Spotlight on Deer Valley

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 Spot light on Deer Valley – Park City…

Deer valley was the first North American Resort to provide the first class service one would find at a 5 star restaurant. They offer luxurious amenities such as ski valets, groomed-to-perfection slopes, on site child care and gourmet dinning.

Resort Highlights:

• Rated the #1 ski resort in North America and unprecedented four years in a row, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, by the readers of SKI Magazine.
• Complimentary morning and afternoon Mountain Host tours for both Intermediate and Expert skiers.
• Curbside Guest Service Attendants to assist with equipment unloading and loading at Snow Park Lodge.
• Complimentary daytime and overnight ski storage facilities are available at Snow Park and Silver Lake Lodges and at the Jordanelle Express Gondola.
• Consistently ranked #1 in the individual areas of dining, guest service and mountain grooming by the readers of SKI magazine.

History

Deer Valley Resort opened in 1981 on Bald Eagle and Bald Mountains, with five lifts built by Lift Engineering, also known as Yan: the Burns double (which is the only remaining original lift on the mountain), and the Carpenter, Homestake, Sultan, and Wasatch triple chairs. The Sterling lift was added in 1982, followed by Clipper in 1983. The first major terrain expansion came in 1984 with the addition of the Mayflower lift on Bald Mountain.

In 1991, Deer Valley’s first high speed quad, Carpenter Express, was installed on Bald Eagle Mountain. That same year, the resort expanded onto Flagstaff Mountain with the Red Cloud and Viking lifts. This area added new intermediate and advanced mogul runs. The Crown Point lift was also built. Further expansion came in 1993 with the addition of the Northside Express lift, with its popular intermediate terrain. The Snowflake beginner double was also built this year. All new Deer Valley lifts built from 1993 on have been built by Salt Lake City-based Doppelmayr CTEC and its predecessors.

In 1996, the Carpenter Express and Wasatch lifts were replaced by two new Garaventa CTEC high speed quads. The old Wasatch triple was moved to create the Quincy lift in 1997. Also in 1997, the Deer Crest fixed quad was built, though it did not open until the following year.

For the 1998-99 season, Deer Valley underwent a major expansion, adding two more mountains. On Little Baldy Peak, the Deer Crest lift and Jordanelle Express Gondola opened with 8 runs: 2 green, 3 blue, and 3 black. In Empire Canyon, the long-proposed expansion included the Empire Express high speed quad and the Ruby fixed quad. The Empire area added advanced and expert terrain, including 2 blue runs, 4 black runs, and three expert bowl areas.

Deer Valley built many new lifts on its existing terrain in the early 2000s. In 1999, the Homestake triple was replaced by a fixed grip quad, and the old triple was moved to Empire Canyon the following year to become Little Chief (which itself was removed in 2009). In 2000, Silver Lake Express replaced the Clipper triple to provide a direct link between Deer Valley’s two lodges. Quincy and Ruby were replaced by high speed quads in 2001 and 2002, respectively. In 2004, the Silver Strike Express and Judge lifts were built on Flagstaff Mountain. Sultan Express replaced the original Sultan lift in 2005, and Sterling Express was built in 2006.

In 2007, the Lady Morgan expansion added Deer Valley’s sixth mountain. The new peak has 9 runs: 5 green, 1 blue, and 3 black, along with a large gladed area known as Centennial. The Lady Morgan Express chairlift is accessible from Flagstaff Mountain and Empire Canyon. This new lift expands Deer Valley’s tree skiing terrain and adds 200 acres (0.81 km2) skiable to the resort. Vertical rise of the new lift is 1,150 ft (350 m)