It’s time to start making memories. Deer Valley Resort’s 2016-17 digital Winter Guide is now available online for viewing or download to provide you with some inspiration to craft your own special #DeerValleyMoment this winter ski season. At Deer Valley, we believe that a vacation is far more than a ski trip. It’s an opportunity to create moments– recollections that

Don’t be a helicopter parent. I know. I know. Especially in ski lessons, parents (and grandparents) best serve their children by leaving them with their capable instructor and getting out of the way. At Deer Valley, a great place for the family to hang out is on the Snow Park Lodge balcony overlooking the Wide

Deer Valley Resort Lodging and Reservations offers the largest selection of accommodations in the Deer Valley Resort area as well as select properties in the surrounding Park City area. Featuring properties managed by the resort including Black Diamond Lodge, Empire Pass, Flagstaff Lodge, The Grand Lodge, Lodges at Deer Valley, Shooting Star, Silver Baron Lodge, Stag Lodge, Trail’s End Lodge, and the Signature Collection of

My friend Ron Palmer-Leger recently celebrated his 25th anniversary as a member of Deer Valley Resort Ski Patrol,  at the resort’s annual “Years of Service” dinner for employees. He’s also a captain with the Park City Fire Department, as well as an accomplished cyclist and cross-country skier. The Albuquerque, NM, native first visited Park City

  This week, my boys will have their last session of Children’s Sunday Ski Experience. A lot of my friends, particularly those from out of town, are surprised that Lance, 12, and Seth, 8, still take ski lessons as they are advanced skiers, who frequent bumps and tree runs. Our family time seems increasingly precious, as their schedules

Athletes have pre-game rituals to give them an edge on game day. Some eat the same pre-game meal, follow an exact series of steps when getting ready or wear the same article of clothing. If they believe this helps, maybe it actually does translate into better performance. But for kids, there is no question about it –

“I am a little nervous,” Norah (age six) shared as we drove to her ski lesson at Deer Valley. I thought to myself, “I am, too!” I’ll admit there was quite a bit of anticipation for this “first ski lesson trip to Utah” for this California family. My husband, her grandfather, learned to ski at

In my book, it’s perfectly acceptable to wear white after Labor Day. In fact, it’s preferred. Especially when it comes to creating what is sure to be remembered as a banner snow year for the Wasatch Back and Deer Valley Resort. Let’s be honest. The past few years of snowfall for Utah has been less than

Spending a family reunion on skis is one of the most fun excuses I can think of for getting the gang together. And while my cousins like to travel around to other canyons while they’re here, our family ski days are centered at Deer Valley. Well, as “centered” as our brand of multi-generational mayhem can

A look of stunned surprise comes over people’s faces when they find out my husband is learning to ski at age 65. They assume since we live in Park City, he has skied all his life.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  My husband, Jay, had never slipped his feet into a pair ski boots