Another Day, Another Update.

Mother Nature is trying to do her thing here in Park City and as you can see in this photo (taken from the Summit cam) we received a couple inches of new snow up top last night and it continues to snow as I am typing. Our wonderful mountain operations manager Brian told me this morning that they are making snow on PayDay, Treasure Hollow, First Time and the bottom of Bonanza chairlift. We are close to getting PayDay run open sometime this weekend. Now we really need Mother Nature to kick into high gear. My good friend Dan Pope had this to say in his email he sent me last night:

"High pressure will begin to move westward into the Eastern Pacific…allowing for several weather systems to push over Northern Utah between the 11th and the 13th. Another storm will move into the area on the 15th and 16th…with yet another storm closing in on Utah about the 19th."

And our buddy Joe Nicholls:

"A weak cold front is shifting south across the area and we'll see some light snow or snow showers. The air mass remains cold, so if we can get some breaks in the cloud cover later tonight, we'll drop off to near 20. A couple of quiet weather days expected through the weekend with temperature inversions on the lower part of the mountain in the mornings. The next cold front will move across the area on Monday bringing another chance of snow or snow showers. We're beginning to see more changes in the wavelengths of the weather pattern, and this should result in the high pressure shifting westward off the West Coast. This should will increase the chance of unsettled weather and cooler temperatures by around mid month."

I know we are all eagerly awaiting snow so that we can enjoy all that our mountain has to enjoy but if you remember last year we were in a very similar situation. We only had a couple runs open for the first couple weeks of the season and then on December 7 we got a big storm that turned everything around. And if we all remember last year, it started out slow but it ended a near-record snowfall year! It snowed from January thru March with barely any sun. In fact, I think I can count the number of sunny days on one hand. So all it takes is a big storm cycle to turn things around.

As we've been saying, we have no control over Mother Nature but we are working as hard as we can to provide a great experience with what we've got. We will continue to keep you updated whenever we hear anything new. Thanks for all of the feedback.

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Comments

[nick]

Looks like the "snow dance" I've been doing each night in the back yard is working. We're arriving on the 27th for our first ski trip in the US and are glad we chose Park City!

Krista replies:
We're happy you chose Park City as your first place to ski in the US. You won't be disappointed. Keep doing your snow dance as we need the mentioned storms to hit! See you at the end of the month.

[chris]

good news, as we will be arriving on the 15h and leaving the 22nd! hopefully the predictions are correct! /fingers crossed

Krista replies:
Keep your fingers crossed Chris! We look forward to seeing you here. Check out our Interactive Vacation Planner to plan your days here, including your own personal mountain tour:
http://www.parkcitymountain.com/winter/planner/planner.html

[Elliot]

Thanks for the updates! This is great news as I was starting to get a little worried. Especially since it has been as cold in Alabama as it has been in Park City! But Park City has never let us down and we can't wait to get up there the second week of January. Keep up the good work!

Krista replies:
The second week of January is a great time to come and don't worry the temps will be much colder than in Alabama. The snow is still falling!

[Shane]

Yes that would be fantastic! I've never made even a single turn in Utah , but spent plenty of time next door in Colorado so this is all exciting to me. Let's keep our fingers crossed !

Krista replies:
I moved here myself from Colorado 13 years ago and I've never looked back. You will love it! It's still snowing...keep on doing your dance.

[Shane]

This is great news! In my earlier comment I stated that the pattern would be changing and the chance for snowfall would be around mid-month..looks like I was pretty well on with the experts. Been checking out the mountain cams and I love what I'm seeing. 23 days until I leave for Park City for the season!

Krista replies:
Thanks for the comment Shane. It looks like you have a new career as a meteorologist! We can't wait to see you in 23 days. Maybe we can make some turns.