Park City Area Ski Resorts

[mountaincomms]

Hello all. I'm not local but I travel to Park City at least once a year and am looking for some info/reconfirmations in the area in preparation for an upcoming ski trip.

Word on the street is that Deer Valley Resort has migrated all their communications to some flavor of MOTOTRBO DMR system... anyone in Summit County able to scan and/or confirm if they are using the same frequencies? If they are digital, are they conventional, Cap+, Cap Max, or something different?

I have also heard that neighboring Park City/Canyons (operated by Vail Resorts) may have moved their respective operations onto the Peak Wireless NXDN trunk a couple years ago. Anyone able to confirm talkgroups and/or use of encryption? Can't seem to find any current info in the database or forums.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bruin18]

Yeah, Deer Valley definitely upgraded to digital. They are no longer available on an analog scanner.

 

[DanLP456]

I’ve spent the last year trying to figure out the local ski resorts, but I don’t have the knowledge or equipment to program a control channel and figure out new talkgroups (outside of what my Pro-96 is capable of). As far as conventional analog, all I’ve ever heard is snowmaking at PCMR and housekeeping at Canyons. I would also appreciate more info.

I also recently programmed all frequencies licensed to Woodward hoping maybe they were conventional, but I’m hearing control channels.

 

[mountaincomms]

I believe Woodward was also licensed for MOTOTRBO digital the last I checked.

 

[mountaincomms]

Yeah, Deer Valley definitely upgraded to digital. They are no longer available on an analog scanner.

Were you able to collect any information from your scanner(s)? Happy to help piece things together.

 

[DanRollman]

Bumping this up. I pieced together Deer Valley's DMR system during spring skiing there in 2024 and built out my findings here. With (much) more of the East Village expansion opening this winter, I have to imagine some additional mountaintops will need repeaters to cover that side. But it does not appear any new licenses have posted yet. We shall see. I do plan to visit once again in early April and will see what I find - and I'm sure will enjoy the new terrain too!

 

[DanLP456]

I got a new scanner and can monitor Woodward and will see what I can gather when the winter season starts. Using close call I've picked up some conversation there on a DMR frequency that seems to not be a part of a trunked system.

 

[mountaincomms]

Using close call I've picked up some conversation there on a DMR frequency that seems to not be a part of a trunked system.

If you're referring to Woodward here I believe their license specifies only two repeaters and a whole bunch of simplex, all MotoTRBO emissions. Not sure if they're running a trunk.