The nearly two-week strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas.

The Park City Mountain Ski Patroller Strike has come to an end, with workers and parent company Vail Resorts coming to an agreement on wages and more.

As ski patrollers in Park City celebrate their successful strike, the ski industry is left to clean up a PR mess that could mean a broader loss of trust from customers and the ski towns resorts call home.

After a strike that lasted nearly two weeks, Park City Mountain and the ski patrol union have reached a tentative agreement, the groups said in a joint statement Tuesday night. The agreement is still pending and will be ratified after a vote scheduled for Wednesday.

A rare labor strike that began over the busy holidays and carried on into the new year has put a wrench in operations at the biggest U.S. ski resort

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.

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Ski patrollers at the biggest U.S. ski resort say they have reached a deal with Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort to end a strike that put a wrench in operations during the busy holiday season.

The ski patrol strike at the Park City resort in Utah ended Thursday after the mountain's owners agreed to a wage hike of $2 an hour for 200 union employees.