All new Deer Valley lifts built from 1993 on have been built by Salt Lake City-based Doppelmayr CTEC and its predecessors. The Snowflake beginner double was also built to supplement Burns at the Snow Park base. In 1993, Deer Valley added its second high speed quad and first from Garaventa CTEC with the opening of the Northside Express, running to the summit of Flagstaff Mountain and servicing a new pod of intermediate terrain. The Crown Point triple was also built to create a direct route back to Snow Park from Bald Mountain. That same year, the resort expanded onto Flagstaff Mountain with Yan building two triple chairlifts: Red Cloud for lapping the new intermediate and advanced trails, and Viking to provide egress from the area. In 1991, Deer Valley's first high speed quad was built by Yan to replace the Carpenter triple on Bald Eagle Mountain. In 1984, the Mayflower triple was built, creating an additional pod of expert terrain on Bald Mountain to the east of Sultan. Yan would construct two more infill triple chairlifts in the years immediately afterwards, adding Sterling in 1982 to provide a direct link from Silver Lake to the summit of Bald Mountain, and Clipper in 1983 as an up-and-over lift linking Snow Park with Silver Lake. Expansion and improvements ĭeer Valley opened in 1981 on Bald Eagle and Bald Mountains, with one double chairlift and four triple chairlifts built by Lift Engineering, also known as Yan: the Burns double (which was the only remaining original lift on the mountain up until being removed in the summer of 2022) servicing learning terrain in the Snow Park base area, the Carpenter triple for lapping terrain on Bald Eagle Mountain, the Homestake triple for access from Bald Mountain and Silver Lake base area back to the summit of Bald Eagle Mountain, and the Sultan and Wasatch triples for lapping terrain on Bald Mountain. The resort totals 2,026 acres (820 ha) in size. It has grown to include six mountains with six bowls, 930 acres (380 ha) of glade skiing and 670 acres (270 ha) of snow-making. In 1981 Edgar Stern founded Deer Valley Resort in the same area and above. The ski area was called the Snow Park Ski Area, a name which endured from 1946 to 1969. and Otto Carpenter constructed them, largely from nearby lodgepole pines. The first ski lifts appeared in 1946, when local residents Robert Emmett Burns, Sr. Skiing began at Deer Valley with the Park City Winter Carnivals of the 1930s, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the first ski trails and other facilities during the winter of 1936–1937. History Mountain development Skiing at Deer Valley Utah A view down the backside of Deer Valley's summit in the summertime Deer Valley has 21 chairlifts, including 12 high speed detachable quads and an enclosed 4-passenger gondola. Deer Valley's total uphill lift capacity of 50,470 skiers per hour is approximately 50% higher than the capacity of each of its larger neighbors Park City Mountain Resort and the former Canyons Resort (now merged with PCMR). ĭeer Valley uses more grooming equipment than other Wasatch ski areas, and limits access to avoid overcrowding the resort limits ticket sales to 7,500 per day. Stein Eriksen, namesake of the Stein Eriksen Lodge, was host of the mid-mountain lodging property and director of skiing at the resort until his death in 2015. Deer Valley appeals to the ski community due to it being one of three resorts in the nation that is ski only. With a number of other large ski resorts nearby, Deer Valley competes by catering to a more upscale audience than its neighbors, offering amenities such as free ski valets, free parking shuttles, fine dining and boutique shopping in the main lodge. It also regularly hosts competitions for the International Ski Federation. ĭeer Valley was a venue site during 2002 Winter Olympics, hosting the freestyle moguls, aerial, and alpine slalom events. The resort, known for its upscale amenities, is consistently ranked among the top ski resorts in North America. Deer Valley (the United States) Show map of the United StatesĤ0☃7′22″N 111☂9′22″W / 40.62278°N 111.48944°W / 40.62278 -111.48944ĭeer Valley is an alpine ski resort in the Wasatch Range, located 36 miles (58 km) east of Salt Lake City, in Park City, Utah, United States.
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