The “Vailisation” of Park City...

With two of its resorts owned by Vail it's interesting to observe how culture might be changing in Park City. So far, very little, with the exception of Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) going backward in the way it handles RFID tags to provide skiers hands-free access to the ski lifts. Instead of the turnstile, it's the gun which seems less practical and more labor intensive.

Another fact is that PCMR is getting more crowded as many Epic pass holders prefer its ease of access over Canyons. Other than that, there's Vail's promise to invest $50 million this summer to connect PCMR and Canyons with a gondola, upgrade two other lifts, rebuild a lodge, adding snow-making at Canyons and renaming the whole package PCMR.

Quite a toll order that should be crowned with a united management, uniforms, new procedures, and materialize in the largest ski resort in the USA. With that, much of the change is yet to come and should be fully visible in about 10 month!