Snowbasin Resort is located 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Salt Lake City, in Weber County, Utah on the back side of the Wasatch Range. Opened in 1939, as part of an effort by the city of Ogden, Utah to restore the Wheeler Creek watershed, it is one of the oldest continually operating ski resorts in the United States. One of the owners in the early days was Aaron Ross. Over the next 50 years Snowbasin grew. After a large investment in lifts and snowmaking by current owner Earl Holding, Snowbasin hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic alpine skiing races for downhill, combined, and super-G.