A tentative agreement has been reached to end the debilitating Park City ski patrol strike

PARK CITY, Utah – After nearly two weeks, a tentative agreement has been reached to end a strike That has caused major disruption and anger at one of Utah’s most popular ski resorts.

Park City Mountain Resort and the Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association announced late Tuesday that an agreement has been reached that will last through April 2027. The ski patrol union is expected to hold a final vote to ratify the agreement on Wednesday.

“The tentative agreement takes into account the interests of both parties and will end the current strike,” the groups said in a joint statement. “Everyone looks forward to restoring normal resort operations and moving forward together as one team.”

Seeking a $2-an-hour pay raise, hundreds of ski patrollers went on strike Dec. 27, right in the middle of the busy holiday season at Park City Mountain Resort. Almost immediately, the resort’s owner, Vail Resorts, faced intense backlash as visitors shared videos of long lift lines on the mountain due to staffing shortages.

The anger that built up over the twelve days of the strike led to this Local owners must worry about how the disruption would affect their business short and long term, while the city’s mayor argued for an agreement.

Vail Resorts bore the brunt of the blame in the eyes of vacationers and locals who simply wanted to enjoy their time skiing at the popular resort and saw its stock price plummet as the situation made national headlines.

The union says it was forced to stop work throughout the strike Draw attention to the struggle they say the 200 members faced being able to live in Park City on just $21 an hour.

“We really did everything we could to avoid a strike. Vail really forced us to take action. We don’t want to strike; we want to do our job,” union member Alana McClements said Tuesday.

Elements of the tentative agreement were not provided by the union or Vail Resorts.