The resort announced Wednesday it will continue operations until May 1, thanks to an abundant snow year. The resort has a base depth of 142 inches and saw more than 610 inches of snowfall this winter.
Crescent Express and Silverlode Express will remain open until Monday, May 1. The lifts will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“Crescent accesses some really fun terrain, and it's some of our local favorite terrain,” Park City Mountain spokeswoman Sara Huey said. “Also, the aspect of the terrain served by crescent helps keep the snow good into the early afternoon. And then, Silverlode as a chair just accesses so much terrain with the resources that we have to keep two chairlifts open.”
Most chairlifts and gondolas will close April 16. Eight chairlifts accessing the Mountain Village base area will close the following Sunday, April 23.
Resort Vice President and COO Deirdre Walsh thanked staff and credited them for the extension along with the record-breaking snow.
"This season has truly been one for the record books – and it’s made even more special for being my first winter back working with the team at Park City Mountain,” Walsh said. “From our early opening in November and spinning all lifts by Christmas Day… every week has brought new milestones and broken old records thanks to the hard work of our incredible team.”
Huey said the decision to extend the season came down to three factors:
“Staffing, anticipated demand based on what we have seen in past seasons, and then conditions. The conditions this season have been all time, and so there was a process of going through and making sure that all three of those were in place.”
For the remainder of the season, parking is free and doesn’t require reservations. This winter was the resort’s first year with a new paid reservation parking system.
The resort will hold a celebration with live music on May 1.
Summer operations are scheduled to begin Friday, June 16, conditions permitting.
Park City Mountain Resort originally planned to close April 9. In early March, the resort announced it would extend the season to April 23. The new closing date of May 1 is the first closing date in May since 1982.
