Deer Valley travel guide

Deer Valley is an alpine ski resort in the Wasatch Range in the Park City area of northern Utah. Deer Valley is for skiers only, as it prohibits snowboarding. During the 2002 Winter Olympics Deer Valley hosted the freestyle moguls and aerial, and alpine slalom events. USAToday reported that more than 20,000 SKI magazine subscribers declared the resort the best North American resort in 2005.http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-09-14-top-ski_x.htm
With a number of other large ski resorts nearby, Deer Valley competes by catering to a more upscale audience than its neighbors, offering skiers' amenities such as valet parking, fine dining and boutique shopping in the main lodge. Deer Valley limits the number of tickets sold each day to avoid overcrowding, and uses more grooming equipment than other Wasatch ski areas.
Deer Valley has 22 chair lifts including 11 high speed detachable quads.
Deer Valley Resort opened in 1981 on the former site of the "Snow Park" ski area which operated from 1946 to 1969. The resort has grown to include 6 mountains with 6 bowls, of glade skiing and of snowmaking.
It is the home of the world-renowned Stein Eriksen Lodge. Mr. Eriksen also serves as director of skiing at the resort.
On September 10, 2007, [SKI Magazine in its annual "Top 50 Resort Guide" named Deer Valley, Utah, the top ski resort of North America; it also got other honors in the categories of service, grooming and dining. Utah resorts which were No. 1 in various categories included Snowbird, voted "Best Skier's Mountain," and Alta, top "Weekend Escape." Colorado had 6 resorts in the top 10, while Vail was No. 2, followed by Whistler Blackcomb, in British Columbia, Canada, 3rd; Aspen and Snowmass, both in Colorado; Park City, Utah; Breckenridge, Beaver Creek and Steamboat, Colorado, and Sun Valley, Idaho., 10th. Smuggler's Notch was top resort in the "Family Ski Trip" category. (...) more....

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