Spot Light On Canyons Ski Resort

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Interesting Fact about Canyons Resort…

Canyons Resort is one of three alpine ski resorts located in Park City, Utah. With 19 chairlifts and over 4000 acres (14 km²) of skiable terrain, Canyons is the largest ski resort in Utah.

The base area is located 32 miles (51 km) from the Salt Lake City International Airport, accessed via Interstate 80, and is four miles (7 km) from Main Street in Park City, along State Route 224.

The ski area opened as Park City West in 1968, a sister resort to the nearby Park City Mountain Resort, opened five years earlier. It was renamed ParkWest in 1975 after a change in ownership, and the name was changed again in 1995 to Wolf Mountain for two seasons, then became “The Canyons” in 1997, after the acquisition by American Skiing Co. (The small ski area currently known as Wolf Mountain (since June 2005) is the former Nordic Valley nearOgden.)

In 2007, American Skiing Company sold all of its assets and dissolved as an active corporation; however the sale of The Canyons to the Talisker Corporation went on hold due to litigation. The sale to Talisker Corp. was finalized in 2008.

In the summer of 2010, the new owners made a number of upgrades designed to ‘transform’ the resort. A 20-million-US-gallon (76,000 m3) snowmaking pond was installed, and the base terminal of the gondola was relocated. Two new high speed quads were installed, one of which replaced the Golden Eagle double. The other opened 300 acres of new terrain on Iron Mountain.

Facts and Figures

1. Base elevation: 6800 ft (2073 m)
2. Summit elevation: 9990 ft (3045 m)
3. Vertical rise: 3190 ft (972 m)
4. Total mountain peaks: 9
5. Total skiable area: 4000 acres (14 km²)
6. Lifts: 23 total:
   • Red Pine Gondola (formerly known as “Flight of the Canyons” prior to summer 2010 base relocation)
   • Cabriolet (open air gondola – parking lot to resort village transport)
   • Frostwood Gondola (access lift for the Waldorf Astoria and Miners Club hotels)
   • Saddleback Express
   • Tombstone Express
   • The Short Cut triple chairlift
   • Ninety-Nine 90 Express
   • Sun Peak Express
   • Super Condor Express
   • Orange Bubble Express (new for 2010-11, replaced Golden Eagle double)
   • Iron Mountain Express (new for 2010-11)
   • Dreamscape Quad
   • Dreamcatcher Quad
   • High Meadow Quad
   • Timberline Quad (two-way access lift between Tombstone and Iron Mountain lifts)
   • Peak 5 Quad
   • Short Cut Triple
   • Day Break Triple
   • Sunrise Double
   • Flat Iron Double
   • Sweet Pea Handle Tow
   • Rip Cord Handle Tow (previously known as ‘Towin’; relocated for access to Orange Bubble Express)
   • Rip-a-roo Handle Tow (ski/snowboard school only)
   • Magic Carpet (ski/snowboard school only)

Terrain:

1. Beginner: 10% (Green Circle and Double Green Circle)
2. Intermediate: 44% (Blue Square and Double Blue Square)
3. Expert: 46% (Black Diamond and Double Black Diamond)