SLC weather averages and such: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USUT0225?from=month_bottomnav_undeclared I have a friend in SLC and it seems to be similar to Denver, you see a lot of sun, it might snow 6 inches, but then you get 40s or 50s the next day. There is a wildfire danger there though. There are just a handful of bars in SLC, really. You need to have a membership to the bar to be allowed to drink there. Phoenix has the 2nd most kidnappings in the world, the WORLD. Granted, 99% of the time it's people who are involved in shady things, but, still. I would not want to live within 4 hours of Las Vegas, for self preservation purposes.