Family Score
Weighted, not paid · 25/20/15/15/10/10/5
Last updated: 2026-08-21 · Data verified: Partially unverified
- School 25% · 5/10
- Beginner 20% · 4/10
- Care 15% · 2/10
- Cost 15% · 8/10
- On-mountain 10% · 5/10
- Non-ski 10% · 3/10
- Travel 5% · 8/10
- Ski school 25%5/10
Group from 5, 3–4 in a 2-hour private only. Prices unpublished. Not a drop-in campus.
- Beginner terrain 20%4/10
Official split is 15% beginner, 56% advanced. Sundown and Hidden Lake are the named easy lifts.
- Childcare & kids programs 15%2/10
Their family-trip blog: no formal daycare. We will not list one.
- Affordability 15%8/10
Up to two free youth Unlimited passes with an adult Unlimited. Under 4 ride free. Independent, not Epic.
- On-mountain 10%5/10
Uncrowded because they limit day tickets. Timberline vs Hidden Lake (8,900 ft) is a real 8am decision.
- Non-ski 10%3/10
Night skiing at Sundown. Ogden is the town. Eden is not a village product.
- Travel 5%8/10
Their blog: 55 miles from SLC, 35 minutes from Ogden, 15 from Eden. SR-158 is a 14% grade.
Our take
The free kids pass is real. The family mountain is not. Powder's own site: no formal daycare, 15% beginner, group lessons from 5, 3-year-olds in a 2-hour private. If you ski Eden already, take the pass. If you are choosing a first Utah week with a toddler, this page exists so you skip it on purpose.
Perfect if
- You already ski Ogden Valley and the free youth pass is sitting there.
- Kids 7+ who can handle a 15% beginner map.
- Night skiing as the outing, not a fly-in first week.
Skip if
- A toddler who needs daycare — they say they don't have it.
- A never-ever week sold on a free-pass headline.
- Anyone who needed a village, a carpet campus, or Ikon.
Biggest tradeoffA real free youth season pass on a mountain that is not a family campus — no daycare, 15% beginner, independent.
Ski school deep dive
Ski school is 25% of Family Score — the heaviest weight, on purpose. This mountain: 5/10. How we score.
Group from 5, private from 3. No 3–4 group. Prices unpublished. A school for people who already planned to ski here, not a first-timer campus.
Researched from official pages and 2026 reporting. Fields marked unverified are unpublished by the resort — we will not invent an age, a class cap, or a price.
- Group min age
- 5+
- Private min age
- 3+
- Max group size
- Unverified
- Certification
- PSIA-AASI
- Formats
- Child group ages 5–6, 9:00am–3:00pm. Youth group 7–12, 9:00am–3:00pm. Ages 3–4: 2-hour private only (9–11am or 1–3pm). First-time youth group 7–12 at night, 4:30–6:30pm. Adult group 13+.
- Group pricing
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Private pricing
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Location
- Sundown / Hidden Lake are the beginner lifts the resort names. Night product is Sundown and Sun Tunnel, 4–9pm.
- Progression
- Their beginner blog and their terrain pie chart are not the same document. 15% beginner, 56% advanced on powdermountain.com/mountain.
- Specialized
- Powder Ski & Ride Team / Intro to Freeride from ages 5–6 — weekend season products, not drop-in daycare.
- Booking
- powdermountain.com/lessons/winter. Daily dollars unpublished.
- Pickup / drop-off
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Season programs
- All-Mountain and Freeride Team packages with published season prices on the team page — not a visitor toddler product.
Childcare
Powder Mountain's own family-trip blog: no formal daycare. Lessons and 'family zones' are the substitute they offer. We will not list a crib.
Beginner terrain
- Carpets: Surface lifts exist; public chairs are five. Start at Sundown or Hidden Lake — their words.
- Learning area: Gentle greens near the base, uncrowded because they limit day tickets. Still 15% of the map.
- Greens: Named. Not abundant.
- Progression: The new DMI terrain is 1,000+ acres of advanced. A free pass does not flatten that.
On mountain
On-mountain lodges (Timberline, Hidden Lake). Eden is the grocery run.
Timberline is the main lodge. Hidden Lake sits at 8,900 feet. Do not mix them up with a 4-year-old at 8am.
Not a village. Condos and Ogden Valley rentals. Ogden is the real town.
Non-ski
- Night skiing
- Ogden downtown on a rest day
Kids programs
- Youth season pass 12 and under with adult Unlimited (up to two)
- Night skiing at Sundown
- Ski & Ride Team (weekends)
Getting there
Salt Lake City (SLC). Ogden-Hinckley for general aviation.. Transfer: Their family blog: 55 miles from SLC, 35 minutes from Ogden, 15 minutes from Eden.. SR-158 to the mountain is a 14% grade. They say so. Traction is not optional. Free Powder shuttle from Eden. UTA bus from Ogden — free with a valid Powder ticket or pass.
What a day costs
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Typical 2025–26 / early 2026–27 ranges — not a quote. Flights not included.
- Adult window
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Child window
- Under 4: free lift ticket or season pass. 12 and under: up to two free youth Unlimited passes with an Adult, Senior, or Military Unlimited (26/27).
- Child rental
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Adult rental
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Family of 4 / day (2 adults, 2 kids: lifts + rentals + 1 group lesson)
- The child product can be $0 on the pass. Adults and lessons still exist. We will not invent a window four-pack.
- Pass
- Independent. No Epic, no Ikon. The 26/27 kids-ski-free hook is a season pass, not a walk-up coupon.
What six days on snow costs
Family of four: window tickets × 6, rentals × 6, one 3-day kids' lesson block. Not a week — lodging isn't in our data, so it isn't in this number.
This page doesn't have dollar ranges we can add. We will not invent a six-day total.
This mountain is on the 26/27 kids-ski-free list — read the cutoff before you plan a week around it. Kids ski free: the list and the fine print.
Season at a glance
December–April for families. Holiday weeks are when most of us can actually go.
Dec
Fair
Cold nights; 158 in a storm.
Jan
Good
If you already live here.
Feb
Good
Uncrowded midweek.
Mar
Good
Sun, still independent.
Apr
Fair
Shoulder.