Utah's Montage Deer Valley is More Than Just a Winter Destination

Here's your assignment.  From your travel thesaurus select another phrase for mountain luxury.  If you're stumped, don't worry, I've got an answer: Deer Valley in Park City, Utah.

Photo by Cynthia Dial

Park City's history is colorful, having begun as a silver mining town, then a ski resort and now a luxury destination.  But it was Deer Valley that transformed the ski industry 32 years ago.  By offering such amenities as lodging, ski valets and groomed-to-perfection slopes, it became one of North America's first ski areas catering to first-class customers.  Its extravagance is three decades old; so is a summer visit to the noted winter retreat wise?  I investigated this premise from the area's most lavish digs - Montage Deer Valley.

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