Watch Deer Valley's Torchlight Parade on Dec. 30. Photo: Courtesy of Deer Valley Resort
PARK CITY, Utah — On Dec. 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Deer Valley’s Snow Park Lodge, the free, family-friendly annual Torchlight Parade tradition will take place once again.
The highly-trained ski instructors will illuminate the Big Stick and Wide West runs while spectators marvel at the sight from the base area.
The Torchlight Parade will be held at approximately 6 p.m. (dusk). Complimentary hot chocolate, cider, and cookies will be served on the Snow Park plaza.
I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.