ANPR. Ticket in the mail to your home address. Dunno what the sanction is with you for ignoring it but over here there are right shyster 3rd party operators ready to harass and intimidate people with a rigged system for overstaying at the supermarket etc.
Yep. There are still crappy, back 40 spaces in paid parking.
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Of course Utah's growth somewhat mirrors the skier days. And the counties of Utah, Davis, Wasatch, and Salt Lake are among the fastest growing counties. The fastest growth by age is the 35-49 group, prime candidates for skiing and other outdoor recreation. I'd venture to reiterate the problem is not necessarily visitors or multi-passes but the booming local population with at least limited disposable income heading up the canyons.That said, the growth the last few seasons in Utah visits is large, and certainly has multiple factors. So maybe the upward line would have stayed on the same slope as 2021, to 2022, and the good snow year just pushed it even steeper/more growth? Here's the graph of NSAA Utah skier days over the last several years:
Competition to park at trailheads in BCC and LCC in the summer, especially on weekends and during holiday periods, can be quite intense. I've seen very late arrivers at popular trailheads need to park roadside as much as a mile away. Lots and lots of those vehicles have out-of-state and/or Canadian province license plates. Here come parking fees at many popular trailheads in the Wasatch, including the Cottonwoods: https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2022/08/08/pay-play-is-coming-wasatch/
Alterra owned Deer Valley - IKON/Base Plus ($1259/1149) for 7 days Reservations required Parking free. Full season pass $2890Plenty of resorts in the West offer paid parking; however it is almost always accompanied by a workable and convenient mass transit option. For example, in Aspen there is a robust public bus system that goes to every ski area from the town. I also think cars with 4 or more people park for free. In that case paid parking becomes a luxury/conveneince that you pay for.
What we have in Tahoe is different. You cannot realistically use TART to get to Squaw on a weekend morning. This is why for many paid parking solution feels as an extortion, as you are forced to drive in. Again a season pass like parking permit (transferrable between cars, i.e. a rearview mirror placard) will alleviate the angst a bit, at least for some.
I am pretty philosophical about it, the only other workable solution would have been a much more expensive season pass, so we would have ended up paying more either way. What I do not welcome is the hassle of making those parking reservations over and over.
Are you saying you think Palisades will continue to be owned by Alterra but only offer Ikon holders 5 or 7 days and have a PT only season pass in the future?
That is entirely possible. 1. They set the rules. 2. For a large portion of the 100,000 pass holders around PT, that will be just fine, as that's how much they ski in a season anyway and it will be still cheaper than buying individual lift tickets. 3. I believe that this is what they do at some other Ikon locations, such as Windham, NY. The difference, of course, is that PT is fully owned by Alterra which IS Ikon. But I can definitely see them bringing on a. Squaw-only pass with/without included parking (allowing one parking pass per family). Not clear what they can do with reservation system. I would still love to have a season parking placard.
The Solitude parking-fee-avoidance strategy you (and many others) utilized this past season won't be as rewarding going forward. Beginning this coming season, Brighton is implementing a paid reservation to park scheme from opening through closing day. The fee for a parking reservation will be either $20 or $25, depending upon day of week and holiday period/non-holiday period. The amount one would save next season using your strategy won't be known until Solitude announces their parking fee structure for next season. If you have an IKON pass, you will still need to make a reservation to ski/ride at Brighton.
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It is public land, the public wants to ski/snowboard! Maybe the CC’s aren’t the place for new resorts but I do recall a pretty recent Snowbird expansion (maybe Mary’s area?) plan that sorta made some sense. The interconnect from PCMR even begins to make some sense now.
Except the vast majority of the public does not ski. The last data I have seen is only 3% of Utahns skis. Terrain expansion in the Cottonwoods significantly detracts from the natural aesthetic of nearly every other non ski related activity and is very seasonal to boot. The Cottonwoods already have a lot of ski terrain developed, let's leave some for backcountry skiers, hikers, rock climbers, photographers, snowshoers, etc. Even a lot of avid skiers like me are opposed to significant further Cottonwoods expansion.
If that's at or below Sky Tavern it might have a tough go being mostly east facing and lower elevation. Galena Creek Park is at lake level, about 6,200'. Snow comes slowly and melts quickly.
