Keeping Park City Mountain running: lift maintenance

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Keeping Park City Mountain running: lift maintenance

During winter, Park City Mountain runs and maintains up to 41 lifts, depending on conditions, accessing over 7,300 acres of skiable terrain with 349 trails across America’s largest lift-served ski resort. This is what it takes to keep them running, and what happens when they don’t: The day begins at 6 a.m., though lift operations often start earlier depending on when and where avalanche mitigation teams are needed on the mountain. “We start with…