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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Union and vail reached a tentative agreement that is expected to be formalized today. For all of you who have sworn off park city, be cautious because what happened in park city can and is more likely to happen at other resorts now that patrol unions are incentivized to strike.

The arguments for off season healthcare and higher hourly wages are generic across ski resort locations. But the cost of living demands (COLA) for park city were on shakier ground than for places like aspen, vail and Jackson hole, which lack the number of easily commutable communities that park city has. Salt Lake City, Heber, midway, Kamas are all fairly close by. And for those who argue that patrol deserve to live in park city, I would argue that many year round workers are priced out of park city, including restaurant workers, hotel workers, nurses, teachers, coaches, etc, so I’m not convinced that  seasonal ski patrol deserves to live there more than our year round workers.

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Although they reached a deal, it will take weeks to get back to normal. 1/3 of the resort is open and its not like the 2/3 remaining trails are just waiting for more ski patrol to monitor them, they are in terrible condition. Trees/sticks/rocks/vegetation sticking out of them (can be seen from lifts and other trails). If you are going for MLK weekend be warned it may still not be 100%. Additionally, the lodges on the mountain were overrun, busy and served cold food. Since not all on mountain options were not available, the ones that were accessible via open lifts were jam packed. It felt like a lodge at Ski Liberty or the like. Not upscale Park City.[/quote]

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