Things To Do In Park City Utah With Kids

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Kids have plenty of options in Park City, so make sure to prepare them for the fun summer activities (like horseback riding and alpine slides) as well as winter activities (like skiing and snow tubing). Read More

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Deer Valley Resort

Deer Valley is a year-round resort offering skiing during the winter months as well as lift-served biking, hiking and scenic chairlift rides in the summer.

High Country Adventure

Just 30 minutes from Park City, take the family rafting, ziplining, horseback riding, ATVing, tubing, or fishing. Guided tours, combo trips and rentals available.

Monkey Mountain

Who Are We? We Are The Great Indoors! Whether you drop your children off for hourly childcare, or come & play together, your children will discover!

Resort Center Ice Skating Rink

Outdoor ice skating rink, skate rentals available, beautiful views, specially decorated at Christmas time.

Color Me Mine - Park City

Unique paint your own pottery studio that offers a cafe, music, Wi-Fi, and a welcoming atmosphere in Park City, Utah.

Park City Mountain Resort

Summer and winter activities, such as skiing, snowmobiling, tubing, alpine coaster, and more. Discount packages available!

Park City Rafting

Select from 2-hour or full-day trips (includes lunch) on the beautiful Weber River. Close to Ogden, Park City & Salt Lake.

Young Riders

The Young Riders program offers camps and classes advocating mountain biking among young people ages 6-18.

Summer

In Park City, Utah, kids enjoy summer in the mountains for a variety of reasons, but mostly because they get to run around in the outdoors. It brings a smile to their face to simply explore the mountains, valleys and rivers to find new, exciting things around every turn.

  • Alpine Slide
    Kids as young as two years old can go on this slide, where they can pretend to be in the Winter Olympics, sliding down the hill on a sled. The steep curves and hills will scare them a little, but excite them even more.
  • Wagon Rides
    Take the kids to meet the horses up close and personal; they'll love feeding sugar cubes and carrots to these beautiful animals. To complete the experience, they get to go on a wagon ride through the mountains, seeing the landscape from a different perspective.
  • Gondola Rides
    It can be difficult for small children to hike up to the high vantage points over the valley, so take them on a scenic gondola or chairlift ride. It will drop the group off at a lookout, with the mountains all around and the valley stretched out below.
  • Biking
    For kids, there's something incredible about just staying upright on two wheels. Whether pedaling around town or taking an adventure on the mountain, families have plenty of options to explore Park City in a safe and fun manner.
  • Hiking & Backpacking
    It's no surprise to find kids and adults on the hiking trails in the mountains. The trails are well-maintained, appropriately marked, and there are plenty of resources to direct visitors of all ages to an appropriate trail.
  • Horseback Riding
    Of the many things to do in Park City for kids, one of the most enjoyable and easiest is mounting a horse, grabbing the reins and riding along the trail. Pretending to be cowboys and explorers, they'll love the time on the trail.
  • Fishing
    Teaching a child how to fish is one of life's gifts to parents, so take the opportunity to make it happen in Park City, where there are reservoirs and rivers in the mountains around town, perfect for dropping a line.
  • Whitewater Rafting
    There are no class IV or V rapids, so the rivers around Park City are perfect to introduce kids to the thrill of riding the bow in whitewater, paddling as a team, and enjoying the beautiful surroundings.
  • Scenic Flights
    Launching from just outside Park City, kids will love quietly rising up in a hot air balloon or a scenic flight. Both options cover huge amounts of ground, giving an exciting and educational perspective of the mountains and canyons.
  • Kayak & Canoe
    Put the kids in the middle ("riding duff") or give them a paddle and have them try it out for themselves. Powering yourself out into a lake is a unique experience for kids of all ages, just don't forget the fishing pole.
  • Climbing
    Parents often think that children are too young to start rock climbing, but, under professional supervision, kids as young as 6 years old will be thrilled to climb up walls, come down, and then test their limits again.

Winter

Skiing and snowboarding should be enough to keep the kids thrilled while on a Park City vacation but just in case it's not there's tubing, sledding, ice skating, eating, bowling and so much more.

  • Alpine Coaster
    The Alpine Coaster at Park City Mountain Resort isn't a real rollercoaster but kids won't care. The elevated track tugs you to the top and gravity sends you winding through curves at speeds up to 30 mph. It's a bit pricey for one ride but worth at least one time. Prepare to be begged for seconds.
  • Snowtubing
    Tubing works for anyone looking for a rush and a laugh. Lifts take you and your inflatable ring to the top of the tubing lanes so you can zip down without all the work involved with regular sledding. Most lanes are lighted so it's the perfect apres ski activity.
  • Snowmobiling
    Several touring outfitters can lead you and the fam into the backcountry on snowmobiles for a couple of hours or a full day of trekking.
  • Snowshoeing
    You don't have to go far to get views of the snow-capped Rockies. Park City's Mountain Trails Foundation builds and maintains hundreds of miles of trails even in the winter. Strap on some snowshoes and get walking. It's so much fun you won't even notice you're getting a workout.
  • Ice Skating
    Throw on some warm clothes and socks, and head over to one of two ice rinks in Park City. Park City Mountain Resort has an open-air rink; the Park City Ice Arena is near the intersection of Hwy 224 and Hwy 40. You don't even need skates. On site rentals are available at both places.
  • Train Rides
    All aboard the Heber Valley Railroad. Trains depart daily or take the Tube 'n Train Adventure that includes tubing hill at Soldier Hollow and a scenic ride down Provo Canyon.
  • Bowling
    If you don't feel like driving up to Deer Valley's Montage Hotel for their four bowling alleys, a darts room, Wii stations and a classic arcade for teens, you can take a free shuttle to Kimball Junction and Jupiter Bowl. The upscale bowling ally is also a restaurant, arcade and sports bar with big screen TVs.
  • Cinema
    Park City has two state-of-the art movie theaters that often show family films. In town, there's the Holiday Village Cinema, and at Kimball Junction the Redstone Multiplex Theater.
  • Live Entertainment
    The Egyptian Theater Company on Main Street offers family friendly stage and musical performances throughout the winter.
  • Park City Museum
    Learn all about Park City's history through interactive exhibits and historical artifacts. There's even an authentic territorial jail to 'inspect'. 
  • Swaner EcoCenter
    Programming for youth and adults, interactive exhibits, an innovative theater, and space for unique events, the EcoCenter is designed to inspire a deep respect for the natural world. Kids will love the kids play area, complete with climbing wall and child-friendly exhibits. 
  • Utah Olympic Park/Alf Engen Ski Museum
    Check out the interactive exhibits depicting the history of skiing in the Intermountain West and step into a virtual-reality ski theater or sign up for a Learn-to-Fly ski jumping clinic outdoors at the Park.
  • Swimming
    Just about every hotel has a jacuzzi or swimming pool. But you won't be able to get the kids out of the South Summit Aquatic Center in Kamas, 20 minutes east of Park City. The pool has water slides, a lazy river, indoor play area, and climbing wall. Kids under 3 are free.