Summer Arrives

Finally the winter that would not go away has ended and summer arrived this past weekend. Temperatures are in the high 70s to low 80s and everyone is finally out enjoying Park City. While the mountains still have snow and many of the mountain bike trails still have patches of snow on them, enough is open that hiking and biking are in full swing and the aspens are greening up nicely. This is a very interesting time of year watching the aspen trees leaf out in stages starting at the lowest elevations and working to the mountain peaks. The top of the mountains still have not leafed out yet, which will make for a very short growing season.

This weekend we are reviving an old tradition in Park City with a dinner and party on Main Street. This used to be called “Taste of Park City” where there would be one long table down the middle of Main Street where everyone would dine at their favorite restaurants, enjoying music and conversation. This has been revived as a benefit for the Park City Jazz Festival and will be a two day event with dinner on Main Street Friday night and a picnic in the park on Saturday. All of this will be accompanied by various Jazz groups as a prelude to the Park City Jazz Festival in August.

In Real Estate news, there seems to be an increased interest in Deer Valley condos in the last couple of weeks. Just recently three condos, all over a million dollars, have sold. With a four bedroom in Deer Lake Village setting a new price for that area. Whether this is an indication that we have bottomed out or not remains to be seen.