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PIT STOP
Pause before you hit the Silver Queen run and step into the Viking Yurt for a
3rd Chair: Sun Peak Express
From the top you’re headed to Red Pine Lodge area. Once there, you might want to take a quick lap on Saddleback Express because you shall not pass this way again. Oth- erwise head down to Chicane to the base of Tombstone Express.
4th Chair: Tombstone Express
Now we are really cooking. From the top of Tombstone you’ll cut over to the Peak Five/Ninety-Nine 90 area. And you have a choice, experts will want to take a lap on Ninety-Nine 90 Express (home of some of Park City’s best black- diamond terrain). Others can skip ahead to the Peak Five lift.
5th Chair: Peak Five
As tempting as it is to return back down to the Peak Five lift base, you must resist. We’re on a mission here, rope to rope, remember? Take Harmony, a nice blue cruiser, down to the Day Break/DreamScape lift area. Ride DreamCatcher to the top and …
LUNCH BREAK
You have arrived at one of the best restaurants anywhere, Cloud Dine. Everything is good, really good, but we highly recommend the salad niçoise (yes, ahi at 8,000 feet) and
7th Chair: Quicksilver Gondola
Be sure to bust out the camera phone for this stunning ride over Pinecone Ridge. Relax and kick back for this eight-minute ride. Take a pit stop at Miners Camp lodge for water, snacks and other necessities and head back out. You are halfway there. Yes. You read that right. Now you’re thinking you should have taken that shortcut, right? From here you can ski down to the King Con Express and grab a lap or head up Silverlode Express.
8th Chair: Silverlode Express
Yes. The Cloud Dine doughnuts are that good.
Gorgeous cruisers like Pros- pector and Assessment make it
Wide-open cruisers—a Park City staple. Jonesy’s pictured here.
German beer or glühwein and bask in the sun on the Adirondack chairs outside on the snow. Do not, however, let this sap your will. You still have more ahead.
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for dessert, fresh made doughnuts. You’re on vacation, remember? Head back down to the base of DreamCatcher and pass the lift via Cascade to Iron Mountain Express.
6th Chair: Iron Mountain Express
This area is formerly one of the best kept secrets on the mountain. The new Quicksilver gondola is making it more a popular spot. Your des- tination, the gondola station, lies down the back side via Chrome Alley, but take a lap on the frontside of Iron Mountain. Heavy Metal is a great intro to black runs for inter- mediate skiers.
The views are commanding; don’t forget to look around and take it all in.
tempting to linger here and take a lap (or two). Otherwise ease on down the road to the base of the Pioneer-McConkeys lift area.
9th Chair: Pioneer
This is an old-style lift that will take a minute but you'll acces some of PC’s best blue and black terrain down to McConkey’s Express.
The new Quicksilver gondola makes all this possible.
10th Chair: McConkey’s Express
Views into neighboring Deer Val- ley greet you atop this lift. If it’s not skied out, Sundog is a steep and beautiful way down. Ski past McConkey’s to Bonanza and head back up to the summit.
Wrapping up an epic day with a few final turns on Quittin’ Time into town.
11th Chair: Bonanza
Back up at the top of Park City's left side it’s time to gear up for the final runs of the day. You’ll be taking the top portion of HomeRun to Sil- ver Queen, a sharp double blue. You can also just stay on HomeRun, a nice, easy green. Either way, make sure you stay high and follow the cat track to the PayDay run. Skip across the actual PayDay run (look- ing uphill, safety first) to the town run signs. We like Quittin’ Time for your final blast into town. Hit the bridge, dump your skis and you’re on Main Street. Park City's eastern rope. Walk down to High West for a
whiskey. You’ve earned it. —Jeremy Pugh
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