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Brian Head, Utah Photo: Oscity/Shutterstock.com With a peak elevation of 11,300 feet, Brian Head is Utah’s beacon to snow-lovers as one of the nation’s highest elevated ski resort towns. The town’s year-round population is fewer than 100 people, but countless vacationers and outdoors enthusiasts make for a consistent stream of excitement. Approximately 350 inches of snowfall each year draws the attention of cross country skiers, snowboarders, hikers and those who wish to bask in the natural beauty of Brian Head, Utah. Oscity/Shutterstock.com Top 5 Skiing and Snowboarding Skiiers and snowboarders love Brian Head for its diversity and virtually non... Mountain Biking Over 200 miles of trails utilizing old cattle trails are etched into Brian H... Cedar Breaks National Danette C/Shutterstock.com Monument Cedar Breaks National Monument is a national park ATVs/Snowmobileslocated less than half an ... Guided tours and rentals are available in Brian Head. Explore Brian Head Pea... Hiking Hiking in and around Brian Head is an ideal way to enjoy the natural beauty ... Bill Ward/Flickr Updated 20 November 2019 Destination: Brian Head, Utah Publishing date: 2019-11-20 THE CITY In addition to the perfect snowy peaks of Brian Head Peak and adjacent Navajo and Giant Steps, Brian Head's central location to the ve national parks in Utah gives visitors a plethora of opportunities for outdoor adventure. DO & SEE Bill Ward/Flickr (image cropped) Brian Head has the highest base elevation in Utah at 9,800 feet and a peak elevation of 11,300 feet, which makes it ideal for skiing, snowboarding and other winter sports during the colder months of November through April. You Oscity/Shutterstock.com can enjoy the perfect snow on over 650 acres full of trails and runs. The snowy slopes of Brian Head Peak, Navajo Mountain, and Giant Steps provide the perfect With a population of fewer than a hundred setting for outdoor winter activities like downhill residents and a total area of 3.1 square miles, and cross country skiing, snowboarding and Brian Head is the smallest town in Iron County. snowtubing, and summer activities like hiking It is less than an hour from Cedar City, the and mountain biking. Two of the ve national county's largest city, and less than half an hour parks located in Utah are within a reasonable from Parowan, the county's oldest city and the drive from Brian Head. Fishing in the area's county seat. lakes and rivers is a popular pastime. In addition, there are several activities, sights and events in Like many areas of Utah, Iron County was nearby Cedar City and Parowan. colonized by followers of Mormon leader Skiing and Snowboarding Brigham Young, and it takes its name from the iron deposits found in the area. Farming and Skiiers and snowboarders agriculture became the area's main economy love Brian Head for its after the iron foundry failed. diversity and virtually nonexistent lift lines. Its It was not until 1964 that Brian Head Resort high elevation means they opened and made tourism a major force in Iron can enjoy the perfect County's economy. Since then, it has undergone powder snow from November to April. There's several improvements and become a favorite something for every age when it comes to taking destination for residents of nearby metropolitan to Brian Head's mountains. areas like Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Photo: Maxim Blinkov/Shutterstock.com Destination: Brian Head, Utah Publishing date: 2019-11-20 Address: 329 South Highway 143, Brian Head, UT Dirt roads may be followed nearly the entire way Internet: www.brianhead.com to the summit. Providers of tours are either Duck Creek Rentals or Blue Pine Tours. Mountain Biking Ride only in areas designated as open to OHVs. Over 200 miles of trails utilizing old cattle trails Photo: ALPO/Shutterstock.com are etched into Brian Address: 885 E Church Drive, Duck Creek Village, UT Head Peak. Trails vary Phone: +1 435 682 3050 from beginner to expert. Hiking Diiculty levels of the Hiking in and around trails are clearly delineated from beginner, to Brian Head is an ideal intermediate, to advanced, and to expert. Check way to enjoy the natural the website for the dierent bike trails. beauty of the alpine Photo: Zach Dischner/Flickr (image cropped) landscape. Brian Head Address: Brian Head Peak, Brian Head, UT Peak is a favorite due to Internet: www.utah.com/mountain-biking/brian-head its ability to be hiked and climbed year-round. The Brian Head Resort also holds numerous Cedar Breaks National Monument hiking trails in the region which can all be found Cedar Breaks National on the website. Monument is a national park located less than Photo: Maridav/Shutterstock.com half an hour from Brian Address: Brian Head Peak, Brian Head, UT Head, which features Internet: utah.com/search/cedar-city-hiking meadows full of Night Skiing wildowers, forests, and a geologic Nightskiing and boarding amphitheater. There is no lack of activities, as on lit runs is available people enjoy the opportunities for trailblazing, through the Brian Head hiking, photography, bird watching, wildower Resort! The experience is gazing, and more. second to none, with Photo: steve estvanik/Shutterstock.com access via the Blackfoot Address: UT-143, Brian Head, UT lift. Take advantage of more runs and vertical, Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09.00-18.00 and a lighted terrain park! Internet: www.nps.gov/cebr/index.htm Photo: Alex Egorov/Shutterstock.com ATVs/Snowmobiles Address: 329 South Highway 143, Brian Head, UT Guided tours and rentals Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09.30-16.30 are available in Brian Phone: +1 435 677 2035 Internet: www.brianhead.com Head. Explore Brian Head Peak in the summer or winter time on an o highway vehicle (OHV). Destination: Brian Head, Utah Publishing date: 2019-11-20 Lift Rides southwest Utah region.Visitors are given the Lifts are not only for unique chance of reliving Cedar City's early skiers and snowboarders history. This includes hands-on activities and but also for mountain interpretive programs. cyclists, hikers and those just wanting to take in Photo: Creative Family/Shutterstock.com the view. Scenic lift rides Address: 635 North Main Street, Cedar City, UT Opening hours: Mon-Sat 09.00-17.00 make for timeless vistas of the red rocks and Phone: +1 435 586 9290 Dixie National Forest. The Brian Head Resort Internet: www.frontierhomestead.org oers lift rides for the whole family. Email: [email protected] Photo: Ipatov/Shutterstock.com Fishing Address: 329 South Highway 143, Brian Head, UT Brian Head is no stranger Opening hours: Mon-Sun 09.30-16.30 to shing. Various creeks Phone: +1 435 677 2035 Internet: www.brianhead.com and lakes are available for your use. Here are Giant Steps and Navajo Mountains several from which to Giant Steps and Navajo choose: Panguitch Lake Mountain are located (20 miles) adjacent to Brian Head Red Creek Reservoir (25.5 miles) Resort and oer Paragonah (17 miles) additional trails for skiers Panguitch Creek (20 miles) and snowboarders. There Parowan Creek (5 miles) are 71 ski runs and over 650 acres of available Photo: Dudarev Mikhail/Shutterstock.com terrain, with each of the mountains having a full Address: Panguitch Lake, UT service base lodge facility. It should be Internet: www.wildlife.utah.gov mentioned that lifts in operation may vary due high winds, inadequate snow coverage, and Cedar Ridge Golf Course mechanical diiculties. Cedar Ridge Golf Course is an 18-hole course Photo: IM_photo/Shutterstock.com located in nearby Cedar Address: 329 South Highway 143, Brian Head, UT Internet: www.brianhead.com City. The course was designed by course Frontier Homestead State Park Museum professional John Evans, Frontier Homestead State and it is consequently one of southern Utah's Park Museum is a historic best greens. Club rentals are available. site that provides insight into the lives of the Photo: Tinny Photo/Shutterstock.com Address: 200 East 900 North, Cedar City, UT Paiute Native Americans, Opening hours: Mon-Sun 06.30-09.00 (07.00-18.00 during as well as what life and summer) work was like for early European settlers of the Phone: +1 435 586 2970 Destination: Brian Head, Utah Publishing date: 2019-11-20 Internet: www.cedarcity.org/65/Cedar-Ridge-Golf-Course traveling through the area. Designs were etched onto the smooth faces of large boulders found on Park Discovery the gap, now known as petroglyphs. Local children were able to inuence the design of Photo: -ted/Flickr (image cropped) this park, which Address: Iron County, UT Internet: utah.com/parowan-gap incorporates educational play areas for all ages. Scenic Drives Park Discovery possess National Scenic Byway an amphitheater available for additional rental 143 is known as Utah's fee, benches, elds, a pavilion, and a fun Patchwork Parkway dinosaur sand pit. Children love the science because early pioneers playground as well. used quilts to survive while crossing the Photo: Patrick Foto/Shutterstock.com Address: 2077 West Royal Hunte Drive, Cedar City, UT plateau during the cold, snowy winters. It Internet: www.cedarcity.org/270/Park-Discovery traverses from Parowan to Brian Head, and then northeast from Brian Head to Panguitch. Drive Veteran's Memorial Park or even bike along stunning wildowers and Veterans' Memorial Park passing streams. in Cedar City eponymously serves as a Photo: Ken Lund/Flickr (image cropped) testament to American Internet: utah.com/scenic-drive veterans. Memorials are Utah Shakespeare Festival erect for those who One of the largest served in both World Wars, as well as conicts in exhibitions of Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Korea.