Deer Valley Unveils Phasing for Eastward Expansion

Deer Valley Resort as we speak detailed plans to open a two stage gondola and eight chairlifts for the 2025-26 season in section considered one of Expanded Excellence. Deer Valley additionally revealed the brand new village portal alongside U.S. Route 40 will likely be named Deer Valley East Village. Beforehand often called Mayflower, the enlargement is a collaboration between Deer Valley proprietor Alterra and Extell Growth Firm of New York. In August, the 2 firms got here collectively and introduced all new terrain would change into a part of Deer Valley quite than a separate ski resort.

Deer Valley East Village will cater to each day skiers and vacation spot friends. The challenge features a skier providers facility with ski college, youngsters’s packages, leases, retail, and eating choices together with 1,200 new skier parking areas. The village may even be house to the upcoming Grand Hyatt Deer Valley and two extra lodges totaling greater than 800 rooms.

A burly 10 passenger gondola will anchor mountain enlargement, touring from the East Village to 9,350 foot Park Peak. This 15,000 foot lengthy elevate will function an angle station on Huge Dutch Peak, servicing quite a lot of trails which return again to the village. Two six place chairlifts are additionally deliberate to terminate close to the gondola on Park Peak, one for freshmen and the opposite geared towards intermediate and superior skiers. The bigger of the 2, Park Peak Specific, will function a mid-loading station for repeat higher mountain snowboarding.

Additionally opening by the 2025-26 season are two lifts on Sultan’s Nostril unloading close to Deer Valley’s present Sultan Specific and Mayflower. Considered one of these lifts is a six pack from the brand new village and the opposite a excessive velocity quad beginning mid-mountain. Lastly, 4 quad chairlifts are deliberate on the decrease reaches of the enlargement servicing the East Village, Marcella and Velvære communities. Lots of the elevate alignments have already been lower and graded and elevate building is prone to start this summer time. Deer Valley has not but introduced a producer for the 9 lifts in section one.

Whereas nearly all of terrain will open in 2025-26, full buildout will proceed over a number of years. Future phases will see three extra connector lifts to legacy Deer Valley terrain, two quad chairs on Hail Peak, two quads on South Peak and a excessive velocity quad on Huge Dutch Peak. In complete the enlargement provides 16 lifts and greater than 3,700 acres to Deer Valley. Upon completion, the resort will provide over 5,726 acres of skiable terrain accessed by 37 chairlifts serving 238 runs.

“At Deer Valley Resort, we’re pleased with our legacy as a top-tier ski vacation spot, and we’re staying true to our founding ideas set over 4 a long time in the past,” mentioned Todd Bennett, President & COO of Deer Valley Resort. “This enlargement improves our resort’s accessibility and enriches the visitor expertise with extra world-class facilities. We are going to honor our historical past and strengthen our ties to the neighborhood as we develop over the following a number of years.”