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'''Park City''' is a city in [[Utah]], United States. The vast majority is in [[Summit County, Utah|Summit County]], and it extends into [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch County]].<ref name=WasatchSDmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st49_ut/schooldistrict_maps/c49051_wasatch/DC20SD_C49051.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wasatch County, UT|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=November 2, 2022}}</ref> It is considered to be part of the [[Wasatch Back]]. The city is {{convert|32|mi|km}} southeast of downtown [[Salt Lake City]] and {{convert|20|mi|km}} from Salt Lake City's east edge of [[Sugar House, Salt Lake City|Sugar House]] along [[Interstate 80 in Utah|Interstate 80]]. The population was 8,396 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]]. On average, the tourist population greatly exceeds the number of permanent residents.
After a [[population decline]] following the shutdown of the area's [[mining|mining industry]], the city rebounded during the 1980s and 1990s through an expansion of its tourism business. {{asof|2021}} the city brings in a yearly average of $529.8 million to the Utah Economy as a tourist hot spot, $80 million of which is attributed to the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>http://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/sff15-economic-impact-report.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511033335/https://www.sundance.org/pdf/festival-info/sff15-economic-impact-report.pdf |date=May 11, 2021 }}></ref> The city has two major [[ski resort]]s: [[Deer Valley|Deer Valley Resort]] and [[Park City Mountain Resort]]
In 2015, Park City Ski Resort and Canyons resorts merged, creating the largest ski area in the U.S. In all, the resort boasts 17 slopes, 14 bowls, 300 trails and 22 miles of lifts.
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