
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
Plan your visit: access, parking and practical details
Check the operator’s current fees, reservations, parking, transit, restrooms and accessibility arrangements before leaving. Confirm specific mobility or sensory needs directly with the venue.
Official visitor information ↗Snow report
Use the mountain report for resort conditions, then check the separate lift and terrain updates before heading out.
How to read a snow report
- 24-hour / 48-hour snowfall
- New snow over the stated reporting window. The 48-hour total includes the 24-hour window; don’t add them together.
- Base depth
- Snow on the ground at the resort’s reporting location, which can differ from conditions elsewhere on the mountain.
- Season snowfall
- Snow accumulated over the season’s reporting period, rather than the depth currently on the ground.
- Forecast
- A prediction of future snow, separate from measured snowfall. Snowfall alone does not establish which lifts or trails are open.
Use the source’s update date and time zone, especially around overnight storms. Off-season or stale reports may retain old readings. A missing or undated report does not mean no snow.
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.
Maps and mountain orientation
Use the resort trail map to compare base areas, lifts and named runs before setting out. Then check the operator’s mountain report for the lifts and trails scheduled to operate on your visit.
Official resort maps
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.