Strike centers on more than starting wages, as holiday pay, health coverage pay and increases based on experience and inflation at issue. Park City Mountain Resort’s longstanding image as a premier ski and snowboard destination in the United States is taking a hit as a contentious ski patrol strike drags into a second week.

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.

Park City skiers expressed their frustration with long lift lines over the weekend. The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association's (PCPSPA) unfair labor practice strike is entering its tenth day,