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0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efaee30000KPCW News Director Leslie Thatcher took a look at the past 50 years of skiing in Park City, through stories of local skiers and snowboarders.This special series coincides with the 50 year anniversary of Park City Mountain Resort - once known as Treasure Mountains and the Park City Ski Area.0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efaee50000

Park City Stories - Clark Parkinson

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Special Collections Department at the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah

The second longest tenured employee at Park City Mountain Resort is Clark Parkinson. 

Parkinson - who worked in school school for 46 seasons - retired in 2009.  His record at the resort is only surpassed by Keith Bates who worked for 50 seasons before passing away this fall. Parkinson taught hundreds - perhaps thousands - of lessons as well as teaching his own children and 7 grandchildren to ski.  In this week's Park City Story, he takes a look back at that lengthy career and the changes in teaching techniques, ski shape and snow making...

Credit Clark Parkinson

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