Entries Published On December, 2015
European Ski Resorts Turn to Petting Zoos to Appease Families
I know many of us thought last year’s skiing was bad, but it never looked like this: That’s an image from Leysin, a resort in the Swiss Alps, that is part of an accompanying Bloomberg article on how bad skiing is in Europe right now. It’s gotten so bad that french resort, Chamonix, has opened …
Park City May Have Made Big Mistake By Not Fighting Vail’s Use of the Mark “Park City”
I was writing an earlier column on how bad The Resort Formally Named PCMR (TRFNPCMRCANYONS) had handled this year’s first snow storm. It was the first time I’d written on the resort, since Vail combined two of our local ski hills. A few months back, I heard talk on KPCW about Vail’s use of the …
Park City Resort… The Proof Will Be in The Pudding
The proverb “The Proof is in the pudding”dates back to the 14th century but was popularized in the 1700’s, in Don Quixote, the story of a man who tilts at windmills and doesn’t see the world as it is. As I read a recent Park Record Article, Park City Deals with Operations Problems, I couldn’t help but …
Paved Trails are Likely The Key Component to Solving Our Transportation Issues
If you think about our transportation issues, typically answers start with buses and end with light rail. They may include dedicated lanes for the buses. Long range plans may go a slight step further and include getting easements along popular travel ways to widen roads for rail or buses lanes. If we think out of the box, …
Park City School District Is Hiring Communications Specialist
We’ll file this one under “You get what you pay for.” I was perusing the Park Record this weekend and noticed an ad from the Park City School District: A Communications Specialist may help the district, if they use the person correctly. A person with enough experience and understanding of our community can probably find ways to educate the public …
If Vail Succeeds Will We Have Three Times the Number of Visitors?
I love our community. I’m receiving a lot of thoughtful analysis on a number of topics. Case in point is an analysis a reader did on the potential impact Vail may have on visitors. The reader’s analysis shows that if Vail achieves the same “density” of skiers per acre of resort as they do at their Colorado …
Uh… Park City… We Have a Problem
Much like a rocket designed by NASA, Park City has been on autopilot. We came out of the Great Recession and the tax dollars flowed in, both sales and property taxes. Park City seems to be a desirable place to be. Excellent. Vail, once again, proving they are the “smartest guys in the room,” did what …
Snow Seems to Bring Out the Best in People
It’s days like today, with blowing snow, zero visibility, slushy streets, and the snow plows seemingly already settled down for their long-winter naps, that provide an opportunity for the best to come out in people. While many people argue Park City isn’t the same place it was 15 years ago, it’s nice to see and hear about the random acts …
Forecast for The Rest of the Winter Season
According to Weather Channel and NOAA forecasts, weather January to March is shaping up with average precipitation for us, with slightly higher than normal temperatures. So, should forecasts hold, we should at least get a decent snow year, albeit perhaps a slightly shorter season. Unfortunately, it may not be the huge winter many were hoping …
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