Hotel at a Glance: Best Western Premier Brian Head Hotel & Spa

Best Western Premier Brian Head Hotel & Spa is set amid red-rock formations and tree-covered mountains. Past its rich, wooden exterior you’ll find a wealth of amenities. Go for a swim beneath the pool’s gentle waterfall, which pours into colorfully lit water, or relax in the indoor and outdoor hot tubs. Head to the Noorish Spa for a rejuvenating massage or foot treatment. You can enjoy your favorite beverages by the outdoor patio’s two fire pits. When you’re ready to explore the outdoors, there are only 7 miles to Cedar Breaks National Monument, and a 90-minute drive to Zion National Park or Bryce Canyon National Park.

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• Grab a bite: at the Iron Rock restaurant or The Lift Bar and Grill
• Rustic accommodations are decorated with Mission-style furniture, exposed beams, and nature photography. Each room is also equipped with a microwave, a mini-fridge, and free WiFi.
• Walk to Brian Head Ski Resort for hiking, biking, and ziplining.
• Cedar Breaks National Monument: At this national park (just 7 miles away) you can peer down a half-mile-deep rock formation or wander through a bristlecone pine forest at 10,000 feet in elevation.

Brian Head, Utah: Views of the Red Rocks and World-Class Mountain Biking

One of the United States’ highest towns, Brian Head is nestled amid southwest Utah’s pine-covered mountain ranges. The tiny town has a population hovering around 100, but what it lacks in size it makes up in natural splendor. At 11,000 feet, Brian Head Resort draws skiers and snowboarders in the winter and mountain bikers in the summer. Take a relatively easy hike to the summit and you can see mountains in Nevada and Arizona. Perhaps the best view is of Utah’s Red Rocks—miles of cliffs and canyons cutting a striking crimson figure against the horizon.

From Brian Head, you’re within easy driving distance of several national parks and monuments. One of the most famous is Cedar Breaks National Monument, where ancient rock formations create a natural amphitheater. Colorful limestone spires and crags characterize the landscape, which is home to yellow-bellied marmots, western big-eared bats, mountain lions, and other wildlife.

Less than a two-hour drive south, Zion National Park makes for a great day trip. Its 2,000-foot sandstone walls command immediate attention, but the park also encompasses pine groves, wildflowers, and rock formations. About 90 minutes east of the lodge is Bryce Canyon National Park and its hundreds of hoodoos—oddly shaped spires of limestone, sandstone, and mudstone.