Efforts Underway to Upgrade Infrastructure at Park City Mountain Resort, UT, Ahead of 2034 Olympics Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR), Utah, is seeking approval to upgrade two lifts on the Mountain Village side of the resort. This upgrade was initially approved in 2022, however, the approval was successfully appealed by a local Park City group. Now four years later, many Park City residents have expressed support for the mountain upgrades, citing the importance of upgraded […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | April 19, 2026 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Challenges Lawsuit Threatening Key Park City, UT, Chairlifts The legal battle over the slopes at Park City Mountain is intensifying as Vail Resorts moves to shut down a lawsuit that could potentially halt operations at two major ski lifts. According to reporting by The Park Record, the resort operator filed a motion last week to dismiss a complaint brought forward by UI Charitable Advisors, a Provo-based nonprofit that claims […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 16, 2026 3 Comments
Park City Mountain Resort, UT, Forced to Close Early, Ends Season on April 5 Park City Mountain in Utah officially wrapped up its season on Sunday, April 5, after a disappointing season marked by unusually high temperatures and low snow totals. The United States’ largest resort had hoped to make it to mid-April, but recent snowstorms turned out weaker than expected, forcing an early closure. The resort was open for a total of 182 […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | April 6, 2026 0 Comments
Sundance Is Gone From Park City — Shaun White Just Replaced It With a 22-Foot Halfpipe and an Olympic Dream World-class Halfpipe Snowboarding and Freeskiing Take Center Stage in Park City on January 22–24, 2027, as The Snow League Continues Global Expansion. The Snow League and Park City Mountain announced today that the legendary resort will serve as the league’s newest host site for Season Two. The premier competition in Utah is set for January 22–24, 2027, further accelerating the […] Industry News Press Release | March 31, 2026 0 Comments
Utah’s Warmest Winter on Record Is Ending Park City’s Ski Season 3 Weeks Early Park City Mountain Resort, Utah, will close its Mountain Village this weekend, ending the 2025-26 season weeks earlier than in recent memory (with the exception of 2020 for COVID), and three weeks earlier than originally planned on April 20. Related: A Battle for Park City Mountain, UT: Billionaire Matthew Prince vs. Vail Resorts Empire Crescent and Payday lifts will spin […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 27, 2026 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: The Magic of Park City, UT Growing up in Annapolis, Maryland, I didn’t get to ski much, except for one week every year when my mom, dad, sister, and I ventured to Park City, Utah. I distinctly remember the 4 a.m. wake-ups for our flight to one of my favorite places. I could never sleep the night before. Driving from Salt Lake City to Park City, […] Sophie Jacobs | March 24, 2026 0 Comments
Why I’ve Trusted Jans Mountain Outfitters in Park City, UT, With My Skis & Boots For The Past 8 Years There are a lot of ski shops out there. For the past eight years, since I moved to Park City in 2018, I’ve trusted Jans with just about everything that touches my feet or clicks into my bindings. Boots, liners, mounts, tunes… all of it. And when you ski as much as I do (sometimes in critical spots), that trust […] Featured Article Miles Clark | March 23, 2026 0 Comments
Park City, UT, Billionaire Matthew Prince Takes Aim at Vail Resorts After Earnings Shortfall Park City, Utah, local billionaire and Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is once again expressing interest in purchasing Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) from Vail Resorts, arguing he could drastically improve the experience for guests and employees. Related: A Battle for Park City Mountain, UT: Billionaire Matthew Prince vs. Vail Resorts Empire On March 9, Vail Resorts reported lower-than-expected Q2 earnings. Prince […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | March 15, 2026 6 Comments
Lawsuit at Park City Mountain, UT, Threatens Closure of 2 Lifts Park City Mountain, Utah, has yet another lift dispute, and it’s not related to the ongoing Silverlode and Eagle lift issues. UI Charitable Advisors (UI), a Utah-based nonprofit, has filed a civil lawsuit against VR CPC Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vail Resorts (Vail), alleging that Vail is unlawfully operating ski lifts and related resort infrastructure on land owned […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | February 24, 2026 1 Comment
Could Park City Mountain Resort, UT, Finally Get Long-Awaited Lift Upgrades? Vail Resorts resubmitted the Silverlode and Eagle lift projects in hopes of upgrading the two major lifts at Park City Mountain Resort. The nearly 4-year controversy started when PCMR got approval for a conditional use permit, effectively fast-tracking the project through the council. Now they are back again, attempting to get approved by the Park City town council so skiers […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | February 13, 2026 1 Comment
Skier Left Hanging From Gondola at Park City Mountain, UT, After Boarding Mishap An incident at Park City Mountain in Utah left a skier briefly hanging by her boot from a Red Pine Gondola cabin around 1:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Eyewitnesses said the woman attempted to board the gondola late, and the doors closed on her ski boot, according to TownLift Park City News. The outlet reported that she was carried upside […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | January 2, 2026 0 Comments
The Hyatt Centric: The New State-of-the-Art Skier’s Hotel in Park City, UT Park City is globally recognized for its world-class snow and terrain, but along with that, it has incredible accommodations for travelers alike. The Hyatt Centric represents a new standard for skiers and snowboarders looking to maximize their stay in the mountains. With direct access to the brand-new Sunrise gondola, which transports skiers to the Saddleback Express lift, this hotel provides […] Featured Article Anders Henrikson | December 15, 2025 0 Comments
Park City Mountain, UT, Postpones Opening Day Amid Low Early-Season Snowfall The winter stoke in Utah will have to remain patient as Park City Mountain, one of Utah’s most famous ski resorts, postponed its Opening Day due to a lack of early-season snowfall. The resort, which was originally scheduled to begin its season on November 21, has not yet announced a new opening date as it waits for natural snowfall and ideal […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | November 21, 2025 0 Comments
A Battle for Park City Mountain, UT: Billionaire Matthew Prince vs. Vail Resorts Empire The idea of returning Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) back to local ownership was revived by Park City local Matthew Prince. In an October 27 Zoom video conversation with SnowBrains, the billionaire founder of Cloudflare said local ownership of PCMR is inevitable. It reignited a debate that began in May 2025, when Prince bought the historic Townlift Plaza, saving it […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | November 5, 2025 2 Comments
Park City Mountain, UT, Bike Patrol Votes to Unionize A summer of quiet organizing at Park City Mountain in Utah has ended in a decisive shift: the resort’s bike patrol voted to unionize, becoming the first group of summer employees at the resort to win collective bargaining rights. The move means that many patrollers who already belong to the ski patrol union in winter will now have union protections […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | September 16, 2025 0 Comments
Another Park City, UT, Billionaire Eyes Major Acquisition as Resort Disputes Unfold As Utah’s richest man, Matthew Prince, continues to make headlines for his bid to purchase Park City Mountain from Vail Resorts, another Park City billionaire is moving toward a high-profile acquisition of his own. Douglas Bergeron, the former Verifone CEO and developer behind the $65 million Deer Valley estate that broke Utah’s sales records in 2024, is preparing a bid […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | September 4, 2025 0 Comments
Park City Mountain’s Lift Expansion Rejected By Utah Court Over 1998 Agreement In another blow to Park City Mountain’s efforts to improve lift infrastructure, the Utah Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a citizen’s appeal to prevent the upgrades of two major lifts on the Mountain Village side of the resort, seemingly ending what has been a years-long struggle. It has been over three years since Park City Mountain applied for […] Industry News Luke W. Smith | September 2, 2025 0 Comments
Vail Resorts Faces Investor Pressure as Local Billionaire Tech CEO Matthew Prince Eyes Purchase of Park City Mountain, UT Matthew Prince, the billionaire CEO of Cloudflare and a longtime Park City resident, has renewed public interest in buying Park City Mountain from Vail Resorts—even as the Colorado-based company insists the resort is not for sale. Prince, who recently purchased the Town Lift Plaza property on Main Street, told The Park Record that activist investors are “circling around Vail” and […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 27, 2025 6 Comments
Park City, UT, Emerges as a Contender to Host the Winter X Games The X Games are action sports’ biggest stage, where the best in skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, and BMX push the limits of what’s possible. For the past 25 years, the Winter X Games have been anchored in Aspen, Colorado, but that could change soon. With Aspen’s contract set to expire after next year, Utah has emerged as a serious contender to […] Industry News Brent Glogau | August 25, 2025 0 Comments
Lawsuit Filed Against Park City Ski and Snowboard, UT, Over Teen’s Cliff-Jumping Injury The parents of a Park City, Utah, teenager have filed a lawsuit against Park City Ski & Snowboard (PCSS) and affiliated organizations, claiming their daughter suffered severe injuries after being encouraged to cliff-jump during a team trip in 2021. The athlete, identified in court documents as H.K., was 14 years old at the time and had trained with PCSS for […] Industry News Brent Glogau | July 29, 2025 1 Comment
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