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Park City Mountain lift dispute heads to court

Park City Mountain owner Vail Resorts said in earnings reports that the blocked project cost the company millions.

(Parker Malatesta | KPCW ) The Eagle lift at Park City Mountain. Plans to upgrade Eagle and the Silverlode lift were successfully blocked by four Park City residents in 2022.

Vail Resorts and Park City Municipal will be in court Monday over a proposal to upgrade lifts at Park City Mountain.

Park City Mountain came to the city with plans to upgrade the Eagle and Silverlode lifts on the Mountain Village side of the resort in 2022.

The proposal didn’t require a vote, and was reviewed and approved by former city planning director Gretchen Milliken.

A group of four Parkites appealed that decision to the planning commission, saying the lift upgrades didn’t fall in line with the resort’s 1998 development agreement with the city.

The appeal’s main argument is that Park City Mountain is exceeding its comfortable carrying capacity, or CCC, the maximum legal occupancy of the resort and its lifts.

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