Utah's record snowfall won't mean a longer season for skiers and snowboarders at most resorts, with only a few planning to stay open past April.
while also piling up its first 200-inch base in more than a decade.
“A lot of people see the optics of it: ‘There’s so much snow, why can’t you stay open?’” said Emily Summers, a spokesperson for. “But there’s so many factors and that’s weather patterns, warm-ups, increased sunlight on the runs, time to get annual maintenance done ….” “We open for our summer season really early, a lot earlier than most,” said vice president of marketing Blain Wilkey. “So that window of time that we have in between winter season, to then do all of this maintenance that’s mandatory that we need to do to begin summer lift operations, is really, really narrow.
It’s not just an issue for remote resorts, though. Park City Mountain and Deer Valley both said they will greatly reduce their terrain and amenities in the final weeks mostly because they don’t have enough seasonal workers, be they domestic or foreign, to offer more. Summers said that during its final week Deer Valley will open six of its 21 lifts for about 40 runs across two mountains, Bald Mountain and Bald Eagle Mountain.
Huey said she didn’t know. Park City Mountain announced in early March that it would push its closing date back two weeks, giving the. It was the first in Utah to announce the extension and Huey noted that it put word out as soon as management knew it would be possible.
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