Park City & Deer Valley Ski Resort Updates at-a-Glance 2021-2022

Mother Nature has provided a slow start to the 2021-22 ski season, but as any Park City local knows, the snow will eventually arrive. So what’s happening at our two local ski resorts?

Park City Mountain Resort

• The resort is open and they are making snow.
• Lifts will be operating at full capacity and lift lines will be back to normal (no longer socially distanced) 
• Face coverings will be required indoors but not outdoors or on chairlifts
• Dining reservations will be required again and proof of vaccination will be required for sit-down dining. There will be an option to upload your vaccine card to the Epic Mix app
• 100% of staff is vaccinated
• They are introducing a “Forecasted Wait Time” for chair lifts based on historical data, so you can go on to the Epic Mix app and look at a specific day and see the anticipated wait times at all the chairlifts throughout the day. This will also have real-time updates as well.  
• There will be two major lift upgrades done next summer. Eagle will be converted to a high-speed 6-pack and will end high on the ridgeline (above King Con) so that you can access more of the mountain.  Silverlode will be upgraded to a high-speed 8-pack, the first in the state of Utah.  
• No changes to parking this year.
• Working with the county and the city on transportation and transit option.  

Deer Valley

• Scheduled to open 12/4 and still anticipating that date will work. They began blowing snow on Wednesday 11/17.
• Face coverings are required indoors but not outdoors. 
• Lifts will be operating at full capacity and lift lines will be back to normal (no longer socially distanced). 
• Staff that interacts with guests are fully vaccinated. 
• Lunch at Snow Park Lodge has been reimagined, conceptually similar to Vessel Kitchen, with an emphasis on quality foods and a shift towards healthier options. 
• Snowmaking, snowcats, staff housing, and uniforms all were updated which should help to improve the client experience.
• Season pass sales for the 2021-2022 season broke records.
• No changes to parking this year, possibly breaking ground on the Snow Park parking lots next spring for development.
• Advance sales are “off the charts” even compared to pre-pandemic numbers, the anticipation is that this will be a very busy ski season. 
• No update on Mayflower Resort, negotiations are ongoing across the board.