Park City Mountain hopes to get gussied up for the 2034 Olympics and Paralympics — though as with most makeovers, there may be some plucking, poking and pain involved.

The owner, Vail Resorts Inc., announced Tuesday that it plans to renovate the ski area’s Mountain Village base in time for its international closeup as the host of slopestyle and halfpipe events for the Winter Games. As part of that endeavor, it is embarking on a public planning process that the company said in a statement will be “a transformative opportunity to reimagine this important area and enhance the experience for guests, employees and the Park City community.”

Vail Resorts did not specify what changes it had in mind for the approximately 10-acre site. However, it said it is looking at placing new developments on the surface parking lots and potentially relocating resort operations. Park City Mountain’s business offices currently occupy the Munchkin property, just east of the Marriott Mountainside hotel and a snowball’s throw from the Mountain Village base.

This isn’t the first time Park City Mountain has tried to give Mountain Village a facelift. A similar attempt to develop the parking lots was abandoned in 2023 after it ran into multiple zoning-related delays as well as opposition from community members.

In an apparent attempt to mitigate those potential obstacles, Park City Mountain plans to kickoff the renovation process with a series of stakeholder meetings this winter. It also promised to provide opportunities for the public to comment on the Mountain Village base plan, both in person and online, before resort managers begin pre-development meetings with Park City officials.

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The general plan adopted by Park City Municipal in 2025 will guide the planning, the statement from Vail Resorts said.

“Realizing this ambitious goal starts with thoughtful planning and community engagement,” Deirdra Walsh, Park City Mountain’s vice president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.

She added, “We look forward to working with our community to shape what comes next.”

Yet, in conjunction with planning for the facelift — and perhaps as insurance that it can proceed with its proposals — Park City Mountain will also attempt to update its Mountain Upgrade Plan. The updated plan “will reflect the resort’s operations, including lifts, trails, snowmaking, guest facilities and other mountain infrastructure,” according to the statement. It will lay out how skiers and snowboarders are expected to get to and from the resort and their intended flow across the mountain. Notably, it will also include Park City Mountain’s wish list for future amenities and enhancements.

Changing the Mountain Upgrade Plan requires city approval.

The Mountain Upgrade Plan and the resort’s 1998 development agreement have caused Park City Mountain consternation in the past. Parameters set out in the development agreement — including limits on building heights, provisions for employee housing and parking mitigation plans — were at the crux of the previous failed attempt to build on the Mountain Village lots.

More recently, Park City Mountain has been trying to upgrade its Silverlode Express and Eagle chairlifts since 2022, but inconsistencies between the resort’s plans and those documents have stalled the installation of those lifts. Earlier this year, the Park City Planning Commission approved those projects, but that decision is being challenged by a community member in the Third District Court of Appeals. Hearings are not expected to be held until at least December 2027.

Park City Mayor Ryan Dickey said in a statement that he appreciated Vail Resorts and Park City Mountain including the community early in the Mountain Village planning process.

“The future of Mountain Village is important to our community, our economy and the guest experience,” Dickey said. “We look forward to a thoughtful conversation about how these properties can evolve in a way that reflects our city’s strategic priorities and long-term vision.”

Park City Mountain is planning to undertake the facelift with the help of East West Partners, a Colorado-based luxury real estate development company with offices in Park City. East West also manages The Havens at Deer Crest and has taken on other projects associated with Deer Valley Resort, including Founders Place, Argent and One Empire Pass.

Utah’s Winter Olympics are set to run from Feb. 10-26, 2034, followed by the Paralympics on March 10-19. Both the slopestyle and halfpipe events are slated to be staged at the Mountain Village base, just north of Park City’s Main Street.