Park City Ski Resort

In December, 1963, Park City Mountain Resort opened for skiing as Treasure Mountains Resort.  Since this year marks the resort’s 50-year anniversary, the Park City Museum will open an original exhibit, “50 Years of Park City Skiing” in November.

To find items and collect oral history stories about locals and visitors’ experiences at the resort over the past half-decade, the museum, 528 Main St., is hosting a night of show and tell on Thursday, April 25, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.  During the free and casual event, the museum’s staff will get ideas of what to display, said Jenette Purdy, the museum’s director of education.

“We thought it would be a fun event one night where people brought the things they have collected over the years while skiing at PCMR and share them with each other,” Purdy told The Park Record. “The museum, of course, loves objects and artifacts, but we also love stories. They sometimes make things more interesting, and it’s fun to hear about how things were.”

The museum will set up tables where people can lay out their items.  “They’ll be able talk with each other about where the items came from, and tell their stories,” Purdy said. “We will record some of the stories if people will allow us.”

The museum hopes the winter exhibit will include an interactive display where museum visitors will be able to climb into a gondola and hear these stories.  “We may have to rerecord the stories at a later date, because I’m sure Thursday will be noisy with all the other people who will be in attendance, but we want to get some of that history down,” she said. West Office Exhibition Design, which built the museum’s permanent display, will design “50 Year of Park City Skiing,” Purdy said.

“Right now, we don’t have any set plan to have specific stories and items, but we want to have fun memories we can show,” she said. “As for the objects, we just want to see what people have and then we’ll go from there.”

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Park City Mountain Resort introduces a new way for skiers and snowboarders ages 15-17 to discover the mountain in a group all their own with its newest spring instruction program, Teen Select.

From mellow groomers to our Signature Runs and powder-filled bowls, Teen Select groups, never larger than four kids to an instructor, explore the entire mountain, with each group making its own unique experience appropriate to its ability level – even getting off the mountain and exploring downtown Park City for lunch, if they choose! Teen Select participants leave the days of kids ski school behind, without being stuck with their parents, and develop their skills while making friends with a group of kids their own age.

The one-day Teen Select program is open to 15-17 year old skiers and snowboarders who are comfortable on green terrain and above, and runs 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays this spring: March 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 31 and April 1-2.

Learn more about Teen Select here.

Utah’s Canyons Resort has been named a Top 10 North American ski resort in the latest SKI Magazine reader survey.

The recognition — the Canyons earned the 10th overall ranking — marks the first time the Park City-area resort made it into the Top 10 of the magazine’s annual list.

It was lauded for adding 300 prime acres of intermediate and advanced trails and for widespread upgrades in both the resort village and on-mountain dining.

“Canyons has made a clear commitment to elevating its ranking through its infrastructure investments in the past three years,” Chris Phillips, the publisher of SKI Magazine, said in a statement announcing the ranking.

Mike Goar, Canyons’ managing director, said work on the resort is continuing.

This year will see the addition of new lodging and dining properties, three all-new terrain parks and continuing work on an 18-hole championship golf course, he said.

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The Sprint US Grand Prix Snowboarding event scheduled for December 21-22, 2012 at Park City Mountain Resort has been rescheduled for February 1-2, 2013 thanks to some trouble getting a quality superpipe completed in time (see photo at right).

“Park City Mountain Resort is known for having the best half pipe in the world,” said Krista Parry, Marketing Director, Park City Mountain Resort. “We are more confident we will provide the athletes the type of half pipe they’ve come to expect from us by moving the event to a later date.

Better to wait for snow, right? Follow the jump for the official word.

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced a postponement today of its scheduled Dec. 21-22 Sprint U.S. Grand Prix in Park City. The event includes International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cups for both half pipe skiing and snowboarding events featuring top Olympic contenders. FIS and USSA have postponed the competitions to Feb. 1-2 to ensure the highest quality half pipe for skiing and snowboarding athletes.

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Park City Mountain Resort opens for the 2012-13 winter season this Nov. 17, 2012. PayDay, First Time, 3 Kings and the two conveyor lifts located in the “Learner Zone” will begin turning promptly at 9 a.m. Opening Day events continue throughout the day with a traditional snow blessing at noon and an après concert featuring Muddpuddle at the Resort Plaza at 1 p.m.

PayDay lift will service beginner and intermediate terrain onHomerun and Treasure Hollow runs. 3 Kings will accessQuicksilver with over 10 jibs and a jump setup on Quicksilver and Bunny Hollow. First Time and the two conveyor lifts will service beginner terrain.

Members of the Northern Ute tribe will perform a traditional snow blessing, free and open to the public, at noon at the Resort Plaza. Local Park City band, Muddpuddle, plays an après concert 1-3 p.m. at the Resort Plaza, where a beer garden will be set up.

Free donuts, coffee and hot chocolate will be served at the Resort Plaza on the morning of Opening Day. The first chairs to depart each of the three lifts will break a commemorative banner celebrating the season, and passengers on those three chairs will receive limited edition “First Chair 2012-2013” t-shirts.