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Alex Wilson, right, and other Park City ski patrollers stand along Lowell Avenue as they raise awareness for the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers along Lowell Avenue Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. A few of the demands of the group include adequate sick time and hazard pay. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Alex Quintana hands out I Support Ski Patrol stickers to resort guests as he and other patrollers raise awareness for the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers along Lowell Avenue Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. A few of the demands of the group include adequate sick time and hazard pay. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Alex Wilson, right, and other Park City ski patrollers stand along Lowell Avenue as they raise awareness for the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers along Lowell Avenue Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. A few of the demands of the group include adequate sick time and hazard pay. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Alex Quintana hands out I Support Ski Patrol stickers to resort guests as he and other patrollers raise awareness for the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers along Lowell Avenue Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. A few of the demands of the group include adequate sick time and hazard pay. (Tanzi Propst/Park Record)
Park City at the start of 2020 seemed poised to make progress on longstanding issues like the economy and traffic, continuing the years of work of City Hall and the wider community.
It was clear by the middle of March, though, the agenda for 2020 would change radically. The spread of the novel coronavirus made the year unlike any other in Park City’s history. But even with the sickness impacting all aspects of life, other items rose to prominence. Park City joined the nation in calling for social justice and steps were taken toward hosting another Winter Olympics someday.
The Top 5 news stories in Park City in 2020 follow:
Deer Valley Resort has further reduced the cap on skiers on any given day this season as a key measure designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The resort says it has sold out of advance lift tickets for the days around New Year’s and will not sell tickets on those days as well.
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Deer Valley Resort no longer is selling lift tickets in advance for the days around New Year’s and will not sell the tickets on those days as well, a result of high demand at a time when restrictions designed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus has reduced capacity even further from a typical year.
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Park City Mountain Resort Named the 2021 Best Ski Resort in the USA by MtnScoop for the Second Year in a Row
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) December 10, 2020 The 2021 list of the Best Ski Resorts in the USA evaluates more than 300 ski resorts across the country based on the factors that matter most to skiers and snowboarders, including skiable acreage, vertical drop, average snowfall, variety of trail difficulty and resort amenities. This year, MtnScoop.com also took into account whether or not resorts have implemented health and safety guidelines to help protect visitors from and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).