A three-judge Utah Court of Appeals panel reviewing a dispute dating to 2022 about lift upgrades sought by Park City Mountain on Thursday supported an earlier district court ruling in favor of City Hall and three citizens worried about the potential impacts on the community should the improvements be allowed.

The case centers on the resort’s desire to upgrade the Silverlode Express and Eagle lifts.

The effort by Park City Mountain became entangled in controversy about procedural matters and whether the upgrades would lead to Park City Mountain exceeding the comfortable carrying capacity, or CCC, a ski industry metric measuring the size of crowds that can be accommodated at a resort.

The Park City Mountain side has argued that the upgrades would not attract additional crowds to the slope

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