Progress on Deer Valley's New Sister Resort

[AdironRider]

I will reserve final judgement until I ski it, but the new terrain does not look too inspiring to me. A bunch more Bald Mtn type stuff. Maybe I'll be surprised? I skied DV one day last winter and rode several lifts adjacent to all the construction.

Lets not look a gift horse in the mouth. New skiing is good skiing.

 

[ThatGuy]

My friend is doing all the snowmaking setup and installation over the summer. From the videos hes shown me it looks like a lot of copy and paste trails that will be good for cruising down and some nice tree skiing. The question is how will the snow be since most of the new terrain has a bad slope aspect for the sun. That plus lower elevation will mean inconsistent snow quality unless its a powder day. One thing for certain is that it will have gorgeous views of the Jordanelle and Uintas.

 

[jimk]

One thing for certain is that it will have gorgeous views of the Jordanelle and Uintas.

Agreed.

 

[raisingarizona]

My friend is doing all the snowmaking setup and installation over the summer. From the videos hes shown me it looks like a lot of copy and paste trails that will be good for cruising down and some nice tree skiing. The question is how will the snow be since most of the new terrain has a bad slope aspect for the sun. That plus lower elevation will mean inconsistent snow quality unless its a powder day. One thing for certain is that it will have gorgeous views of the Jordanelle and Uintas.

It may provide some killer corn skiing in the spring when the upper elevation snow remains locked up, not that I care really. I'll most likely never ski there but I don't see it negatively like so many people seem to. DV is a real estate ski area, it always has been and always will be. Comparing it to the LCC ski areas is silly.