Investment
The local communities surrounding Snowbird are a part of what makes time spent here so special. When COVID-19 struck, we saw a need for assistance in our communities and worked to help meet it. Since then, local relief has become a pillar of our Play Forever initiatives, working with the Utah Food Bank, Murray City School District and other local organizations to help make a difference.
Access
At Snowbird, we know skiing, snowboarding and access to the outdoors are unbeatable experiences that should be shared with everyone. To encourage more people of different abilities and different backgrounds to get involved, Snowbird works with local and national organizations to provide resources to increase participation in winter sports and outdoor activities.
Wasatch Adaptive Sports (WAS), an organization that empowers people with disabilities to get into the outdoors through a variety of recreational activities, claims its home base as Snowbird. In the winter, children, adults and veterans can participate in adaptive ski lessons. WAS also hosts several events here at Snowbird, including the Steve Young Classic and SitBird Sit Ski Camp, which provide designated time and space for adaptive athletes to meet and learn together.
Snowbird also partners with Ski Utah and the Discover Winter program. The program aims to foster a life-long love of skiing and snowboarding amongst Utah's ethnically diverse community. People of color who live in Utah can apply to receive 4 complimentary ski or snowboard lessons, rental equipment and a Ski Utah Yeti Pass.
Additional Snowbird partners that are committed to the Play Forever mentality include the High Fives Foundation, Snowbird Sports Education Foundation and SOS Outreach.
Action
The environment is an integral resource for those who call Snowbird home. It's what allows us to play, work and enjoy the mountain day after day. We know that it's important to protect it now so we can continue to enjoy it far into the future. Our own commitment to protecting our mountain coupled with strategic partnerships with leading organizations such as Protect Our Winters, Breathe Utah and the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation are setting us up for seasons to come.
Play Forever in Action
Snowbird supports our community through financial contributions, in-kind giving and volunteering to strengthen the places we live, work and play.
Awards & Accomplishments
Snowbird has received dozens of state and national awards in environmental sustainability. Snowbird’s ongoing commitment to Play Forever has helped Snowbird become an industry leader in sustainability efforts.
Snowbird Power Systems was awarded the Utah Association of Energy Users Award in 2023 for outstanding leadership in energy efficiency and conservation.
Awarded to Snowbird Power Systems by the American Council of Engineering Companies, the National Recognition Award is a prestigious distinction honoring projects demonstrating exceptional engineering excellence at the national level.
Excellence in climate advocacy through supporting climate policy and innovative solutions that further the transition to a clean energy economy.
Excellence in climate action for satisfactory tracked and reduced carbon emissions.
Third-party eco-certification expert GreenCircle Certified, LLC selected Snowbird as one of their winners based on our innovations in energy and water conservation, waste management, community outreach and environmental management.
Recognizing our commitment to track, target and reduce carbon emissions.
Recognizing our commitment to support climate policy that will result in broad-scale carbon emission reductions, promote energy innovation and support the transition to a clean energy economy.
Awarded by Protect Our Winters for encouraging skiers and riders to carpool, take UTA or ride-share to help lower CO2 emissions, reduce traffic congestion and increase the overall awareness around environmental accountability.
The Ski Area Citizen’s Coalition awarded Snowbird an “A” grade after surveying the resort’s environmental commitment to a number of categories, including its footprint, development plans, protection of local species and environment, water and energy conservation, transportation and other key areas.
With partners Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Forest Service and Tiffany & Co., Snowbird made history by becoming the first private landowner in Utah to help fund a mining-era clean-up effort to eliminate tailings that were affecting the American Fork watershed.
Play Forever Donations
The Snowbird Play Forever Fund was created to provide funding in support of our community successfully navigating challenging times and continuing to thrive for generations to come.