BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Park City Museum - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Park City Museum X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://parkcityhistory.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Park City Museum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20260308T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20261101T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250723T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250723T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250625T215537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T215603Z UID:10001059-1753264800-1753272000@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Ontario Trailhead Hike for members on July 23rd at 10 a.m. with Don Roll DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Which hike you would like to go on?\n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike) \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nOntario Hike July 23rd at 10 a.m. \nThis guided hike will begin at the Ontario Trailhead on Marsac Avenue. It is a fairly easy three mile out and back hike on a wide gravel road with 400 vertical change and will take approximately two hours. \nWe will visit several of the mines located in Empire Canyon: \n• Ontario No 3 Headframe and Shaft House\n• American Flag Mine Interpretive Sign\n• Massachusetts Mine Historical Sign\n• Daly Judge Tramway\n• Explosives Bunker\n• Judge Office Building\n• Daly Judge Tunnel (1 of the 3 mining era tunnels that provides Park City water)\n• Silver King Pump House\n• Alliance Mine Building\n• Alliance Watchman’s Cabin \nPlease wear good hiking shoes and remember sun protection\, hydration and nourishment for this informative two hour hike. Please arrive ten minutes early for a prompt 10 AM departure. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/ontario-trailhead-hike-july-23rd-at-10-a-m/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hike-David-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250731T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250731T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250625T220047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T220047Z UID:10001060-1753956000-1753963200@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Park Avenue Hike for members with Jane Perkins at 10 a.m. DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Which hike you would like to go on?\n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike) \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nPark Avenue Hike with Jane Perkins in July and August \nJane offered this Park Avenue walk in June\, and will also be offering the same tour on July 31 and August 22nd. Please let me know which one you want to attend. (The June tour is full.) Both tours begin at 10 a.m. \nPlease join us as we explore Park Avenue’s charming history with a walking tour that will feature unique and special homes\, churches\, and schools leading to the transportation hub of our historic mining town. \nThis brand-new tour will start at 10am. We will ride the free Trolley to the top of Main and wander downhill from St. Mary’s Church to High West Distillery. Estimated time 1.5hrs. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/park-avenue-hike-for-members-with-jane-perkins-at-10-a-m/ CATEGORIES:Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/May-Hike-David-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250806T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250806T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T195317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T195833Z UID:10001063-1754473500-1754487000@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Thaynes Canyon Hike for members with Melissa Clark and Kelly Riley DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)\n• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not? \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nAugust 6th hike- Meet at 9:45 a.m. \nThis hike is a 5.5 to 6 mile hike. It is long but not too steep. It is considered moderately difficult with a 900-foot elevation gain. We will stop at the turnaround point at Shadow Lake (by the Jupiter Lift base) for a 30-minute break for snack/lunch. Please bring water\, snacks and sunscreen! Because of our stops at mine sites allow 3.5 hours for this hike. \nIf you have a pass\, please bring it\, if not a lift ticket will be provided. We will be riding The Crescent Lift. We’ll start our hike at the top of the Crescent Lift. We’ll visit the King Con Ore Bin and see the area where the King Con Tram brought ore over the ridge. Here we’ll also discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines\, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form the Silver King Consolidated\, or the King Con\, as it was known. \nWe’ll then hike down into Thaynes Canyon\, where we will see The California-Comstock Mine\, perhaps the oldest of the remaining buildings on the PCMR property. We’ll also hike close to the Thaynes Complex. Along the way we will talk about the old rail system that was used to move ore down the mountain. \nWe’ll hike the area of the 1883 Matt Brennan murder. He was shot by a sniper as he observed a geological survey conducted for E.M. Wheeler by Will Gorlinski. John “Black Jack” Murphy was accused of being the shooter and was hung by vigilantes several days later. Was Black Jack the real killer? Dramatic speculation will ensue. \nWe’ll then hike up to Shadow Lake near the base of the Jupiter Lift for a snack/lunch break. After our break we will hike back to the Crescent chair for the ride down to the PC base! URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/thaynes-canyon-hike-with-melissa-clark-and-kelly-riley/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/May-Hike-David-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250814T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250814T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T174837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T175256Z UID:10001062-1755162000-1755172800@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Swaner and Spring Creek Trailhead Hike with Michael O’Malley and Wendy Fisher DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on this hike\, please contact Diane Knispel at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike) \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nSwaner and Spring Creek Trailhead Hike with Michael O’Malley and Wendy Fisher on August 14th at 9:00 a.m. \nOn this five and a half-mile\, easy hike along the Millennium Trail\, led by Wendy Fisher of Utah Open Lands\, Swaner EcoCenter staff\, and local history researcher Michael O’Malley\, we’ll walk from the Swaner EcoCenter to the Hi-Ute Barn to Spring Creek Trailhead and back to the EcoCenter. Besides discussing some of the conservation easements along the route\, we’ll learn about the Snyder family\, the Swaner family\, an old railroad\, the Pony Express\, beaver dams\, and elk migration. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/swaner-and-spring-creek-trailhead-hike-with-michael-omalley-and-wendy-fisher-at-900-a-m/ CATEGORIES:Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hike-David-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250819T094500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250819T143000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T210447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T183056Z UID:10001066-1755596700-1755613800@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Two Kings and a Queen Hike for members with Sandy Brumley DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)\n• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not? \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nTwo Kings & a Queen hike with Sandy Brumley\, Tuesday\, August 19th at 9:45 A.M. \nThis hike will visit “The Two Kings Mines”: The Silver King Coalition Mine and Silver King Consolidated Mine. We will ascend The Crescent Express Chairlift to the top of Crescent Ridge\, where we’ll view King Con Ore Bin\, discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines\, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form Silver King Consolidated\, or King Con\, as it was known. \nWe’ll then hike past the yurt and take a trail to the Silver Queen water towers where we’ll talk about the “famous” Susanna Bransford and how the water towers were stabilized. From there we continue the hike down to the Silver King Coalition Mine\, which is located at the base of the Bonanza Chairlift. Here we’ll discuss: The Headframe and Steam Engine Buildings\, the boarding house and other aspects of the mine complex. \nAt this point we’ll head over to the trail above the Silver King Mill where we’ll discuss the function of a silver mine mill and its roll in refining to ore to obtain the valuable metallic elements sought by the mining company. Since we’ll be near the Mayflower and Woodside Mines\, which were predecessors to The Silver King\, we’ll also discuss how activities in these mines lead to the eventual development of Park City’s largest mine. We’ll also discuss the lawsuit where Susanna Bransford protected her fortune in a lawsuit with R.C. Chambers. \nWhen we wrap at the mill\, we’ll walk up a small hill to take the Payday Express Chairlift back to the Park City Mountain Village. This hike will take approximately 2.5 to 3 hours\, cover about 2.1 miles and require a climb of 322 vertical feet. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/two-kings-and-a-queen-hike-for-members-with-sandy-brumley/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Sandy-Special-Hike-Photo-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250822T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250822T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250625T220241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T220241Z UID:10001061-1755856800-1755864000@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Park Avenue Hike for members with Jane Perkins at 10 a.m. DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Which hike you would like to go on?\n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike) \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nPark Avenue Hike with Jane Perkins in July and August \nJane offered this Park Avenue walk in June\, and will also be offering the same tour on July 31 and August 22nd. Please let me know which one you want to attend. (The June tour is full.) Both tours begin at 10 a.m. \nPlease join us as we explore Park Avenue’s charming history with a walking tour that will feature unique and special homes\, churches\, and schools leading to the transportation hub of our historic mining town. \nThis brand-new tour will start at 10am. We will ride the free Trolley to the top of Main and wander downhill from St. Mary’s Church to High West Distillery. Estimated time 1.5hrs. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/park-avenue-hike-for-members-with-jane-perkins-at-10-a-m-2/ CATEGORIES:Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/May-Hike-David-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250829T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250829T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T222606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T225330Z UID:10001067-1756455300-1756472400@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Silver King Mine Hike for members with Heather Tourkin-REGISTRATION CLOSED DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)\n• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not? \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nSilver King Mine Hike August 29th with Heather Tourkin \nThis hike has a vertical elevation of nearly 1\,200 feet and is eight miles plus the walk between the parking lot at PCMR and the trailhead. Definitely a strenuous hike\, but it is shaded\, filled with mining relics\, and the views of downtown Park City are gorgeous. \nThe hike follows the extant Silver King Aerial Tramway towers\, skirting the counterweight\, as we make our way up Sweeny’s Switchback/John’s Trail/Jenny’s Trail to the Silver King Mine Coalition Shaft House at the base of Bonanza lift. Just east of the shaft house in Woodside Gulch is the Silver King Mill. The Silver King Mine has the largest remaining collection of mining structures within the Park City Mining District\, so lots to look at and talk about here. \nBring a snack to enjoy as we are looking at the mining structures\, water\, sunscreen and comfortable hiking shoes. This hike will take 3.5 to 4 hours. URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/silver-king-mine-hike-for-members-with-heather-tourkin/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Hike-David-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250913T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250913T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T201435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T201435Z UID:10001065-1757755800-1757764800@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Ontario Ridge Hike for members with Don Roll DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on this hike\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike) \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nWe’ll start with a short walk just up the hill on Marsac Road\, where we’ll see the Ontario Drain Tunnel and the site of two stamping mills\, The Ontario and the Second Daly Mill. From there\, we’ll head up to the Ontario Bench Road on mostly shaded trails. \nOnce we get into Empire Canyon\, we’ll visit perhaps the largest single treasure trove of mining artifacts in town\, including\, mine dumps for the American Flag and Massachusetts Mines. We’ll also visit several buildings from the Daly Mining Companies\, including an explosive bunker\, the Judge Mining and Smelting Company Office Building\, the Judge Tunnel (also known as The Anchor Tunnel.) Just across from these buildings we will see remnants from the Alliance Mine\, and the unique Alliance Watchman’s Cabin. \nWe will mostly return the same way we came up but will take Prospect Trail where we will see several old mining cabins which have fallen to ruins\, along with an old DeSoto and Cadillac as well as a string of towers for the Daly Aerial Tram\, one of three such trams that once operated to serve the Park City Mines. \nThis hike takes about 2.5 hours is 3.3 miles long and has a total of 617 vertical feet of climbing. Please bring water\, snacks\, sunscreen\, etc. We’ll end up near Old Town\, you may want to plan a lunch for yourselves at the conclusion of the hike! URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/ontario-ridge-hike-for-members-with-don-roll/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Sandy-Special-Hike-Photo-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250918T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20250918T143000 DTSTAMP:20260403T143301 CREATED:20250630T200215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T200215Z UID:10001064-1758192300-1758205800@parkcityhistory.org SUMMARY:Thaynes Canyon Hike for members with Melissa Clark and Kelly Riley DESCRIPTION:If you are a member and would like to join us on one of these hikes\, please contact Diane Knispel\, at education@parkcityhistory.org with the following information: \n• Names of people going on the hike.\n• Email address associated with your membership.\n• A contact phone number (preferably a cell phone that you will have with you morning of the hike)\n• Do you need a lift ticket for your hike or not? \nIf you are not a member and would like to join us for a hike\, please register as a member on our website at https://parkcityhistory.org/membership. Once you are registered\, please contact Diane Knispel with the information needed that is listed above. Thank you! \nI will send you a confirmation email closer to the time with the place to meet and parking information. \nSeptember 18th hike -Meet at 10:45 a.m. \nThis hike is a 5.5 to 6 mile hike. It is long but not too steep. It is considered moderately difficult with a 900-foot elevation gain. We will stop at the turnaround point at Shadow Lake (by the Jupiter Lift base) for a 30-minute break for snack/lunch. Please bring water\, snacks and sunscreen! Because of our stops at mine sites allow 3.5 hours for this hike. \nIf you have a pass\, please bring it\, if not a lift ticket will be provided. We will be riding The Crescent Lift. We’ll start our hike at the top of the Crescent Lift. We’ll visit the King Con Ore Bin and see the area where the King Con Tram brought ore over the ridge. Here we’ll also discuss the history of the Crescent and Bogan Mines\, which were combined by Solon Spiro to form the Silver King Consolidated\, or the King Con\, as it was known. \nWe’ll then hike down into Thaynes Canyon\, where we will see The California-Comstock Mine\, perhaps the oldest of the remaining buildings on the PCMR property. We’ll also hike close to the Thaynes Complex. Along the way we will talk about the old rail system that was used to move ore down the mountain. \nWe’ll hike the area of the 1883 Matt Brennan murder. He was shot by a sniper as he observed a geological survey conducted for E.M. Wheeler by Will Gorlinski. John “Black Jack” Murphy was accused of being the shooter and was hung by vigilantes several days later. Was Black Jack the real killer? Dramatic speculation will ensue. \nWe’ll then hike up to Shadow Lake near the base of the Jupiter Lift for a snack/lunch break. After our break we will hike back to the Crescent chair for the ride down to the PC base! URL:https://parkcityhistory.org/event/thaynes-canyon-hike-for-members-with-melissa-clark-and-kelly-riley/ CATEGORIES:Friends of Ski Mining Mountain History,Hikes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://parkcityhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Sandy-Special-Hike-Photo-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR