No matter what you passion, we’ve got you covered.

• Cross Country Mountain Biking
• Dirt Jumping and Pump Parks
• Gravity or Freeride Mountain Biking (Lift Served at the Canyons Resort or Deer Valley)
• Road Riding
• Casual paved trail riding (a family ride, maybe even pulling a trailer with a toddler in tow)
• Bike Rentals (White Pine Touring or Jan’s)

There are over 400 miles of trail in the Park City area, and obviously all the amenities to go along with them, couple these together and they make for the perfect summer vacation.

We have such a great offering that IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) named Park City, Utah the first Gold Level Ride Center in the country!  For more about the designation, visit our local trail advocacy groups website, Mountain Trails.

And of course, when you come to Park City for your summer bike vacation, don’t forget to stay with Park City Crash Pads.  Right now you can stay in Village Loft #37 for $135 per night (2 night minimum), normal rate is $175 per night.  The Village Lofts are located at the base of Park City Mountain Resort, in the heart of Park City!

Young Riders Youth Mountain Bike programs offer week long camps that offer a lot more than simply riding your bike (not that we don’t dig riding our bikes).

So when you are booking your trip to come to Utah this spring to enjoy spring powder, the first thing you need to know is that Park City Crash Pads is the place to stay and that we have great deals happening now!  Jump over and visit our “DEALS” page, you’ll see specials starting at $109 per night!  With prices like that, it’s hard to find excuses not to come.

The other little secret we are going to let you in on is this….there’s only one Zip-line in Park City that you must do, and that’s at the Canyons Resort.  The Zip-Line  was recently featured in a story that our local newspaper, The Salt Lake Tribune, produced.  If decide you are ready to step up, visit the Canyons Resort Zip Tour page, you’ll find all the details there.

See you in Park City for some Spring Powder Skiing and Zip Tours!

In the last post we talked about how mother nature hadn’t been so generous with her snow this year, things have changed and the snowsports have gotten pretty good as of late.  Here is a little report from our perspective.

Alpine Skiers will be excited to see base depths at all three World Class Resorts in Park City up near 50.”   Deer Valley is reporting (as of 1/30/12) a 55″ base, Park City 53″ and Canyons Resort 44.”  Two different storms nailed us last week and the skiing and riding has been great with soft snow conditions all over the mountain(s).  If you are around this weekend (the first weekend of February) you will want to certainly look into attending a few events of the Freestyle World Cup Event.  There will be a lot going on, so check out the schedule.

If you are into tubing, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a day at Gorgoza.  High speed thrills on an inner-tube.

Many visitors don’t realize this, but Park City is rapidly becoming known for their wonderful Nordic skiing trails too.  There really are three major areas to Nordic ski (and snowshoe) locally.  Well over 25K in the Round Valley Area, White Pine Touring, and the Basin Trails located out near Kimball Junction.  Rentals are available at White Pine Touring.

So when you are ready to book your trip to Park City, take a quick look at these deals.  Maybe one of them fits into your plans.

See you out on the snow.

Lets talk about current conditions for a bit.  For the small amounts of natural snow that mother nature has thrown our way, the three Park City, UT resorts are doing quite well actually.

• Deer Valley Resort > 27″ base
• Canyons Resort > 22″ base
• Park City Mountain Resort > 19″ base

If you want to compare apples to apples, the majority of the Colorado resorts are reporting in the same neighborhood of about 25″ for a base depth.  The anomalies are the southern resorts which have benefited from the southern storms always associated with a La Nina year. So, with that being said, Park City is doing extremely well, in large part due to the extraordinary efforts of the snow making teams at each resort.  Have a read from this Editorial (no need to re-write it) in yesterdays Park Record Newspaper. 

So what does the rest of the winter look like?  Well if it where I, and I’m a betting man, I’d be booking a ski vacation to Utah sometime in February through mid-April.  Check out what I pulled from the NOAA web site about La Nina patterns:

FOR (Jan, Feb, Mar) 2012  ABOVE MEDIAN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE FAVORED FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. THE CHANCES FOR ABOVE MEDIAN PRECIPITATION ARE ELEVATED FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD TO INCLUDE MUCH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. BELOW MEDIAN PRECIPITATION IS FAVORED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. THIS PRECIPITATION PATTERN IS ALSO TYPICAL FOR LA NINA WINTERS. ABOVE MEDIAN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE FAVORED IN PARTS OF WESTERN ALASKA BY MANY CLIMATE MODELS.

So start checking you calendar now, and plan your ski vacation to Utah – you probably sorry if you don’t.

It’s time to grab your skis and dust off your snowboard because Park City Mountain Resort is scheduled to open Saturday, Nov. 19.

According to Park City Mountain Resort communications manager Andy Miller, three lifts are scheduled to be up and running Saturday morning: PayDay, 3 Kings and First Time.

Miller also said he anticipates six to eight runs opening, including Home Run, Treasure Hollow, PayDay, Quicksilver, Lower 3 Kings, Turtle Trail and Silver Hollow.

The resort is scheduled to debut its two brand-new conveyor lifts in the newly-dedicated beginner learning zone, located near the resort’s base area.

“It’s basically like a moving walkway at the airport,” Miller said. “You don’t have to get off a chair; it’s designed for beginners. It’s as simple as standing on a little carpet.”

Opening day is also scheduled to feature the new Flying Eagle Zip Line, which enters its first full season of operation at the resort. Miller said the new Zip Line is just “another winter adventure and a cool new way for people to experience the mountain without skis or snowboards.” The Zip Line is located next to the Alpine Coaster, which is also scheduled to open Saturday.

Miller added the rental shop will be up and running, along with the ski and snowboard schools. Legacy Café, Legends Bar & Grill and Kristi’s Coffee Shop are also expected to open their doors Saturday morning.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Park City Mountain Resort had not ironed out lift ticket prices,which are often offered at a reduced rate until more terrain is available, and Miller said he expects the decision to be made sometime later this week.

This Friday, Nov. 18, is the deadline for specially-priced Park City Mountain Resort Benefit Days lift tickets for a special price of $25.

According to Miller, tickets can only be purchased at the Park City Mountain Resort’s services office at the base area. Benefit Days lift tickets are good from Opening Day through Dec. 16, but must be purchased in person. Proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the newly created Park City Mountain Resort Legacy Fund, which will manage the resort’s future charitable work.

Thanks to a gracious snowstorm last weekend, Miller said the folks at PCMR are eagerly awaiting the next scheduled storm, which should arrive Friday evening and dump even more snow well into Saturday.

According to the National Weather Service of Salt Lake City, the next significant storm system is expected to be a strong cold front and heavy snow is possible for several hours behind it.

Here is a little video we took this week.  The trail were quiet and the snow was just beginning to fall.  It was a breathtaking morning.

WOW!! 50+ inches of snow since Sunday and it is still snowing. This is a great early Christmas present for everyone. With a big storm and limited time, locals are very efficient in their pursuit of fresh tracks. With no time to wait in the corral for the upper lifts to open after avi control, there are some secrets we are going to let you in on. At Park City Mountain Resort when McConkey’s and Jupiter lifts are on hold, stay on Crescent on the lower mountain. 90% of the people will bypass the lower mountain and all the goodness they see under the lift. Ski Team Ridge is the most underutilized part of the entire mountain. It has long consistent fall lines, perfect spacing between the aspen trees and the best part….no one is there. Once you unload at the Crescent Lift, head right. Go to the left of the radio tower. Head down the cat track and you will see a sign for Erica’s Gold and Willy’s. Duck in to your right. The best shot’s are if you continue skiers left and continue to traverse. The further you traverse, the less tracks. It opens into a great expanse of wonderful powder. With all this snow, we took our own advice and were able to hit 4 runs in an hour. And we passed no more than half a dozen other tracks in that hour. Simply put…AMAZING!

PS. Don’t tell anyone we told you!

Today was a great example of why we live where we live. Here is a little video. The idea isn’t that we ski the gnarliest lines and huck the biggest cliffs everyday (and quite honestly, our knees can’t take it anymore). We don’t live a ski movie. It’s about friendship and sharing experiences. It’s about being in a town where everyone had different starting points, but we all ended up in the same place, because we all a little different from the norm. We all have similar stories. We are the modern day, “Land of Misfit Toys”. Today, three such misfits got together and had a great lunch! There were thousands of such “lunch meeting’s” in mountain towns around the west. This is our idea of a “Power Lunch.”