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| Night skiing has started at Park City. |
A Christmas storm left impressive snow
totals at Utah
resorts, creating excellent ski conditions,
with more snow in the forecast. SkiUtah.com tracks snow totals and
provided the numbers below.
Here are some 48 hour snow totals:
34 inches - Brian
Head
20 inches - Snowbird
19 inches - Alta
The next few weeks will bring the best
skiing of the year.
Park
City has just opened for night
skiing.
Utah claims the “Greatest Snow on
Earth,” and for good reason. This
report talks about the scientific reasons
behind the claim.
Avalanche danger is high in backcountry
areas. A (Developed ski resorts do control work and so danger is
mitigated there.) Utah
Avalanche Center reports a skier triggered avalanche in Dutch
Draw. It carried and partially buried the skier, but he is
apparently recovering and will be ok.
Meanwhile, the ski industry continues
to buzz about Vail Resort's plan to combine Park
City Mountain Resort and Canyons
Resort, creating the biggest ski resort in
America. Forbes has this
interesting article about the plan. Below are
excerpts.
Just like
heavyweight boxing, the title of the nation’s largest ski resort
has been hotly fought over, debated, and even split between
contenders. But those days seem to be over, with the Park City
Mountain Resort in Utah ready to assume the undisputed, unified
title.
...A $50 million
infrastructure project will physically connect Canyons Resort in Park
City – currently Utah’s largest – with nearby Park City
Mountain Resort (PCMR), which Vail just acquired two months ago.
Pending town approvals, the project is slated to start quickly and be
completed by next season, immediately creating a snow-covered
behemoth spanning more than 7,300-acres, three to four times the size
of world class destination resorts like Snowbird, Steamboat or Copper
Mountain.
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