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Show Page 14-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, May 1995 Realistic Summer getaways: Summer Rentals in the Canyons by Alex Miller | As difficult as it may be located on the Alta by-pass road between Snowbird and Alta. A fifteen hundred square foot condominium that they are in their own private complex. It’s pretty tually abandon the Wasatch nice. and the Cottonwood If small and intimate Canyons will return to their with two bedrooms and a .1sn’t your cup of tea, there glorious green, wildflower loft and two and a half bathis a very limited supply of | splashed pine scented° rooms rents for $900.00 a larger accommodations. The selves. Summer is a great month (renters pay the utili-. Sugarplum Townhouses featime to be in the mountains ties which are minimal in ture large three thousand as anyone who has walked the summer). A large three square foot, three bedroom _through Albion basin at the bedroom unit with a private units with outdoor hot tub, peak of wildflower season Jacuzzi and terrific views of huge living rooms and ter- to believe, winter will even- can attest. It is also a great time to take advantage located on the main road between Snowbird and Alta, wood Creek. While Hellgate doesn’t specifically offer Their location side of on the north the Little Cottonwood Creek (a southern exposure) assures they get full day of sun. In the early and late parts of the summer season this can bea of local secret is the Blackjack Lodge, tucked into the hillside between Snowbird and Alta. The lodge has a particularly peaceful location set about fifty yards back from the Alta By-pass road. The managers at The Blackjack ~ Lodge rent efficiency and one bedroom units for the whole summer season. The rooms in this lodge are _ed on the Alta by-pass road small but their is the unmis- offer monthly rates. In most cases the prices are 75%. takable feeling of communi- ty as many of the less than the winter season. The pleasures that await seasons. I couldn’t reach the managers Jerry Oyama full range of activities at but the efficiency rents for around $400.00 a month and restaurants, an summer The larger more estab- lished condominium lodges the one bedroom rents for around $450.00. At present these units are already gone for the season. To get a spot The *view you could have from Sugarplum, Blackjack, or one . of the other bargain summer residences you need to put in your. request as early as March or typically offer night to night mountains rentals which Salt Lakers $1200.00 a month. These are the same condominiums April. The. Blackjack business office, which holds like The Lodge at Snowbird and The Inn at snowbird are familiar with via the rents for “Weekend Getaway” pack- which in the winter season -ages which you can see rent for $325.00 a night and advertised in he Sunday papers. These packages gen- $400.00 a night respective- erally include Tram ride or of the above. - ously a great weekend, a concert or a a brunch or all This is obviway to spend a but VIEWS as far removed from a Summer values are in the longer term rental package offered by the condominium projects in Little Cottonwood Canyon a half a mile away from the hot parking lot on an August afternoon as you can get. Resort the ly. Flop houses they ain’t. The condominium interiors range from merely tidy to opulent, but every one of them feature a location and real - Snowbird center or Alta’s Lodges. One of the more popular condominium projects is The Village at Sugarplum a and Allyn Hart to confirm prices — of. ‘occasional Moose sighting and an expanding concert season. renters have been there for several the summer renter include a excellent month long leases Jonelle says they are open to the possibility of “working something out”. As With the Canyon Services properties Hellgate has on site live in | managers. the Jensens can be reached at 801-742-2020. Another long time Alta favorite which has been of a Village at Sugarplum, locat- handful overlooking Little cotton- of the Tram to the top of -Alf’s High Rustler at Alta. peacefulness of the moun-. tains at somewhat less than a kings ransom. Many of the condominium properties in Little ‘Cottonwood Canyon have Summer rental programs. Some properties, like the Hellgate Condominiums offer weekly rates while the a and decks features views from the top. living in the isolation and Snowbird with a Jacuzzi - distinct Alta: At $1300 alia a month plus utilities, they provide a very stylish retreat from Salt Lake Valley’s heat. ee Other properties which are available on a month to month basis’ include Superior Point Condominiums and Powder Ridge Condominiums. All of these properties have on site managers to help deal advantage as winter You’re Kidding!) and arrive early. Hellgate is also located on Little Cottonwood Creek which can be heard at night through your window. able in the canyon. This is Jonelle and Alan Jensen, the live in managers at probably because nobody knows about it. With such Hellgate, minimal rental costs there is hardly a lot of money left rent condomini- ums on a weekly basis. One bedroom units rent for $275.00 a week, Two bedrooms for $325.00, three Many of the properties in with problems and also keep the project sell for a half a an eye on the properties single four bedroom condowhen renters are away. The | minium rents for $450.00 a company booking and manweek. Hellgate has a decidaging the “Sugarplum” conedly casual feel with a little dominiums is Canyon more interaction between. Services. They can be guests. The condominium reached at 943-1842. complex of 13 units features Hellgate condominiums, a generous common area million dollars or more so not all owners choose not to ‘participate in the summer rental program. As a result, only about a third of the units are available which gives renters the impression abbreviated summer hours is 801-742-3200. Surprisingly few people take advantage of the summer rental programs avail- bedrooms for $375 and a for marketing. This is slowly changing with Snowbird and Alta’s increasingly high profile summer programs. Long term leases are a inexpensive alternative to having your own cabin in the mountain. There are virtually no maintenance concerns and you have the security of having on-site management company to look |
