Vail Resorts and the Park City Ski Patrol Association have reached a tentative labor agreement. If a ratification vote passes on Wednesday, a patrollers strike that has sharply constrained operations at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort will end.
"The tentative agreement addresses both parties' interests and will end the current strike," the parties said in a joint statement. "Everyone looks forward to restoring normal resort operations and moving forward together as one team."
The strike began on Dec. 27, prompting management to close off a large majority of Park City, the largest ski area in the U.S. The patrollers union had said that Park City Mountain typically has more than 100 ski patrollers working during a ski day, but just a fraction of that number have been working during the strike. During the strike, Vail Resorts brought in patrollers from other ski areas that it owns.
The union has been calling for entry-level pay of $23 per hour, up from the current $21, and improved benefits.
Early in the day on Wednesday, 26 of Park City Mountain's 41 lifts were operating, according to the Park City website.