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Slopes open! Park City and Alta welcome winter for enthusiastic crowd on opening day

Marina Knight
Nov 22, 2024

First Chair at Park City Mountain Nov. 22, 2024 Photo: Park City Sends

PARK CITY and ALTA, Utah – Two more Utah resorts are up and running as of Friday, marking the start to ski season in the Wasatch. Crowds of eager skiers and snowboarders – some of whom camped out in the Canyon’s Village at Park City Mountain Resort – waited for the lifts to open and cheered when they did. Over at Alta a healthy crew of skiers threw out high fives as if it was a powder day.

Although snowfall has been lagging some this early season a storm is on the way this weekend, which could boost base depths ahead of Thanksgiving break.

Alta Ski Resort on opening day. (Alta Ski Resort)

A crowd waits to load the Collins lift at Alta on November 22, 2024.

Alta opened with a base depth of nearly two feet.

The first chair of skiers for the 2024-25 season reaches the top for their first run. (TownLift)

Park City opened with a 16″ base depth. (TownLift)

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By: Marina Knight

Contact: marina@townlift.com

Marina Knight began her career in journalism working for The Stowe Reporter in 2003, where she was a staff writer and later the publication’s Web Editor. She covered the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2010, and has worked as a freelance writer covering outdoor topics as well as art criticism. Most recently, Knight was Editor-in-Chief of SkiRacing.com. She has won multiple awards from the New England Newspaper Association for environmental reporting, feature writing and art criticism. She lives with her family in Park City. In her free time you’ll find her in the mountains

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