More than 200 avalanche fences are being planned for four slide paths above the Daybreak lift on the Canyons Village side of Park City Mountain Resort. The fences would protect an access road for The Colony gated community, though opponents say they are unnecessary, threaten wildlife and would spoil a pristine ridgeline.
Courtesy of Jake Hutchinson
Park City Mountain Resort is planning to install more than 200 avalanche fences to protect an access road leading to two home sites and a restaurant in The Colony gated community, prompting some Basin residents to decry what they say was a secretive approval process and the project’s impacts on the ridgeline and wildlife.
Park Record file photo
Park City Mountain Resort will open for summer operations May 28, the resort announced Wednesday.
Activities at the Park City base area include the alpine slide, mountain coaster, miniature golf, gem panning and additional activities officials say will be finalized soon. On the mountain, visitors can enjoy scenic lift rides, bike haul and hiking. will be open seven days a week through Sept. 6, then Thursday-Sunday through Oct. 3.
Resort officials said Canyons Village operating dates, events and activities will be announced soon. Canyons Golf, though, will be open to the public May 21.
Resort officials did not specify what COVID-related safety measures will be in place except to state their intent to adhere to local health orders and guidance as relates to face coverings.
Park City-area unemployment rate drops below 5% for first time in more than a year parkrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from parkrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
We made it work. Ski season happened. I assumed we would be closed by Presidents Day weekend the way the plague was spreading last fall. The decisions and plans made by the resort management and the Health Department, and a pretty high level of cooperation from the skiers on the hill made it happen. A big thanks to the frontline employees who had to deal with the argumentative mask scofflaws, to the snow makers who got things open on time, and everybody who kept it running to the end. A friend said we were lucky, but we were also good. Good planning, good execution, good cooperation.