There were fewer competitiors at these Grand Prix's in PC since there is a FIS World cup going on in Switzerland, thus there were no qualifiers. They went straight to Finals.
The way I see it, the people in Park City are trying to get on the podium and the people in Switzerland are just trying to get to the Olympics. I hate these qualification rules so much. There are a couple names you should have heard of in Switzerland and one or two of them could be on the podium in Sochi but I consider that event to be minor league.