Imagine Sundance Mountain Resort

Lights! Camera! Action! It's that time of year again. The Sundance Film Festival opens again in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The Sundance Mountain Resort is at the heart of the Sundance Film Festival. Film actor and director Robert Redford established the Sundance Film Institute in 1981 to educate aspiring film makers right here at his cherished Sundance Mountain Resort. By 1985, the Sundance Film Festival was created to give independent film makers a venue to present their creations to the world. The festival soon became one of the most respected festivals in the world of film making. In this podcast, Sundance General Manager Chad Linebaugh visits with Bonnie Sherman, a highly respected travel agent from San Diego, California who has been leading groups of enthusiastic film lovers to the Sundance Film Festival since 2002. Chad and Bonnie explore lodging, dining and film screening options available at the resort, including little known value packages available to Film Festival travelers. Bonnie explains her secret is to simply escort them up the canyon and open the shuttle door to the peaceful mountain retreat. From that point forward they are convinced there is no other way to attend the Sundance Film Festival. If you love serenity, excellent dining, mountain vistas and are interested in attending one of the most unique film festivals in the world, you won't want to miss this episode!

In the early 1980's, film actor and director Robert Redford began to add lodging to his Sundance Mountain Resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. His commitment to the environment played a huge role in the design and construction of the lodging. Few if any large pine trees, aspen groves and other natural foliage was removed or even distrubed, despite the added cost during construction. The result thirty years later, guests arrive at Sundance and often ask if any lodging even exists at the resort. Hidden in the forest are beautiful rustic lodges built around decades old trees, allowing guests to be "in the forest" and a part of nature. In this podcast, General Manager Chad Linebaugh takes a tour through the expertly designed and well hidden lodges with Bryan Kindred, Director of Lodging at the Sundance Mountain Resort.

The water runs full and high against your legs as you step across the river rocks. Just below the water you see a glint of color off the large trout's gills. This is fly-fishing the blue ribbon Provo River near the Sundance Mountain Resort. General Manager Chad Linebaugh introduces Brian Wimmer, Sundance Activities Ambassador, who talks everything fly-fishing while actually catching several beautiful rainbow trout.

Have you ever wanted to soar like an eagle? The new Sundance Zipline Tour may be just the answer for you. In this episode of Imagine Sundance, General Manager Chad Linebaugh speaks with guests and Sundance Zipline Operators about the thrills experienced while flying high above the trees, meadows and streams at our beautiful alpine setting.

There's a story behind the immaculately groomed ski trails at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah and Jerry Hill might know it best. Jerry started working at Sundance 55 years ago and is now the director of mountain maintenance. In this episode of Imagine Sundance, he joins General Manager Chad Linebaugh on a SnowCat snow groomer to discuss the hazards and thrills of creating the perfect Rocky Mountain ski run.