Deer Valley is an alpine ski resort in the Wasatch Range, located 36 miles east of Salt Lake City, in Park City, Utah, United States.
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14 Facts About Deer Valley
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Deer Valley was a venue site during 2002 Winter Olympics, hosting the freestyle moguls, aerial, and alpine slalom events.
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Deer Valley has 21 chairlifts, including 12 high speed detachable quads and an enclosed 4-passenger gondola.
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Deer Valley opened in 1981 on Bald Eagle and Bald Mountains, with one double chairlift and four triple chairlifts built by Lift Engineering, known as Yan: the Burns double 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.
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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.
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All new Deer Valley lifts built from 1993 on have been built by Salt Lake City-based Doppelmayr CTEC and its predecessors.
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Little Baldy Peak was serviced by a fixed grip quad, Deer Valley Crest, servicing a mix of beginner, intermediate, and expert terrain.
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Deer Valley built many new lifts on its existing terrain in the early 2000s.
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Deer Valley Crest was relocated to Crystal Mountain Resort in Washington, where it opened in 2014 to replace a Riblet double chairlift.
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Deer Valley was one of the first resorts to offer ski valets to carry guests' ski gear, free parking-lot shuttles, and a state-licensed child-care facility, and to uniform all its employees.
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Deer Valley is a regular host to FIS World Cup events, having hosted men's and women's mogul and aerial competitions yearly since 2000 .
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Deer Valley was ranked first overall in SKI magazine's 2017 reader resort survey.
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At the inaugural World Ski Awards, Deer Valley won the award for best ski resort in the United States for 2013.
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Deer Valley is one of three remaining American ski resorts that prohibit snowboarders along with Alta and Mad River Glen.
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