What's on in Salt Lake City, United States through the year

Peak crowds — Ski season, Temple Square lights

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Apr (usually)), Temple Square lights (27 Nov – 1 Jan (usually)), Winter inversion (15 Dec – 20 Feb (usually))

Busy — Ski season

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Apr (usually)), Winter inversion (15 Dec – 20 Feb (usually))

Peak crowds — Ski season, Spring break in United States

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — General Conference (April), Ski season

• Holiday

  General Conference (April)

  3–6 Apr · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The first weekend of April brings tens of thousands to Temple Square for the church's semiannual conference. Downtown hotels are booked out and the traffic around the block is a plan of its own. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Apr (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Peak crowds — Pioneer Day, Summer break in United States

• Hazard

  Wildfire smoke season

  15 Jul – 20 Sep · usually

  The same valley that traps winter exhaust traps summer smoke drifting in from the Great Basin and California. It is the second of the two seasons a year when the air here is the story. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Pioneer Day

  24 JulMajor festivalClosuresCrowded

  A state holiday on 24 July marking the Mormon arrival in the valley, with a parade, a rodeo and more fireworks than the fourth. Offices and many businesses close for it. Source ↗

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 20 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Wildfire smoke season (15 Jul – 20 Sep (usually))

Busy — General Conference (October)

• Holiday

  General Conference (October)

  2–5 Oct · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The autumn half of the same weekend, on the first weekend of October. Book the city well ahead or stay out by the airport. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Ski season, Temple Square lights

• Season

  Ski season

  20 Nov – 20 Apr · usuallyCrowded

  Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April. The canyon roads are the bottleneck and they close for avalanche control after big storms. Source ↗

• Festival

  Temple Square lights

  27 Nov – 1 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Hundreds of thousands of lights go up across Temple Square from the Friday after Thanksgiving, free and walkable, and it is the one thing downtown that draws the whole valley in December. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Ski season, Temple Square lights

• Hazard

  Winter inversion

  15 Dec – 20 Feb · usuallySmoke season

  Cold air settles in the valley under a lid of warm air and the exhaust has nowhere to go, sometimes for a fortnight. The canyons above the lid are clear and sunny, which is where everyone escapes to. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Apr (usually)), Temple Square lights (27 Nov – 1 Jan (usually))