Our Readers’ Favorite Resorts in Utah of 2024

Utah has long been known for its diverse landscapes, from an arid desert with red rock formations to a giant saltwater lake to a string of mountains. For that reason, it’s not surprising the state’s best resorts are found on the doorstep of national parks or at the foot of the towering Wasatch Mountains. In Utah, the best resorts have something extra: jaw-dropping locations and experiences that include skiing with an Olympian or dining in a canvas tent set in a high alpine field. Either way, the views are guaranteed to be epic.

How Voting Works

Every year for our World’s Best Awards survey, T+L asks readers to weigh in on travel experiences around the globe — to share their opinions on the top hotels, resorts, cities, islands, cruise ships, spas, airlines, and more. Over 186,000 T+L readers completed the 2024 survey. A total of more than 700,000 votes were cast across over 8,700 properties (hotels, cities, cruise lines, etc.).

Hotels were classified as either resort hotel, city hotel, inn, or safari lodge based on their location and amenities, and they were specifically rated on the criteria below:

Rooms/facilities
Location
Service
Food
Value

For each characteristic, respondents could choose a rating of excellent, above average, average, below average, or poor. The final scores are averages of these responses.

Courtesy of Auberge Resorts Collection

What Readers Loved

Travelers come to Utah to get close to nature, a fact that is glaringly obvious when you look at the list of winners from the 2024 World’s Best Awards survey. Six of the 10 winners are located in Park City, a mountain community that boasts two ski areas — including the largest in the U.S. — and a dizzying network of summer hiking and biking trails.

One guest of The St. Regis Deer Valley (No. 4) explained, “Why stay anywhere else if you want to ski in Utah? What a joy to look out at the resort that we had just skied to anticipate the following day’s activity. … If you want to feel special and well taken care of with your every need thought of in advance and ski to your heart’s content, you have to stay there!”

Outside of Park City, readers fell in love with the desert vibes of Ulum Moab (No. 3), a summer-only resort that overlooks Canyonlands National Park and is just over 30 minutes from Arches National Park. One reader called out its “spectacular scenery and setting. Excellent food and cocktails. Wonderful service.”

The Winner

The Lodge at Blue Sky, Auberge Resorts Collection: Park City, Utah

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The Lodge at Blue Sky is not new to our World’s Best Awards ranking, earning a No. 1 spot in 2022 and No. 2 spot in 2023. The lodge, which has been tried and tested by tastemakers, continues to impress.

The resort is around 30 minutes from Park City, but feels completely secluded with space for migrating elk to graze or a horse-drawn sleigh ride to take place. An expansive, women-led farm provides the produce for Yuta, the property’s main restaurant, and the Guy Ritchie-envisioned WildKitchen, a communal dining experience that takes place in a canvas tent overlooking the Wasatch Mountains. The on-property experiences include fly fishing, horseback riding, and on-farm learning, and the lodging ranges from a suite in the Earth House that’s built into the hillside to freestanding Creek Houses set along the water.

Nearby, the Edge Spa offers a quiet and private escape from the world. One reader called it “one of the best spa experiences I’ve had in years,” adding that “I’ve stayed at this resort three times in the past two years and it is my absolute favorite resort in Park City because it’s away from the traffic and offers a unique experience for luxury travelers looking to be in Park City, but not in the middle of the chaos.”