Park City Takes Aim at a New Shotski Record

The ski season is almost here, and another tradition—downing as many shotski shots as humanly possible—is coming with it.

On Saturday, October 11, 2025, in Park City, Utah, the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club and High West Distillery plan to roll out 1,410 whiskey shots affixed to skis on the historic Main Street.

The event, which is sold out, aims to surpass the 1,401 national shotski record set by Breckenridge, Colorado, last December while raising $70,000 to support the Park City Sunrise Rotary Club’s Community Grant Program.

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The two towns—Breckenridge and Park City—have an ongoing duel for the largest shot ski. To set the previous record, Breckenridge compiled 503 skis running 2,477 feet in length.

The Colorado ski town will once again follow up Park City’s record attempt this year. In December, the celebration Ullr Fest returns to Breckenridge, including the town’s shotski session, supported by Breckenridge Distillery. 

While Park City and Breckenridge may be the headliners of the shotski showdown, they aren’t the only dogs in the fight. In Canada, Mont-Orford Ski Resort gathered 1,460 people, claiming to have surpassed both U.S. towns last March.

A few days later, Sunday River, Maine, hosted 527 shotski participants. Sunday River tapped a company called RecordSetter to officialize its numbers claim.

But Guinness World Records, perhaps the best known record-certifying organization, doesn’t appear to have a shotski record on the books and may never. “Guinness World Records no longer considers applications for records involving the rapid consumption of alcohol,” reads a passage on the organization’s website that, when you think about it, makes plenty of sense. On the Ullr Fest website, Breckenridge couches its planned shotski record behind an “unofficial” qualifier. 

Do we need to bring more rigorous judging standards to shotski records, though? Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on who you ask. Regardless, these events aren’t the Olympics—they’re an excuse to froth over skiing while (responsibly!) enjoying a bit of liquor in the process.

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