Christmas Week in Park City

It is Christmas week in Park City and the skiing is fabulous. Last week we received about 2 ½ feet of famous Utah powder and several more storms are forecast for this week. The town is all decked out in its finest and visitors are here. Christmas in the mountains is a magical time with snowy roofs, Christmas lights, and everyone with Christmas spirit.

This past Saturday, Deer Valley’s new Lady Morgan Express Lift opened with much fanfare and 200 acres of steep, untracked powder. The Lady Morgan Express Lift offers excellent black diamond skiing and of course, some wonderful groomed easy runs back to the Empire Lodge.

This week the new Flagstaff building in the Village at Empire Pass begins accepting reservations. Flagstaff is the newest development by East West Partners and will offer more common area and amenities than any of their previous buildings. As is typical in Empire Pass, Flagstaff will be directly on the Silver Buck ski run offering guests convenient ski-in/ski-out access. Flagstaff is expected to be completed for the 2009/2010 ski season. Silver Strike condominiums in Empire Pass are well under construction with completion expected during the summer of 2008. This building is about 50% sold out now and is being developed by the developers of the Ironwood townhouses and the Grand Lodge at the base of the Northside lift. There is a model open in the building and the finishes are as expected from this terrific developer.

It appears that we are in a cold and snowy pattern for this winter so this is the year to visit Park City, discover how easy we are to get to, and find out what everyone raves about when they talk about Utah snow. With ten ski resorts within an hour’s drive of Park City there is enough variety to keep even the most demanding skier entertained for a vacation here. Come experience Utah for yourself and of course when you are here, visit my office at mid-mountain Deer Valley and I’ll give you the local’s report on where to ski.