Park City
Ski Utah · Park City and the Jordanelle Reservoir area
Deer Valley Resort
Deer Valley is Utah’s polished, skiers-only resort, famous for grooming, service and food, and now more than double its old size after a huge expansion toward the Jordanelle Reservoir.
Photo: Don Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Deer Valley built its reputation on details: ski valets who unload your car, corduroy groomers, ski-in lodges with linen napkins and a turkey chili people drive up for. It hosted slalom, moguls and aerials at the 2002 Olympics and still runs a freestyle World Cup event most winters. Snowboards are not allowed.
The resort is in the middle of one of the largest ski expansions in North American history. Deer Valley East Village, near the Jordanelle Reservoir off US-40, is now a second base with a 10-passenger gondola up to Park Peak, a string of new chairlifts and nearly 100 new runs. For the 2026-27 season the resort counts about 4,500 skiable acres, with the new Hail Peak Express opening terrain on the far eastern edge.
The original Snow Park base and Silver Lake Village, with Stein Eriksen Lodge and other high-end hotels, are still the heart of the classic resort. Expect high prices and impeccable service.
Known for
- Skiers only, no snowboards
- Grooming and guest service
- Deer Valley East Village expansion and gondola
- Famous on-mountain food
- 2002 Olympic freestyle venue
Good to know
- Ikon Pass holders need to reserve their Deer Valley days in advance for the 2026-27 season. Check the Ikon site before you book flights.
- Deer Valley caps daily lift ticket sales on busy days. Buy tickets online well ahead of holidays.
- The new East Village base has large day-skier parking lots right off US-40, and it is often the easier way in than the Snow Park lots near town.
- Free Park City Transit buses connect Main Street, Snow Park and the hotels at Silver Lake.
Nearby resorts
Kimball Junction, Park City