Vail Resorts poor tree management

Ever since Vail Resorts purchased Park City Mountain (PCM), I noticed that the resort stopped cutting bushes and so-called whippers on most ski runs that had been gladed, even though I begged Mike Goar, the former general manager to do something about it, thing he royally ignored. 

I’ve also noticed that unlike its neighbor and competitor Deer Valley, PCM doesn’t seem to care about fallen trees on ski runs and other spaces open to skiers and snowboarders. They just ski on them or avoid them in order not to impale themselves into their roots or branches sticking out. 

I’ve also see a widow-maker (detached tree top) hanging and waiting to fall on users on skier’s right next to Silverlode lift. Recently, I saw several fallen tree obstructing ski run or areas that weren’t closed to users’ traffic. 

Yes, a behavior of neglect that amounts to a total disregard for safety! 

It is in this context that a 29 years old PCM employee riding a lift was kicked out of his chair and send 25 foot below to his death when a tree fell on the chairlift cable. 

Hopefully this needless tragedy will serve as a lesson to PCM and force them to pay attention to the health and the danger some of their trees and other vegetation pose to skiers and snowboarders...