Park City Mountain Resort Blog

Beat The Heat at Park City Mountain Resort

When I opened up my google homepage today, the "How to of the Day" topic was how to survive a heat wave. There is no denying that Utah is in the middle of a heat wave. We recommend taking the appropriate precaution of coming up to Park City where, as a rule, it is at least ten degrees cooler than Salt Lake City. After all an Alpine Coaster ride sounds a lot more fun than sitting on the couch with a fan in your face.

Take a hiatus from the rising temperatures and cool off on a relaxing and scenic Town Lift ride. Once you've reached the top you can seek refuge from the heat under a blanket of trees while exploring many of our hiking and mountain bike trails. Team member favorites on a hot day are a quick break at the Dip-n-dots and Snowie stands. "My favorite way to cool down on a scorcher is to grab a Snowie. The Tiger's Blood flavor is my favorite!" says PCMR team member Meisha Lawson. "I prefer a ZipRider™ break! Nothing beats the cool breeze on the chairlift ride up and the wind in your hair as you zip through the trees," says team member Jess Werner.

So as the sweltering heat sweeps Salt Lake, remember that Park City Mountain Resort is your summer oasis. We are only a 30 minute drive from Salt Lake and want to help you beat the heat!

Trees near mid-mountain trail.

Rainbow Dip-n-Dots

Town Lift

Park City Mountain Resort Opening for Summer on Friday

Monday morning it snowed six inches. Luckily our summer team members are used to the snow because they had to work through a blizzard earlier this week  to get ready for our opening. We will open for the summer season on Friday, May 28.

If you haven't been to Park City Mountain Resort in the summer, add it to your bucket list. A couple facts:

- Our Alpine Slide was the first one in Utah (installed in late 1970's) and still is the longest with over 3,000 feet of track.

- Our Alpine Coaster is the only one in Utah and was the second one in the United States.

- Our ZipRider lets you fly above the tree tops, 110 feet above the ground.

- Our Little Miner's Park allows even the littlest kids to participate. In fact, I took my 4 mos old on the Merry-Go-Round.

These are only a couple of the adventures that can be found at Park City Mountain Resort. What's your favorite?

Getting Ready for Summer Operations

There is no denying that it looks and feels as though Winter has made a comeback to Park City Mountain Resort. Many of you are asking why we haven't been able to resume operations to allow you a few more turns on the mountain we all know and love. We've had Facebook comments and Twitter replies saying, "You closed too early!" I must admit that the onslaught of snow has made sitting behind a computer quite agonizing when all I want to do is play in the snow and remind my snowboard that I haven't forgotten about her.

However, we must not forget that Park City Mountain Resort is a fully-operating, summer, destination resort. We are scheduled to open for summer activities on Friday, May 28th and boy do we have our work cut out! Our grooming team has been hard at work since the day we closed for Winter. They are tasked with clearing all the snow from the bottom of PayDay lift so we can begin setting up the base area activities such as the Legacy Launcher, Human Maze, Climbing Wall, Miniature Golf and Little Miners Park. In addition to this, they are also working on clearing snow from the Alpine Slide, Alpine Coaster and the access roads on the mountain.

We're adding racks to Town Lift and PayDay Lift to allow mountain bikes. Also, readying the PayDay mid-station for ZipRider and Alpine Slide patrons to unload requires a large volume of work. Not to mention the general lift maintenance to keep our lifts that run all Winter and Summer long in prime condition. Starting on Monday we will have a full team of Summer Ops working around the mountain to ensure Park City Mountain Resort is ready to open on time for summer.

I have never experienced summer in Park City and I for one, can't wait to ride the ZipRider and Alpine Slide. I also plan to upgrade my beach cruiser (and tassels) and try out my mountain biking skills on Park City Mountain Resorts many trails. So maybe I must say a sorrow farewell to Winter, but there are many adventures waiting just around the corner.

Flying down the ZipRider

It's time for yet another summer action video. This one is of our ZipRider and I think this reallly gives you a sense of the speed, length and height the ride. Once more, thanks Nick for helping out and grabbing this video.