Park City’s “constipated” opening

It’s been years, since we haven’t had so much snow at the end of November, and still, Park City Mountain seems to be having a terrible time opening more of its mountain.

During the Holiday weekend, just the bare minimum of lifts were running, enough to pack far too many people on dangerous, narrow, short runs and claim that Park City, the largest ski area in the entire United States, was open early.

Epic Pass holders deserve much more than that, and their hearts aren’t going to grow fonder towards the kind of product Vail Resort is offering them. There were also plenty of visitors that came to town for Thanksgiving weekend and would have loved to ski too, but the value offered for a $144 day ticket just wasn’t there.

I wonder what makes Vail Resorts forget the elements that motivate skiers, but it sure isn't its measly offering at some outrageous price.