Park City Mountain Resort Blog

Discounted Lift Tickets for Local Area Season Pass Holders

 
Thanks to amazing early season snowfall (over three feet in the last week) and perfect snowmaking temperatures (it's been really cold!), Park City Mountain Resort has the most November terrain open since the snowy November of 2004. We would like to invite local Park City Area pass holders to experience these excellent early season conditions with specially priced lift tickets.

Beginning Monday, November 29, pass holders from our neighbor resorts, The Canyons and Deer Valley Resort, can purchase $40 lift tickets at Park City Mountain Resort. Pass holders are required to present their 2010-2011 season pass at any ticket window located in the Resort Base Area to purchase. One lift ticket per pass holder/per day, excludes coupon book holders. These tickets are available for Deer Valley pass holders through Friday, December 3, 2010 and The Canyons pass holders through Thursday, December 9, 2010.

Park City Mountain Resort is currently operating seven lifts, 48 runs, two bowls and one terrain park. The terrain park includes 15 features and two jumps. A winter storm watch is in effect for the Park City area, calling for up to a foot of snow by Monday morning. Conditions on the mountain are fabulous. We encourage everyone to get up on the mountain and enjoy the snow.

Remembering the Top 5 Moments from Winter 2009-2010

The snow guns are staged on the mountain, we've had our first dusting of snow and all of Park City Mountain Resort is in full Winter prep mode. As the Winter season rapidly approaches, so does the deadline for purchasing a 2010-2011 Park City Mountain Resort Season Pass at the lowest rate. October 31st is the last day to get in on the early season deal and prices will increase November 1st. Purchase your pass online at http://parkcitymountain.com/pass.

As the countdown to opening day begins we thought we'd reminisce about some of our favorite moments from the 2009-2010 season. We polled our team, shared some fun stories and came up with the top 5 moments. Here they are in no particular order.

First Chair
We all know that scoring first chair of the season earns you bragging rights until closing day. Last year we had one eager skier attempt to make the first chair of the season, PayDay’s 6 pack chair, a 7 pack. Now that's dedication. Take some time out for a quick laugh and watch this video. 

JJ Thomas, 2010 US Snowboarding Grand Prix

Grand Prix
The US Snowboarding Grand Prix was held in our very own Eagle Superpipe in January of 2010. This was the final stop of the Grand Prix series, which determined the US Snowboarding team for the Olympics. We were fortunate enough to host the event as well as the ceremony naming the 2010 Olympic team. It was a night to remember as Shaun White received the highest score ever given in a Grand Prix competition with a 49.5. For the full event recap click here.

Santa Arriving at Town Lift
This holiday event is so magical it would even put Scrooge in the holiday spirit. Santa and Rudolph fly their sled full of goodies into Park City on the Town Lift as a crowd of eager families await. The evening included holiday carols, stories, hot chocolate and cheer. This event is not only a highlight of the holiday season, it’s something to be remembered all year.

End of Season Storms
Apparently the Snowdance worked because this season we were blasted with one storm after another from March until close. We received so much late snow that we were able to extend our closing date. On the 8th of April we still had a base of 110”. Our guests couldn’t have been happier and so were we! Here are some of the highlights.

Snowmamas
Let's face it: Taking your family to the mountains for some fun in the snow can be overwhelming! What to pack? Where to go? How to get kids from the condo to ski/snowboard lessons on time? The questions are endless. This season snowmamas.com launched a forum for moms all over the world to share their tips and advice for planning a family vacation in the snow. snowmamas.com

We can't wait to start making new memories this season. See you on the slopes!

Snowbug Gets Early Season Turns at Park City Mountain Resort

A dusting of snow welcomed employees to Park City Mountain Resort this morning. We all know the excitement that comes with the first snowfall and found one of our Snowbugs on Homerun looking for one of the Resort’s new Adventure Alleys.

Don't let this snowbug beat you to getting your first turns of the season.  Make sure to purchase a season pass today with “My Pass. My Way.”   www.parkcitymountain.com/pass. Remember Park City Mountain Resort's season pass pricing increases November 1, 2010.

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

Easter Egg Hunt at Park City Mountain Resort

Park City Mountain Resort’s annual Easter festivities are scheduled to take place Sunday, April 4, 2010. The events include a special egg hunt with a visit from the Easter Bunny beginning at 9 a.m. sharp for children ages 6 and under in the Resort’s Kid’s Korral.  Pastries, hot chocolate and coffee will be served to participants.  Older children and adults are invited to participate in an Easter Egg Hunt on the First Time face.

The annual “Hunt for the Golden Egg” will take place all over the mountain with two golden eggs containing 2010/2011 season passes.  Non-golden eggs containing prizes including 2010 Summer Activities, 2010/2011 lift tickets and other prizes will also be hidden on the mountain.

Clues for one of the golden eggs are being distributed through Park City Mountain Resort’s pages on Facebook, and Twitter. We hope you'll join us for these activities and don't miss the Easter Bunny skiing around the resort and visiting with guests throughout the day.

See photos from Easter 2009 at Park City Mountain Resort

One more week of skiing and riding at Park City Mountain Resort!

I was lucky to 'escape the office' for an hour or so this morning to get up to Jupiter Peak for, what I think, was the best powder skiing of the season (so far). I'm not sure if it's some sort of April Fools prank or what, but the skiing and riding the past few days has been epic...and because of that we are extending our season by a week, with our scheduled closing day now pushed back to April 18, 2010!

Here are the details on our extended season:

“Thanks to the recent return to winter and an 87-inch settled base depth, the current conditions are the best they’ve been all year, which is why we’ve decided to stay open for an additional week,” said Peter Curtis, president and general manager of Park City Mountain Resort.  “We will continue to deliver an exceptional guest experience, maintaining our grooming standards and high-level of guest service.” 
 
Beginning Monday, April 12, 2010 the resort will operate eight lifts including PayDay, Crescent, Bonanza, Silverlode, Thaynes, Jupiter, First Time and Three Kings. Pick’n Shovel, PayDay and King’s Crown terrain parks will also be open.   Lift ticket pricing for the extended week of the season is as follows:

       Adult (ages 13 and 64)         $ 65

       Seniors (ages 65 and up)     $ 45

      Children (ages  7-12)            $ 40

The Canyons and Deer Valley Resort season pass holders will be able to purchase a single-day lift ticket to the Resort for $25 when they show their current 2009-2010 season pass. 
 
Additional Park City Mountain Resort hours of operations scheduled for the extended week of the season include the following:

       Kristi’s Coffee  Café             7:30am – 5:00pm

       Legacy  Sports                     8:00am – 6:00pm

       Legacy  Café                        10:30am – 3:00pm

       Summit  House                    10:30  a.m. – 3:00pm

       Legends Bar and Grill           11:00 a.m. – 7:00pm

       Alpine  Coaster                    noon  – 4:00pm

Park City Mountain Rentals will be fully operational through April 18; however the Demo Center and Ski Valet will close as regularly scheduled on April 11. 
 
The long-range weather forecast is calling for snow off and on through April 18, 2010.

Season Pass Deadline Just a Week Away

Just a friendly reminder that there's just one more week left to purchase your Park City Mountain Resort season pass at the early season rates. Our winter season is fast approaching and we've already seen a couple of snow storms blow through. There's no snow sticking down here at the base, we are scheduled to open for the season in just over a month, on November 21, 2009 with our closing date is set for April 11, 2010.

Actually, it's a bit odd to be writing about winter as we're planning to run our summer operations for another 10 days - our summer operations closing date is Sunday, October 18th. So come come on by this weekend, pick up your winter season pass and then ride the alpine coaster or alpine slide!