Slidergirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Boy, when our storm finally arrived in Park City, it came in with a bang. Literally! About 3:45, the storm came over the ridge and started blowing and dumping. And, we had thunder and lightning to go with it!!! We had to initiate lightning stoppage procedures on all the lifts. I hadn't seen that in the 3 years I've been here. When I left at 5:15, the lifts that run at night were still stopped.
As usual, some guests complained to us that we shut down. Gee, there's lightning in the area (we all saw one strike in the area between Deer Valley and Park City Mt. Resort). What shall we do?? Shut down the lift for the safety of everyone, guest and employee alike, or do we keep it running so someone can play Russian roulette with the lightning while riding the lift? Duh. I don't get some people. Just like the folks who complain about wind holds - if you want to be on a chair that has a 2 ft swing in all directions, be my guest!!!
Anyway, it was a fast dump and lots of blowing snow. Made the commute home interesting. At times, I couldn't see anything, just blowing white snow. I'm home now, happy to think that I don't have to work tomorrow
As usual, some guests complained to us that we shut down. Gee, there's lightning in the area (we all saw one strike in the area between Deer Valley and Park City Mt. Resort). What shall we do?? Shut down the lift for the safety of everyone, guest and employee alike, or do we keep it running so someone can play Russian roulette with the lightning while riding the lift? Duh. I don't get some people. Just like the folks who complain about wind holds - if you want to be on a chair that has a 2 ft swing in all directions, be my guest!!!
Anyway, it was a fast dump and lots of blowing snow. Made the commute home interesting. At times, I couldn't see anything, just blowing white snow. I'm home now, happy to think that I don't have to work tomorrow