Vail Resorts, Inc. has unveiled a $50 million masterplan to link Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort with nearby Canyons, creating the largest single ski area in the US for the 2015-2016 season.
Vail acquired Park City earlier this year for $182.5 million, and when infrastructure upgrades are completed at both resorts, there will be over 7,300 acres of skiable terrain.
Work includes a new high-speed gondola linking Park City’s Silverlode Lift to Canyons and upgrades to the King Con and Motherload chairlifts.
Park City’s Snow Hut and Canyons’ Red Pine Lodge restaurants will both be refurbished and expanded.
"This comprehensive capital plan for Park City and Canyons is one of the most ambitious and impactful plans undertaken at any resort in industry history, transforming the experience at both resorts and creating the largest single ski resort in the US," said Blaise Carrig, president, mountain division for Vail Resorts.
We look forward to continuing to work with the county and the city and are hopeful we can bring this plan to life for the 2015-2016 ski season."
For the 2015-2016 ski season the two resorts will become a single integrated brand, known as Park City Mountain Resort, with the existing Canyons area renamed as ‘Canyons at Park City’.
