Another ski season is coming to a close. It has been an interesting year to say the least. Boston has the most snow of anyone and the Sierra Nevada's have none at all. We were lucky I guess because in spite of having a fraction of our normal snow year the skiing has been good and is still quite good. There is not a lot of snow left but if you get on the mountain early and you follow the sun around in the morning and the shade in the afternoon you can still have a lot of fun.

Business at the local ski resorts has been excellent. We may have benefitted from California's very dry year and people who are getting on a plane to go skiing anyway have come to Utah and Colorado for the most part. Something else that I have noticed this year more than ever before is a multitude of foreign languages. Of course we always hear a lot of Spanish speaking tourists but there has been an enormous increase in European languages including eastern European as well as many more Asian languages spoken than I ever remember. I wonder if it is the Vail effect...?, or maybe it is because they just didn't have that many choices when it came right down to it. After all the skiing here was probably as good as it was anywhere.

Well summer season is just around the corner and I have been seeing a lot of people on the trails already. There are a lot of bikers and hikers, joggers and dog walkers out and about. The weather has been spectacular if not wet. So everyone is getting a jump on summer including the daffodils and the trees which are already starting to bud. 

Until next time I am going to catch a few more good days on the slopes while it lasts and then for me it is biking season and a little bit of golfing, fishing, and maybe some National Park tourism this summer.  I hope to see you all out on the trails.

Remember if you ever have real estate questions about the Park City market or anywhere in the world, please reach out to me. I love hearing from you and would be happy to assist. 

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Brad Jensen

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Vail Resorts Gets Go Ahead to Create the Largest Ski Resort in the United States>>

The Interconnect Gondola that will link Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Resort won a City Hall approval on Wednesday night, a historic vote that allows Vail Resorts to move ahead with its plans to create the largest ski area in the U.S.

The Park City Planning Commission cast a unanimous vote in favor of the gondola and other improvements the Colorado firm intends to make prior to the next ski season. Adam Strachan, a member of the Planning Commission, did not participate in the discussions and did not vote as a result of a conflict of interest.

Vail Resorts, which owns PCMR and operates Canyons Resort as part of a long-term agreement with the Talisker corporate family, sees the Interconnect Gondola as the centerpiece of the improvement plan. The company has said it intends to spend more than $50 million this year as the two resorts are molded into a single property.

High-level Vail Resorts officials were at the meeting. Park City Manager Diane Foster and Mark Harrington, the Park City attorney, were also in the room as the Planning Commission dealt with the gondola. The audience on Wednesday was larger than many other Planning Commission meetings, and it appeared at least some in the crowd were there to observe the discussion about PCMR and the vote.

The eight-passenger gondola will travel between a point close to the base of the Silverlode lift at PCMR to a location at the Flatiron lift at Canyons Resort. The route covers 7,650 feet, nearly 1 1/2 miles.

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