PARK CITY, Utah – Nov. 21, 2018 – Park City Mountain, the largest ski resort in the United States, is now open for the 2018-19 season. Lifts started spinning at 9 a.m. at both the Park City Mountain Village and the Canyons Village as eager skiers and snowboarders lined up to make the first tracks of the season. The celebration will continue tomorrow as the resort celebrates Thanksgiving Day on the slopes.
The resort opened this morning with runs off of Payday, First Time and 3 Kings lifts at the Park City Mountain Village and Red Pine Gondola, High Meadow, Saddleback, the Cabriolet and Frostwood Gondola at Canyons Village. Snow is in the forecast and Park City Mountain will post real-time updates on new terrain openings here.
Park City Mountain is debuting significant enhancements across the resort this season including a new beginner learning area and express lift at High Meadow Park, an expansive transformation of Mid-Mountain Lodge, a 200-seat expansion of Cloud Dine and additional snowmaking. High Meadow Park is now open for guests to enjoy. Mid-Mountain Lodge and Cloud Dine are scheduled to open in December as terrain continues to expand.
This winter, Park City Mountain is encouraging skiers and snowboarders to Seize the Season and take advantage of early-season benefits. From opening day through the Christmas holiday, the resort will kick off the season with special events and a variety of offers including discounts on dining, lodging, spa treatments and rentals. It’s a great time to take a few runs, warm up those legs and log in the first few après ski sessions of the season. More information here.
With the resort now open, guests who are planning a Park City Mountain vacation this winter can take advantage of the Snow.com Cyber Week Sale. The Cyber Week Sale ends at 11:59 p.m. Mountain time on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and offers savings of up to 40 percent off lodging, and the best available prices for everything you need for the ultimate winter getaway to Park City Mountain. Visit ParkCityMounain.com to start planning.
Park City Mountain will be open for the season through Sunday, April 7, 2019. For details on events and lodging and updates on terrain and weather reports, visit ParkCityMountain.com.
Media Contact: Jessica Miller, (435) 647-5498, JMMiller@vailresorts.com
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Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading global mountain resort operator. Vail Resorts’ subsidiaries operate 15 world-class mountain resorts and three urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Canada; Perisher in Australia; Stowe and Okemo in Vermont; Mt. Sunapee in New Hampshire; Stevens Pass in Washington; Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan. Vail Resorts owns and/or manages a collection of casually elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning and development subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.