Opened 62 years ago in 1963, the resort has been a major tourist attraction for skiers from all over the United States, as well as a main employer for many of Park City's citizens.

When it originally opened, it boasted the longest gondola in the United States, as well as, a double chairlift, a J-bar lift, base and summit lodges, and a nine-hole golf course.

To this day, more than one thousand miles (1,600 km) of old silver-mine workings and tunnels remain beneath the slopes of Park City and neighboring Deer Valley.

The resort had grown to include eight peaks and nine bowls, with 3,300 acres (5.2 sq mi; 13.4 km2) of skiing and sixteen chairlifts.

[7] A sister ski area, originally known as Park City West and later as Canyons Resort, opened in 1968.

Temporary stadiums were erected at the end of each run with spectator standing areas on each side, creating a combined capacity of 16,500 persons.

[9] During the games, 96 percent of the resort was open for normal seasonal operations, making it the only venue to allow spectators to leave and reenter.

[14] In 2015, the merger of PCMR with Canyons was undertaken by Doppelmayr USA as part of a project that built two new lifts and relocated a third.

A new gondola called Quicksilver was built between the bottom of Silverlode at PCMR and a point below the top of Iron Mountain at Canyons.

The upgrades on the PCMR side were done to alleviate expected congestion at Silverlode and King Con from the added interconnect gondola.

[22] Park City's mayor has supported the striking ski patrollers, calling on Vail Resorts to take action and "conclude negotiations and end the uncertainty.

Canyons Village provides hiking and biking access via the Red Pine Gondola and Short Cut.