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.

Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones that remained open during a busy time of year at the country's biggest ski resort.

Park City Mountain ski patrollers on Wednesday agreed to a contract hammered out late Tuesday night by negotiators for their union and Vail Resorts. The contract includes pay bumps of between $2 and $7.