There may be no snow which will be a problem as we’re going nowhere else near a Vail mountain this year. We have to use the ticket. If we have to ski on rocks so be it.For Park City, how bad the lift lines get really depends on how many lifts are open on each side. My ski buddy was invited to join a small group of friends several years ago for a few days just after Jan. 1. It was a low snow season. They were staying on the Canyons side. Instead of taking the public bus between the bases, they opted to take the gondola that goes between PC and Canyons. I think he waited over an hour.
If you only have one day for ski PC, it's worth taking the gondola once to see both sides. But may not be worth the time to get back to the gondola if you start at PC and go towards Canyons. Look at the trail map and you'll see how many lifts are required to get back to the gondola loading point on the Canyons side.
I haven't skied PC/Canyons much. But enough to have an idea of how long it takes to get between sections.
You won't be skiing on rocks. PC has plenty of snowmaking on core trails. But you could be waiting 20-30 minutes to load lifts to get to one of the few open groomers. Hopefully there will be enough snowstorms in the next six weeks.There may be no snow which will be a problem as where going nowhere else near an Vail mountain this year. We have to use the ticket. If we have to ski on rocks so be it.
This has certainly been my experience, and the main reason that my Mammoth trips last year were usually Sunday - Wednesday. In some ways it makes it easier to enjoy some relatively uncrowded slopes on just a Saturday-Sunday trip if you don't care exactly what time you get home.The definition or weekend has evolved since COVID. [...] During the 3 seasons my son Andrew was a liftie at Mammoth he thought Fridays were busier than Sundays.