Utah’s ski season opener eerie, epic under COVID-19 protocols

Park City • The opening day of the 2020-21 ski season at Park City Mountain Resort got off to an eerie start for Graham Garland and his friends.The trio of snowboarders arrived at the resort 20 minutes before the lifts were scheduled to start turning and pulled right into a front-row spot just three cars down from the crosswalk to the main village. Equally as surreal, they walked right up to the lift — no waiting required.When they envisioned how riding would be different during the C