One thing I’ve already noticed so far in Park City this holiday season… There’s hardly anyone here.
Generally at this time of year Park City is crowded with so many people that it’s a royal pain in the butt to get around town. It also means that the ski area is crowded as well. Skiing has gotten to the point where there are too many people in the past couple of years. So many people that it’s somewhat disappointing to ski – and that’s saying a lot because I’m a skier at heart.
However today we got on the hill and there was hardly anyone around. That’s a great thing. The town is not packed out. The resort is not packed out. Ahhh, a less stressful holiday. I’m sure the people running and owning the resort at Park City don’t feel the same way. I’m quite sure they love having too many people around.
One thing I’m thinking is that it’s likely that skiing is getting too pricey for a day of skiing. Park City has a couple of things working against it right now. The most insane thing is that they raised the price of skiing yet again. A full day pass is currently $87. Sadly they don’t have enough snow at the moment to justify this price. Additionally, despite all the media reports of the economy starting to rebound, I’m pretty sure that that cost of $87 for a single day of skiing is probably causing a lot of people to say, no way.