The Utah Transit Authority plans to reduce ski service for the second straight year this season due to staff shortages.
Skiers and snowboarders line up for a ski bus along Wasatch Boulevard near Big Cottonwood Canyon on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Ski bus service will be reduced again this year, according to UTA.The Utah Transit Authority plans to reduce winter ski bus service for the second straight year because of ongoing staff shortages.
“So they’ve known for quite some time where our status is going to be as far as just operating the same service from last year.” A van leaves the Wildcat base at Alta Ski Area, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Last year, Solitude leased 10 passenger vans from UTA to leave more parking available for guests, Solitude Ski Resort spokesperson Travis Holland said in an email. The resort has participated in the UTA vanpool program since the 2019-2020 ski season.Employees had to take extensive online classes to be certified to drive the vans, Adams said. His group of about 13-15 ski patrollers had three or four sign up to become drivers.
A long line of cars forms near Little Cottonwood Canyon during a snowstorm on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.typically begin turning until about 8 or 9 a.m. each winter, many skiers drive up around 6:30 or 7:30 a.m. to beat traffic, get a parking spot and hang out until resorts opens up — which can cause congestion for employees trying to get to work, and risk them running late,On a day with no avalanche mitigation planned, ski patrollers might head up in the vanpool as early as 6:30 a.m.
Ski bus service will also continue to run on UTA’s 40-foot Gillig buses, which have 20% more space than buses used before last year’s ski season, UTA has said. Although the agency had a 50% reduction in trips during Salt Lake County’s 2022-2023 ski service, they only experienced a 14% reduction in ridership, an official noted last month.
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