Deer Valley

Deer Valley
Overview of a portion of the resort's Flagstaff Mountain terrain
Location	Wasatch Range Summit County, Utah  United States
Nearest city	Park City, Utah
Coordinates	40°37′22″N 111°29′22″W / 40.62278°N 111.48944°W / 40.62278; -111.48944Coordinates: 40°37′22″N 111°29′22″W / 40.62278°N 111.48944°W / 40.62278; -111.48944
Vertical	3,000 ft (910 m)
Top elevation	9,570 ft (2,920 m)
Base elevation	6,570 ft (2,000 m)
Skiable area	2,026 acres (820 ha)
Runs	101 27% easiest 41% more difficult 32% most difficult
Longest run	2.8 mi (4.5 km)
Lift system	24 - 1 Gondola - 12 High-speed quad chairlifts - 1 Fixed-grip quad chairlift - 5 Triple chairlifts - 2 Double chairlifts - 4 Magic carpets
Lift capacity	50,470 skiers/hr
Terrain parks	No
Snowfall	300 inches (760 cm)
Snowmaking	over 660 acres (270 ha)
Night skiing	No
Website	Deer Valley

Deer 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. The resort, known for its upscale amenities, is consistently ranked among the top ski resorts in North America.

Deer Valley was a venue site during 2002 Winter Olympics, hosting the freestyle moguls, aerial, and alpine slalom events. It also regularly hosts competitions for the International Ski Federation.

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. Stein Eriksen, namesake of the Stein Eriksen Lodge, is host of the mid-mountain lodging property and director of skiing at the resort.

Deer 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. 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). Deer Valley has 21 chairlifts, including 12 high speed detachable quads and an enclosed 4-passenger gondola.

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. The first ski lifts appeared in 1946, when local residents Robert Emmett Burns, Sr. and Otto Carpenter constructed them, largely from nearby lodgepole pines. The ski area was called the Snow Park Ski Area, a name which endured from 1946 to 1969. In 1981 Edgar Stern founded Deer Valley Resort in the same area and above. 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. The resort totals 2,026 acres (820 ha) in size.