801 Weekend

Salt Lake City

Guide Last verified November 9, 2026. Salt Lake Valley only; every hour, price and address is from the venue's own page as of the date above, TBD means the page doesn't say, and TRAX stops come from UTA.

Indoor Salt Lake for inversion days

An inversion is cold air stuck in the valley bowl under a lid of warmer air, so the PM2.5 from cars and furnaces builds for days until a storm clears it, roughly December through February. The state Division of Air Quality posts the current Salt Lake County reading and a three-day forecast at air.utah.gov, and a day rated Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse is when this list applies. Everything below is under a roof, and the Indoor line says where that isn't quite true.

Salt Lake City Main Library

Four floors plus a lower-level children's library, and free EV charging in the garage on the same two free hours.

The rooftop terrace is the only outdoor part and closes in bad weather anyway. The garage is card only, so scan your ticket inside.

Utah State Capitol

The whole building is open to anyone for nothing, and the weekday tour meets just inside the east entrance.

The walk up from the east lot is the only time outside. Guided tours run on the hour 10am–3pm on weekdays, with none November 25–27 or December 7 through January 1.

Church History Museum

A self-guided museum half a block from the train, with docents in the galleries; seeing it all takes 1.5 to 2 hours.

The second floor, including the children's exhibit, is closed for construction through November 18, 2026. If the garage is full, City Creek is free for two hours but not validated.

FamilySearch Library

Sit down with a research helper and your grandmother's maiden name, or start with the discovery experiences.

Construction may close it on short notice, so check the page before you go.

Pioneer Memorial Museum (DUP)

Pioneer-era objects packed into glass cases, free and weekdays only; the history desk closes at 4pm.

No cameras, video cameras or scanners inside. The free route 200 bus from Main Street and North Temple goes up the hill.

Clark Planetarium

Free hands-on space exhibits for a wet afternoon, with the dome and IMAX shows as the paid add-on.

You can come up from the garage without going outside. Most Gateway stores validate an hour, and the ticket desk sells discounted validations.

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA)

An hour of new work on a pay-what-you-can ticket, with Friday the late night.

Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's Day, and it closes at 3pm on New Year's Eve.

Natural History Museum of Utah

The museum above the U, and Wednesday is the one late night.

The uphill walk from the lot is the one real stretch outside on this list, so drop passengers at the turnaround first. Last admission is 4:30pm (8:30pm Wednesday), and UTA 223 runs Monday to Saturday.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

The free days are the inversion-day move, and the rest of the month it's a quiet paid afternoon.

A pay lot sits just north on Campus Center Drive, and admission is free with a student ID from any public Utah college.

Discovery Gateway Children's Museum

The children's museum with the garage next door and dimmed-light sensory hours twice a week.

Kids under 16 need an adult, and adults without a kid show ID. Free sensory sessions run Mondays 3–6pm and Sundays 10am–noon with registration.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

An aquarium's indoor galleries for a bad-air day; buying ahead is the cheaper way in.

Student, senior and military rates are on the price list. Call (801) 355-3474 with questions.

Momentum Climbing, Millcreek

The Sandy gym at 220 W 10600 S charges the same and closes 6pm Sundays, so pick your end of the valley.

Everyone signs a waiver, spectators included; roping up takes a belay check or the class, and bouldering needs neither.

The Front Climbing Club

Rentals are in the day pass and the belay test happens at the desk, so a first-timer can be on a rope the same day.

Everyone signs a waiver, adults show photo ID, and there's no cash.

Utah Olympic Oval, public skating

Public sessions on the 400-meter Olympic oval, $14 with rental skates.

The ice is indoors but cold, so dress like it's outside. There are no walkers to rent, so bring your own, and some December holiday dates are $8.

Dimple Dell Recreation Center

A day pass covers a lazy river, a slide, a track and a climbing wall, all under one roof.

Pool hours are limited, so call ahead. The indoor track is for ages 16 and up.

Northwest Recreation Center

Slides and a current channel, an eight-lane lap pool and an indoor track on one day pass.

Open swim is Sunday 10:30am–2pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 4–7pm, and Saturday noon–6:30pm.

Urban Air Adventure Park, Fort Union

Trampolines, slides, bumper cars and harness attractions under one roof, for the snow day that wasn't.

Every jumper signs a waiver, and the harness attractions open at 4pm (2pm Fridays). A parent ticket is $18 with a child ticket, and a two-ticket deal is $56 through December 2.

Woodbine Food Hall

Food counters under one roof, so a table of four can each eat something different without going outside.

The covered patio is optional; everything else is indoors.

Trolley Square, with Weller Book Works

A 1908 streetcar barn with a bookstore and a Rodizio inside, so lunch and browsing share one parking spot.

It's an enclosed mall, so the lot is the only time outside. Weller Book Works, off the 600 South entrance, stays open until 9pm Monday to Saturday.

Ken Sanders Rare Books

The rare-book shop moved into the old Leonardo on the Main Library's block; the two together fill a bad-air Sunday.

Meters on 200 East and 500 South are free on Sundays.

Quarters Arcade Bar

An arcade bar that stays open late, for the night the forecast says tomorrow is red too.

It's a bar, so 21 and over with ID.

Closed or changed

The Leonardo closed for good; the Deseret News reported on September 26, 2025 that it will not reopen, and Ken Sanders Rare Books now has part of the building. The Tower Theatre has been closed since 2020 with a 2028 reopening target, per KSL. Acord Ice Center is closed for system repairs with no reopening date. Fat Cats Sugar House may be closed; its site doesn't say.

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