Site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2002 Winter Paralympics and the 2007 Winter Deaflympics.

In December 2018, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee named Salt Lake City, Utah as United States choice for a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games bid.^[12] The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games was formed in February 2020 to pursue a bid for 2030 or 2034 Games.^[13] The committee bolstered its engagement with athletes in governance in June 2021, naming four-time Olympic speed skater Catherine Raney-Norman as its chair.^[14] In February 2020, following the announcement of Sapporo's bid, the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City bid was considered moving their intention to bid for the 2034 Games as the Summer Games are scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028.^[15] At the first meeting in June 2021, the organizing committee considered whether it should change the bid for 2034.^[16] The decision for Salt Lake City on the bidding for 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics was made after the 2022 Winter Paralympics ending. President and chief executive of the Salt Lake City bid committee Fraser Bullock mentioned that the small window between the Los Angeles 2028 and a potential Salt Lake City 2030 Games could be a real difficulty to manage and that the feasibility study for this is still ongoing.^[17] The IOC sent a delegation to Salt Lake City, from 27 to 29 April 2022, to conduct an inspection and a technical site visit of the competitions, ceremonies and Olympic Village proposed venues.^[18] Bullock confirmed at a meeting on 1 November 2022 that "the upcoming process is focused on 2030 and [SLC] will fully participate in that process".^[19] On 29 November 2023, the IOC announced that it had initiated a targeted dialogue phase with the United States, designating it as the proposal most likely to be selected for 2034.^[20]

Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and was the host city of the equestrian events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Stockholm and Åre previously bid for 2026 but lost out to Milano-Cortina, Italy. On 8 February 2023 the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) initiated a feasibility study regarding the Olympics and Paralympics in Sweden in 2030.^[21] On 15 June 2023 SOK presented the feasibility study report. As a result, Sweden's united sports movement will continue with its work to arrange the Winter Games in Sweden in 2030. The feasibility study's proposal for the same sports concept used for the failed bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics.With the ice sports and ceremonies in the Stockholm region, Nordic sports in Falun, snow sports shared by Åre and Östersund and sliding sports in Sigulda, Latvia or Lillehammer, Norway. For the Paralympics, some changes are proposed with the Nordic events will be moved to Östersund. Only existing venues and strucutures will be used, with the Olympic Villages as the only new work specific for the games.Seven out of ten Swedes think that Sweden should apply for the Olympics and Paralympics in 2030 if the feasibility study shows that it is possible to implement sustainable, democratic and cost-effective games. The IOC was informed that SOK wants to proceed to step two of the process and the IOC has welcomed SOK to the next phase, SOK President Hans von Uthmann confirmed. The conclusion results of the feasibility study is that Sweden is ready to move on to the next step in the process.^[22] Stockholm would become the second city after Beijing to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Government would announce their support for the bid on 13 November 2023.^[23]

The Swiss Olympic Association (AOS) confirmed that they were into the "continuous dialogue" of the "Future Host Process" on 30 March 2023. As part of the dialogue, AOS will examine whether the prerequisites for a possible Swiss Olympic bid are met. For AOS, it is clear that a new Swiss bid can only be considered after careful examination. A bid concept only has a chance if it is sustainable and the Games leave a legacy that goes beyond sport – to society, the economy and Switzerland as a location for innovation.^[24] The event would be spread out across the entire country and use existing facilities and infrastructure. Switzerland hosted the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Sion had bid for the 2006 Winter Olympics but lost to Turin, Italy. On 18 October 2023 it was announced that Switzerland intends to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.^[25] With the French and American bids entering targeted dialogue phases, the IOC Executive Board would also invite the Switzerland bid to a "privileged dialogue" for potentially hosting the 2038 Winter Olympics.^[26]

On 19 July 2023, the presidents of the regional councils of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Renaud Muselier and Laurent Wauquiez, expressed the wish to propose to the sports movement and the French Parliament to submit a joint bid to the IOC. The bid is determined to take into account the issues related to the preservation of biodiversity and the acceleration of global warming and to be part of a broader strategy on the winter sports of tomorrow, in a context of global warming. The Games plan is using existing infrastructures, reducing organisational costs and financing mainly through private revenues. Following the meeting of the presidents it was intended to transmit to the IOC the wish to open a formal dialogue phase, to submit a draft application to the CNOSF and the CNPSF and their legislative bodies in September and to submit the project to the Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games in the second half of September 2023.^[27] On 29 November 2023, the IOC announced that it had initiated a targeted dialogue phase with France, designating it as the proposal most likely to be selected for 2030.^[20]