Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge

The Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge, near Salt Lake City, Utah, is a log cabin built in 1929–30. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge
Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge is located in Utah
Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge
Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge is located in the United States
Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge
Nearest citySalt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates40°35′45″N 111°35′05″W / 40.595951°N 111.584787°W / 40.595951; -111.584787
Built1929-30
Architectural stylelog Cabin
NRHP reference No.80003935[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1980

It is located on U.S. Forest Service land at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon, on what is now Mary Lake Lane, in Brighton, Utah, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Salt Lake City. It is near the trailhead to Mary Lake.[2][3]

It is a two-story rustic log cabin lodge.[2]

It overlooks the Brighton Bowl,[2] what is now the Brighton Ski Resort area; the ski resort developed starting from one rope tow established in 1936.

The historic designation recognizes the building as one of few structures surviving from the earliest years of skiing in Utah. The lodge was used for club events and public rentals. In December 2010 the Wasatch Mountain Club transferred the building to a non-profit foundation that will manage the building for the public as an historic site with access through open houses, scheduled use for educational and cultural events, and private reservations for a cost-based fee.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Clare Davis (February 5, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge". National Park Service. Retrieved October 19, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 1979-80
  3. ^ Google maps
  4. ^ "Outdoor Notebook: Wasatch Mountain Club lodge to be available to public". Salt Lake Tribune. December 9, 2010.