WBSkiing Guide

Fat City Condos

Terrain	Open Glades, Tight Trees
Location	40.6217° / -111.5600°
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Fat City Condos is the treed and gladed terrain that is northwest of Pinecone Ridge. Most of the slopes are in the 24° to 32° range, but there are a few in the 40° range and some of the trees have been flagged by avalanches (i.e., they don't have branches on the uphill side). The spacing between the trees also varies significantly. The most inviting slope is the wide open glade in the southeast corner of the drainage (traverse Pinecone Ridge from Scott Hill east towards the Jupiter chairlift and then drop into the clearing), but there are plenty of hidden glades within the trees—don't get obsessed thinking there is only one entry point into the Condos. Fat City Condos would probably be rated as intermediate backcountry terrain if it weren't for the trees.

Pinecone Ridge and Fat City Condos

Skiing the Fat City Condos

The Largest Glade in Fat City Condos

Getting to Fat City Condos

Fat City Condos from Guardsman

Trailhead	Guardsman Trailhead
Skinning Vertical	1,000'
Skinning Distance	2.5 miles
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If you are coming from the Salt Lake County side, follow the directions to Pinecone Ridge from the Guardsman trailhead. You can enter the treed Fat City Condos anywhere along the ridge.

From Summit County, the easiest route is to ride Park City's Jupiter chairlift (I won't tell). Fat City Condos is on the other side of what Park City calls West Scott's Bowl.

About the Name

I was told the "condo" moniker was due to an old miner's shack in the area. To my knowledge the shack no longer exists, but there is a ski patrol "shack" on Pinecone ridge (see the first photo on this page). We'll consider this a stand in for the condo.

There is some disagreement regarding the name. Powderbirds calls this Silver Spoon Fat City which is easily confused with the Silver Spoon run located in Silver Fork. Summit County backcountry skiers often call it the Fat City Condos.