The New Park City Mountain Resort. (11.21.15)

 A few weeks ago the largest resort in the United States, Park City Mountain Resort, owned by Vail, opened up for a new season. I decided to go on opening day. The runs were packed, the snow was not that great, and the lines were horrendous. Over all it actually was not as bad as I anticipated. Once they open up more runs I am hoping for a powder and smile filled year.

Park City Mountain has had major improvements over the past few years. For example, this is the first year they are connecting The Canyons, another resort opened by Vail for the holidays, and Park City Mountain to create the largest resort in the United States. I can not wait to explore both resorts this season and other seasons too. In addition to combining the two resorts they have also done some expanding. One of the lodges, Snow Hut renamed miners camp, has gone through some major expansion and remodeling. They tore down the old restaurant and rebuilt a brand new restaurant in place of it.

 The new Miners Camp! (Photo Courtesy of Park City Mountain Resort)

Another new improvement to the resort is the food. Before Vail bought Park City Mountain the food was pretty horrible. I did not like the food at all and it tasted like it was microwaved in my opinion. However, once Vail bought Park City Mountain there was an instant change in the food.Now the food is much better and really tastes fresh. I recommend going to any of the restaurants to try some of their food first hand. The photo below shows a meal at Summit House with the improved food. The taste and presentation is much better than it used to be!

Food! (Courtesy of Tampa Bay Ski Club)

The final improvement I would like to address are the improved chairlifts and new gondala. The Kingcon chairlift has expanded to fit six people instead of four people. The Motherload chairlift has expanded to fit four people instead of three. The chairlifts are now high speed and have detachable seating. The Quicksliver has been made to connect Park City Mountain and Canyons. It holds eight people and will unload at the base of Silverload lift. When conditions allow there should be another drop off point at the top of Pinecone ridge to ski down to Thanes chairlift. At Canyons the drop off point will be at Flatiron to ski to Dreamcatcher and Tombstone.

Thank you so much for reading this blog and looking at the new improvements at Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons. I hope you learned something about the mountain and/or planning a trip to visit Park City too! Have safe travel too!