Hidden Splendor News Today

Treasure Mountains officially opened to the public at 9 a.m. on Dec. 21, 1963, with much fanfare. Mayor William P. Sullivan cut the ribbon, declaring the resort open and ushering in “a new economic era for historic Park City.”

For anyone anxious to strap their skis or boards back on, Park City Mountain is now operating with First Time, Payday and Mine Cart carpet out of the Mountain Village base area, and Cabriolet, Red Pine Gondola, Saddleback, High Meadow and Sweet Pea carpet out of the Canyons Village base area.

Needless to say, Park City was a little different when I arrived as a pro ski patroller in December of 1963. If you approached town from Salt Lake City on the two-lane U.S. Route 40…

The Park City Police Department on Friday, May 21, at 1:03 p.m. logged a case from the 10 a.m. hour that day of a driver hitting a power box at or close to the intersection of Aerie Drive and Mellow Mountain Road. The police logs indicated residences nearby lost power as a result of the accident. The logs did not provide details about the accident. The incident, though, was logged as a hit-and-run case. In an unrelated case, on Wednesday, May 19 at 3:25 p.m., the police were told a truck on Par...