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If you could take just one photo: Sips, Slopes and Celebrity Sightings

To the non-Mormon novice, Utah may evoke images of tumbleweed and tabernacles. But locals and festival junkies know that Main Street in Park City (just 20 minutes east of Salt Lake) is a little outpost of culture, cocktails and the occasional Paris Hilton sighting. First-time visitors to Park City's Sundance Film Festival or its epic slopes might be tempted to pack a liquid lunch -- a flask, mini, or emergency keg. But the need for illegal importation and Hennessy hoarding has been alleviated in recent years by local distilleries and maverick breweries. Locals favor Park City's High West Saloon—Utah's first Latter Day ski-in distillery–just one block west of Main Street. Skiers in need of stiff refreshment can loosen their boots and sample a liberal lineup of mountain-crafted whiskies. After a day of black diamond runs and peerless powder, this saloon is a site for sore thighs.

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Park City, the small-town annual host to the Sundance Film Festival, has an off-the-path, residual treat to be enjoyed year round. In 2010, Exit Through the Gift Shop premiered; an alternative documentary directed by the globally infamous graffiti artist, Banksy. Early January, in anticipation to that year's festival, five paintings by Banksy manifested around town overnight. One was almost immediately painted over by city authority, another was covered months later. A third was on the front door of the Egyptian Theater which they ultimately sold, saving the theater from bankruptcy; today only two remain. Focus on the south side of Java Cow and find time to sniff out the rat from Main St.

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