Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the state capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Utah.

Sports and recreation

Skiing-only areas include destinations such as Alta and Deer Valley. Both skiing and snowboarding are available at Snowbird, Park City, Solitude, and Brighton. These six ski resorts, in addition to Sundance and The Canyons, are located within an hour's drive of Salt Lake City International Airport. The ski resorts see frequent storms which deposit light dry snow due to a phenomenon called the lake effect, where storms amplified by the warm waters of the Great Salt Lake precipitates in the Wasatch Mountains.

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Skiing - Alta - Deer Valley - Snowboarding - Snowbird - Park City - Solitude - Brighton - Sundance - The Canyons - Salt Lake City International Airport - Lake effect

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Most of the ski resorts also offer summer activities. The mountains around Salt Lake City are very popular for hiking, camping, rock-climbing, and mountain biking, as well as other related outdoor activities. The reservoirs and rivers in the Wasatch Mountains are very popular for boating, fishing, and other water-related activities. Salt Lake City is the primary jumping-off point for exploring the national parks and monuments and rugged terrain of the southern half of the state. The national parks of southern Utah are some of the most popular vacation areas in the country.

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Hiking - Camping - Rock-climbing - Mountain biking - Boating - Fishing

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Salt Lake City is home to the NBA team Utah Jazz and the Salt Lake Stingers minor league baseball team, a Los Angeles Angels Triple A affiliate. Real Salt Lake, a new Major League Soccer franchise, began play in 2005. The city hosts a hockey team, the Utah Grizzlies, which is the minor league affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes.

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NBA - Utah Jazz - Salt Lake Stingers - Minor league baseball - Los Angeles Angels - Real Salt Lake - Major League Soccer - 2005 - Utah Grizzlies - Phoenix Coyotes

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Salt Lake City had also received an expansion team from the revived American Basketball Association, known as the Utah Snowbears http://www.usbasket.com/USAteam.asp?TEAM=6468 in the 2005 season. However, the team folded after going 25–1 in the regular season and being well on their way to a championship. Salt Lake City will receive an Arena Football League team, the Utah Blaze, in 2006. The Utah Starzz of the WNBA were once located within the city, but moved to San Antonio and became the Silver Stars.

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American Basketball Association - Utah Snowbears - 2005 - Arena Football League - Utah Blaze - 2006 - Utah Starzz - WNBA - San Antonio - Silver Stars

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