The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is now a high adrenaline adventure park. The park is located 28 miles east of Salt Lake City near Park City, Utah. There are athletes training all year around. The practice trampoline is right next to the ski jump pool and both are fun to watch. The ski jumpers do their flips, twists and turns into a swimming pool. There are many activities including high ropes course, alpine slide, two ziplines and a bobsled on wheels. The xtreme zipline is the longest and steepest zipline in the world! You can purchase a day pass for unlimited activities for $60.
Tips and Tricks
- If you can go to the park on a early weekday morning. Mondays & Tuesdays are the least busy.
- Weekends and evenings are busy. You can wait in line for over an hour for each ride.
- The freestyle zipline is the smaller of the two ziplines. To riding the ziplines you are put in a chair and your body is placed up against a door. The ziplines can be very intimidating, and feel scary, especially for kids. Let the kids know it is SO EASY, especially the smaller zipline! Let kids know BEFORE you get up the lift what will happen, and how easy it will be. There is ZERO drop, just the doors swing open and you sail easily down to the bottom.
- If your kids are nervous, try not to let them stand in line waiting. It can make them more scared. Let them be the last one to be put in the chair. Once they do it, they will LOVE IT and want to do it again and again!!!
- Parking is in the upper parking lot, and the activities are in a lower area. There is a lot of walking. Make sure everyone is wearing good shoes. You might want to take a stroller for younger kids.
- The alpine slide is so fun!!! It can be extremely fast for adults! Be warned not to follow young children if you want to go fast. The kids are really slow!
- The alpine slide will close if there is rain!
- You can buy each activity separately or you can purchase a day pass for unlimited activities for $60. We got three activities for around $20
- The ultra zipinle minimum weight is 55lbs. If you have kids lighter than that, the only ride they can do is the alpine slide.
- The xtreme zipline is the longest and steepest zipline in the world! You must be a minimum of 100lbs to ride it. It is a fun zipline! You do NOT feel any tingles like you would feel with a drop, it is a easy down slope. It is fast, but not too fast.
- If you can remember, let go of the chair harness as you come to a stop at the bottom. The rope can pull through your hands.
- Ski jumpers the Flying Aces practice every Saturday at 5:00 PM. Cost is $10 a person
- The museum is interesting and fast-paced. It has lots of exhibits from the 2002 Olympics. FREE
- The zip line is $20 for one ride and last maybe 30secs. The ropes course ranges from $15-20 and last 30-45 mins.
More zipline information:
Zipline Rides
Take an exhilarating ride on the WORLD'S STEEPEST ZIPLINE! There are two ziplines to choose from, the Xtreme Zip and the Ultra Zip.Xtreme Zipline
• Length – 1,454 feet
• Max. Speed – 55 mph
• Ride Time – 55 seconds
• 4 lines
• Minimum weight – 100 lbs
• Maximum weight – 275 lbs
• Located at the top of the K120 ski jump hill
• Sensation of what it is like to be a ski jumper or freestyle aerialist
Ultra Zipline • Length – 754 feet
• Max. Speed – 42 mph
• Ride Time – 30 seconds
• 4 lines
• Minimum weight – 55 lbs
• Maximum weight – 275 lbs
• Located at the top of the winter freestyle aerial hill
Cost: Xtreme Zip: $20, Ultra Zip: $15
When: Open May 19th-September 3rd. Please call 435-658-4200 for times.
