Ski patrollers miffed by wages they say are too low for high living costs have put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S. ski resort with a rare strike that began over the busy holidays and carried on into the new year's fresh powder.

A strike by the ski patrol at Park City Resort, North America’s largest ski area by acreage, has shut a majority of the Utah ski area for more than a week at the resort’s busiest time of the year.

Skiers at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort described to Business Insider the effects of a ski patrol strike during peak season.

As ski patrollers at Park City Mountain Resort entered their eighth day on strike Friday, guests were taking to social media to warn of crowded slopes, long lift lines and missed opportunities to ski fresh powder.