Opening Friday!

Here is the official news: opening day at Park City Mountain Resort will be this coming Friday, November 28! So here's my advice, take it easy on Thanksgiving Day, watch some football, eat lots of Turkey and get ready to ski and ride it all off over the next three days. We are planning to open with both PayDay and First Time Lifts, but we're still waiting to see exactly which runs we'll be opening, as always I'll post that here as soon as we know (probably sometime Thursday).
In the meantime, you can see some of the results of this weekends' snowmaking efforts in this photo gallery and I'll try to add some shots of the load test that we're doing on the new Crescent Lift today as well (woohoo!):

Comments

[Emily]

i am so stoked to get out there and ski! do you know when other runs and lifts are going to open?

Eric replies:
Keep the stoke going Emily, we'll be opening additional lifts and runs just as soon as conditions permit - just need a good storm or two (or at least cold temps for snowmaking)!

[Tommy Turkey]

What kind of resort hasn't a clue which runs will open the night before opening day, what a joke.

Eric replies:
Mr. Turkey, please read the post I put up this morning to see what runs will be open: http://parkcity.typepad.com/park_city_mountain_resort/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html and have a great Thanksgiving!

[jonny]

pumped for tomorrow, is any parks going to be open

Eric replies:
Jonny, none of the named parks will be open, but the park guys were planning on having some features up on the lower part of Homerun.

[brandon]

After getting a low rating in Transworld snow for terrain parks this past season do you plan on investing more time into your terrain park and people who actually know how to use a rake? It would be an understatement to say you guys are lacking in rail/box features, superpipe (wavy walls),and creativity.

Eric replies:
Brandon, I don't think that rating in the top 10 in all categories is 'low', but then again, it wasn't the top spot we have been used to. Anyway, I know the terrain park crew has a bunch of new features built, they just need snow to get the parks up. Check the Ride Park City blog at http://parkcity.typepad.com/ride_park_city/ for updates on the parks and pipe.

[pacer521]

YES!!!!!!

[John]

So what's the cost of skiing on a mountain with two working lifts?

Eric replies:
John, we don't know what we'll be selling lift tickets for on opening day yet as we don't know what terrain will be ready. As soon as we know, I'll be sure to post it.

[Chris]

NIIIICE! i have been waiting for this day for soo long. but anyways will there be a little park set up with some features?

Eric replies:
Chris, we've all been jonesing for opening day too! I know we'll have some features, check our freeride blog for updates at: http://parkcity.typepad.com/ride_park_city/

[MoSno]

How many people do you need for the load test, four for each chair? Do they have to be heavy folks?

Eric replies:
Nope, no people, we actually use containers filled with water. Click on the slide show (above) and look for the last couple of shots to see.