Kalari. Child-specific yoga available, too.

Payment can be done on a class-to-class basis, with a punch card, or by way of a monthly membership. Special offers for first-timers.

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A perfect way to spend a spring or summer evening: head with family or friends to the Sprint Mobile Ballpark (formerly Franklin Covey Field) and catch a Salt Lake Bees Game. This minor league baseball team starts its playing season in April, and often has multiple home games a week. Check out "Thirsty Thursdays" where beer is half-price. If you're not into beer, a standard array of concessions are available, from pizza to hotdogs, icecream to cotton candy.

The ballpark itself is remarkably clean and scenic. Neatly painted, colorful, and tidy, the stadium offers a pleasant place to sit and an amazing view of the Wasatch Mountain to the East. Evening games offer bonus feature of these peaks pinkening as the setting sun sets across the valley.

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Salt Lake City's Kura Door offers spa treatments in the traditional Japanese style. Begin your relaxing afternoon at the Kura Door by lounging around in a plush cotton kimono and sipping green tea or fruit infused waters in the meditation space. Choose from a wide variety of massage styles from Kura, shiatsu, samurai, Japanese stone, or Thai. Add on a camellia oil hair and scalp treatment or reflexology. Kura Door also provides pedicures, body treatments, facials, and waxing treatments. The Kura Door Day Spa is a natural refuge - all the products used in the spa are 100% organic and natural, even the kimonos, wood flooring, and fabrics are made from natural materials.

Our Local Expert Says:

Olympic-quality venue open to the public.

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When the 2002 Winter Olympics came to Utah, they left a trail of world class sporting facilities, and this is one of them. Though it's good enough for the pros to train in, it's also open to the public -with open skate hours (speed skating and "normal" skating) and very affordable rentals.

Give speed skating a try- though fast, it's not impossibly hard to just master the basics.

An expansive structure, this also has an indoor running track, other smaller ice sheets, and indoor playing fields.

Don't try to drive here after 5pm on a work day; rush hour traffic in this part of town gets pretty intense!

Our Local Expert Says:

Utah's best roped climbing for beginners and serious climbers alike.

Description:

Momentum offers the best indoor roped climbing in the Salt Lake Valley. Opened in May of 2007, it is a modern gym with well-designed wall angles, wall space, and climbing routes. With floor-to-ceiling windows, curving and streaked walls resembling sandstone, a cafe, yoga classes, cardio and weight equipment, this is not a bad place to spend an active afternoon!

In case you don't have a partner or belay skills, Momentum also has a bouldering cave. Though not its main attraction, Momentum's bouldering wall has more and better problems than most gyms in the country.

In addition to all of this, Momentum also offers climbing instruction and a daycare center.

Our Local Expert Says:

Definitely worth the drive to Ogden -how often do you get the chance to skydive and surf in the same building?

Description:

Brand new in 2007, this one-of-a-kind, $19-million facility is the new centerpiece of downtown Ogden, featuring a Gold's Gym as a second-floor anchor. The real uniqueness comes from the three standalone training grounds for extreme sports: the Flowrider (a wave simulator for surfers), a 50-foot climbing wall, and iFly (a skydiving simulator). The impressive complex also houses an arcade and two restaurants (Mexican and pizza), and a 13-screen cinema complex is right next door. Prices vary from activity to activity; 4 minutes in the iFly cost about $50, while an hour on the Flowrider is $20.

Our Local Expert Says:

An invigorating, non-strenuous way to enjoy the outdoors of Park City in any season

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The Utah Winter Sports Park and Olympic Sports Park is an outdoor tribute to the 2002 Winter Olympics hosted in Salt Lake City, Park City, and Midway, Utah. This park (just south of I-80 in Kimball Junction), located at the base of the very obvious Nordic ski jumps, examines both the skiing history of Utah, and the Salt Lake Olympic Games of 2002. Included here is the Alf Engen Museum and its Intermountain West Ski Hall of Fame. Also a major training facility for bobsled, luge, skeleton, Nordic ski jumping, and freestyle ski jumping teams - spectators can check the online schedule and sometimes witness quite a show of athletic greatness!

Those who feel like getting interactive can try out a ride in a bobsled -as a chauffeured passenger, of course. Test out the steepest zip line in the world, or participate in a camp for Nordic ski jumping, luge, or skeleton. Check online for the tour schedules, camp dates, special events, and more.

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Salt Lake City Sports Complex and Steiner Aquatic Center is the lifeline of Salt Lake City. It is no exaggeration that this complex is world class; it was the training venue for athletes in the 2002 Olympics. The pools are Olympic sized and classes are conducted under the guidance of professional coaches. Not just sports, but also nutrition, yoga, sports psychology and dance are taught to those interested. Community service is something the complex takes seriously as it gives an opportunity to senior citizens to act as foster parents to youth with special needs. These citizens are then paid a weekly stipend. Each department has varying hours so call for specific details.

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There is no fun way to experience the fluidity of motion than by heading to the Weber County Ice Sheet, a premier ice rink. Founded in 1993, it features the most loved winter activities. From curling to ice-hockey and figure skating, it rightly classifies as an efficient venue for winter sports. The new additions to the rink includes skating lessons, a pro-shop and a patio for rentals and meetings. Call ahead for more details.