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The secret life of a ski resort: How one US property prepares its slopes
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Ski patrollers hike towards a high ridge to determine if the area can be safely opened to skiers for the next day, at Snowbird, a ski resort near Alta, Utah.
PHOTO: RUTH FREMSON/NYTIMES
Elisabeth Vincentelli
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UTAH – In the coming days, ski resorts across the United States will begin opening for the season. Among them is Snowbird Ski Resort, the challenging Utah mountain just outside Salt Lake City.
Operating a resort, especially one as big as Snowbird, which has 149 runs across 1,011ha of skiable terrain, is a complicated dance that involves not only lift operators, ski patrollers and groomers, but also bakers, bus drivers and mechanics.
