Park City Mountain Resort Blog

2010-2011 Season Passes On Sale August 24th

Scoring First Chair of the Winter Season at PCMR gets more competitive with each year. You need to eat right, train hard and get here EARLY. How early? Check our video to see.

Park City Mountain Resort Season Pass sales begin Tuesday, August 24th! Want to get first chair of the 2010-2011 Winter Season? Purchase your season pass early.

http://parkcitymountain.com/pass

The Rockettes visit Park City Mountain Resort

The Rockettes of Radio City Christmas Spectacular fame paid a visit to Park City Mountain Resort yesterday evening as part of their Kicking Across America Tour. They arrived by limousine in full costume and paraded through the resort plaza, posing and taking photos. The Rockettes took photos at various PCMR landmarks to use as promotional materials for the Utah stop of their upcoming National Tour, which will visit Salt Lake City's Maverik Center from November 26-29.  The ladies wrapped up their evening at the resort with a chairlift ride up PayDay lift.

The Rockettes Kicking Across America Tour encourages you to kick up your heels online or in person. Once their kick counter reaches 1 million kicks, Radio City will donate thousands of tickets to the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which will provide children from local charities with the unforgettable opportunity to see the Christmas Spectacular. To see how you can KICK click here.

PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT ANNOUNCES $4.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE 2010-2011 WINTER SEASON

Park City, Utah (August 10, 2010) – Park City Mountain Resort furthers its commitment to delivering exceptional guest experiences by investing over $4.5 million in capital improvements for the 2010-2011 winter season. The improvements include expanded night skiing and riding operations and increased snowmaking to enhance the early season conditions.

“Our focus remains on providing our guests with an exceptional downhill experience,” said Jenni Smith, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort. “The additional snowmaking will allow us to provide an enhanced early season product and the expanded night operations will drastically improve the night skiing and riding.”

Park City Mountain Resort will expand night operations to include the Three Kings Mountainzone, which houses the Pick ‘N Shovel Terrain Park. The Pick ‘N Shovel Terrain Park will double in size and be reintroduced as the Three Kings Terrain Park. The 1500 watt quartz lights on PayDay run, which has offered night skiing and riding for 43 years, will be replaced with 150 watt metal halide bulbs. The upgraded bulbs will provide enhanced visibility across the run and decrease the energy expended, saving 139,000 kWh per year. Night operations will be extended until 9 p.m. seven days a week beginning Christmas Day.

The Resort will add snowmaking to Assessment Run, a local’s favorite intermediate run, increasing the amount of terrain available off the Silverlode chairlift during the early season. Snowmaking will also be added to Three Kings and Quicksilver runs with seven fully automated fan guns and six low energy tower guns.

For the 2010-2011 season the Resort will also add three new “Adventure Alley” runs, which provide intermediates the thrill of skiing or riding in the trees. In addition, expanded glading off the Crescent Ridge will continue to enhance the advanced tree skiing terrain. The Resort has also purchased three new snowcats, including a winch cat, which will help the Resort groom up to 50 runs daily, including two to four Signature Runs.

On-mountain restroom facilities will also receive enhancements for the upcoming season. The restrooms in both the Summit House and Snow Hut restaurants will be renovated, in addition to Eco Toilets being placed at the bottom of Jupiter and King Con chairlifts.

Park City Mountain Resort’s owned and operated Gorgoza Park will also see some improvements this coming season. A 390 foot conveyor lift will replace the current tow rope accessing the lower tubing lanes. The new conveyor lift will increase the uphill capacity at Gorgoza by 25 percent. Gorgoza will also add a 60 foot conveyor lift designed to improve accessibility to the Fort Frosty play area.

Park City Mountain Resort is scheduled to open for the 2010-2011 winter season on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Season Passes will go on sale Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

Park City Events: Arts Festival and Jupiter Peak Steeplechase

We have two long-standing events happening in Park City this weekend and I for one can’t wait for the festivities to kick off. Both the Kimball Arts Festival and the 18th annual Jupiter Peak Steeplechase are great reasons to get outdoors and support your community.

The Jupiter Peak Steeplechase is a long time Park City tradition. Runners will embark on a 16-mile trail run with a 3,000’ elevation gain. The race begins at 8am on First Time, where runners will weave through trails, making their way up to Jupiter Peak then descending down to Silver Star. Join us at Silver Star plaza to cheer on the racers at the finish and watch the awards ceremony. Please note that no trails will be closed for this event, however you can expect increased traffic on the mountain.

The 41st annual Park City Kimball Arts Festival, that’s right 41 years and running, will take over the entire length of historic downtown Main Street. Artists of every shape and kind will showcase their work in categories ranging from ceramics, painting, and photography to music, jewelry, and even kids’ art. Picture all the character of Park Silly, but stretching the entire length of the street. The Arts Festival is an event not to be missed by both locals and visitors alike.

A few words of advice from Veteran Arts Festival attendees: Take the bus, leave your dog at home and don’t miss out on the food discounts you receive by showing your Arts Festival wristband. For even more inspiration, treat yourself to a mind-blowing ride down the Alpine Slide and get your heart racing on the Alpine Coaster. Arts Festival parking is available at Park City Mountain Resort’s Silver King lot, so you might as well purchase a Combo Pass for only $25 and finish off your day of food, art, and entertainment with some thrill rides!

Arts Festival Hours
Friday, August 6, 6:00pm -9:00pm
Saturday, August 7, 9:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday, August 8, 9:00am – 6:00pm

Donations are encouraged for entrance to the Park City Kimball Arts Festival on Friday evening. Saturday & Sunday tickets are $10 for adults, free for 12 and under. Saturday’s tickets may be used for re-entry on Sunday.