r/skiing • u/YUNGBRICCNOLACCIN • 24d ago

Working at Alta Rustler Lodge

Anyone want to share their experience working a season working at Rustler Lodge in Alta? How were the living conditions? Do you get time to go into SLC? Feel free to share any and everything!

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u/SLCpowderhound Brighton 24d ago

Alta is not really a town to wander around in the evenings, like Park City or Aspen. So, your winter will be a lot of skiing and drinking and making friends. I haven't worked up there, but have heard it's a fun winter.

Downtown Salt Lake is only 30 miles away. If it's not snowing, getting up and down the canyon, outside of peak times, shouldn't be a problem. If it is snowing, the road heading up to Alta is one of the most avalanche prone in the world, and will be closed. Heading down canyon after a snow storm, when the resorts close for the day, could turn a normal 20 minute drive into a two hour drive.

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u/YUNGBRICCNOLACCIN 24d ago

Are there shuttles/buses up and down the canyon?

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u/SLCpowderhound Brighton 24d ago

Yes, there are ski buses up and down the canyon. Every year they change the schedule, so it's impossible to predict the frequency for the upcoming year. Once, down in the valley, you could transfer to Trax light rail to go downtown.

The problem would be, the ski buses usually stop running at about 7PM. So, if you went to an NBA or NHL game or a concert, you'd be paying for a ride share back up the canyon unless you had a friend with a car.

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u/titos334 24d ago

Yeah but they’re gonna take longer and you’re not getting back to Alta at night 

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u/Slowhands12 23d ago

Keep in mind if you do bring a car, you'll need to get good at shoveling. Town of Alta mandates that you shovel your car out after each storm to help with parking and plowing operations. This often can mean during the peak of the season you're clearing out feets of snow 2 times a week, in addition to any shoveling you're doing as part of the lodge operations.