Culture

Culture

Utah Culture

Utah abounds with performing arts opportunities for entertainment, education, and enlightenment. Ballet West is one of the nation's finest ballet companies. The Utah Symphony and Opera offers year-round symphonic concerts under the direction of Keith Lockhart and several theater companies perform year-round, including the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Just 40 minutes away, Sundance Resort offers an extensive summer arts program featuring performances by the Utah Symphony and Opera and other groups, along with theater and outdoor cinema.

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Utah Facts

  • 14 Alpine ski resorts operate in Utah.
  • Dinosaur National Monument in Vernal, Utah, features the largest quarry of Jurassic Period dinosaur bones ever discovered.
  • Utah is the site of the nation’s first department store. Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution was established in the late 1800s.
  • The Great Salt Lake covers 2,100 square miles, with an average depth of 13 feet. The deepest point is 34 feet.
  • Lagoon amusement park has been in existence for over a hundred years.
  • Utah is ranked sixth in the U.S. for the amount of boatable water per capita. Utah offers over 100 bodies of water that are considered boatable.