DEER VALLEY GETS NUMBER ONE!!! (AGAIN)

changing leaves in Park City, Utah

Not like it's a big surprise but....Deer Valley once again took the top spot for the nations best ski resort, according to Ski Magazine.  NICE!

It is the fourth time in the last eight years the magazine's readers have put Deer Valley on top, edging out one of its fiercest competitors, Vail Resort for the second year in a row.

According to Deer Valley's Director of Marketing Coleen Reardon, the resort's secret weapon is its guest services. "I think it's our services, the way we provide the whole vacation experience."  Reardon says she also believes that the price gap among the country's top ski areas has narrowed, "so people are realizing Deer Valley's value."

Rob and I can't help but agree with Reardon and Ski Magazine...WE LOVE DEER VALLEY!  Rob skis there about six days a week in-fact, all season long, and I at least make it out there for the weekends.  We both feel that Deer Valley offers amazing slopes both for expert skiers (like Rob - the pseudo Mountain Host and for intermediate skiers (like me) who like to ski the blue runs and whoosh along making turns and taking in the to-die-for scenery.

Plus - Deer Valley has some great food in thier on-property lodges, and Stein Erikson's bar area has a great menu as well - the Bloody Mary's are a must!  And if that's not enough, the St. Regis Resort & Residences will be opening for the season after next and they will be slopeside as well.  Since the St. Regis in New York INVENTED the Bloody Mary, I am waiting with baited breath for the opening of that bad-boy!

And if all this doesn't make you go out and buy a plane ticket for the upcoming ski season (and also book an appointment while you're in town to have Rob and I take you around to find the perfect property so you too can own a little piece of heaven) then hear this!  Park City Mountain Resort was also rated in the top five of Ski Magazine's list.  And they got the number ONE spot for Accessibility which makes some serious sense considering that PCMR visitors can ski right down the slopes and onto Main Street in Park City...talk about accesible....PAH-LEASE!

So as you can tell we are getting excited for ski season already and we will be encouraging you to do the same.  Deer Valley is the best place I've ever skied and I love to hear when the powers-that-be agree with me.  So take a look around our site and feel free to email us with your questions.  And when that's all said and done, get online, book your tickets and plan your trip to the best place in the world to ski.  Let us know you're coming and we'll meet you at Stein's for some Wild Game Chili and a drink!

Happy Friday!