Explorer
Explorer is an aerial lift in Salt Lake, Utah. Explorer is situated nearby to Brighton Ski Resort, as well as near the historic building Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brighton Ski Resort and Guardsman Pass.
Brighton Ski Resort
Resort
Photo: PeteysHead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area in the western United States, located in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Brighton, Utah. About thirty miles from downtown Salt Lake City, it is owned and operated by Boyne Resorts. Brighton Ski Resort is situated 900 feet northwest of Explorer.
Guardsman Pass
Mountain saddle
Guardsman Pass (elevation 9,717 feet is a high mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The pass is located on the boundaries of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest to the west, and the Bonanza Flats backcountry area to the east.
Solitude Mountain Resort
Sports venue
Photo: Raman Patel, CC BY 3.0.
Solitude Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in the Big Cottonwood Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains, thirty miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. Solitude Mountain Resort is situated 2 miles northwest of Explorer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighton and Alta.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Brighton had a population of 432.
Alta
Photo: Thatotherperson, CC BY 3.0.
Alta is a small town at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake County, part of the Wasatch Range region of Utah.
Snowbird
Locality
Snowbird is an unincorporated community in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Snowbird is situated 4 miles west of Explorer.
Explorer
- Type: Aerial lift
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.59739° or 40° 35′ 51″ northLongitude
-111.58073° or 111° 34′ 51″ westOpen location code
85GCHCW9+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1510139521OpenStreetMap feature
aerialway=stationOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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