Park City Mountain Resort
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| Location | Park City, Utah, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°39′3″N 111°30′27″W / 40.65083°N 111.50750°WCoordinates: 40°39′3″N 111°30′27″W / 40.65083°N 111.50750°W |
| Vertical | 3,200 ft (975 m) |
| Top elevation | 10,000 ft (3,048 m) |
| Base elevation | 6,900 ft (2,103 m) |
| Skiable area | 7,300 acres (29.5 km2) |
| Runs | 324 7% easiest 49% more difficult 44% most difficult |
| Longest run | Homerun 3.5 mi (5.6 km) |
| Lift system | 41 Gondolas: 4 Chairs: 32 - 6 high speed six packs - 9 high speed quads -5 quads - 8 triples - 4 doubles Surface: 2 - 3 magic carpet |
| Lift capacity | 31,000 skiers/hr |
| Terrain parks | 7 1 superpipe 1 minipipe 6 natural half pipes |
| Snowfall | 355 inches (900 cm) |
| Snowmaking | 500 acres (2.0 km2) |
| Night skiing | Yes |
| Website | parkcitymountain.com |
Park City Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the western United States in Park City, Utah, located 32 miles (51 km) east of Salt Lake City. Opened in 1963, the resort has been a major tourist attraction for skiers from all over the United States, as well as a main employer for many of Park City's citizens. Park City, as the ski resort and area is known, contains several training courses for the U.S. Ski Team, including slalom and giant slalom runs. During the 2002 Winter Olympics the resort hosted the snowboarding events and the men's and women's alpine giant slalom events. The resort was purchased by Vail Resorts in 2014 and combined the resort with neighboring Canyons Resort via an interconnect gondola to create the largest ski area in the United States at the time. It has since been surpassed by Powder Mountain in 2016.
During the ski season, most slopes and lifts are open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with some runs open later for night skiing.
Park City is one of the featured mountains in the video game Shaun White Snowboarding for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The resort was opened on December 21, 1963 as Treasure Mountain by United Park City Mines. This company was the last surviving mining corporation in Park City, and the resort was opened with funds from a federal government program meant to revive the economically depressed town. When it originally opened, it boasted the longest gondola in the United States, as well as a double chairlift, a J-bar lift, base and summit lodges, and a nine-hole golf course. The gondola was a four-passenger Polig-Heckel-Bleichert (PHB, a German aerial ropeway company). Its sister lift was built at Sugarloaf/USA in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, after top members of Sugarloaf's management visited Park City's lift.
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