Welcome to summer at Deer Valley Resort! It has been a colder and wetter spring than normal here in the mountains following the second snowiest winter on record. But we can finally see the higher elevations turning green and a steady progression in the snow melt.

Our summer operations begin in just two days!  We will have a limited mountain biking opening, anywhere there isn’t snow! We will open the Silver Lake Express and Sterling Express chairlifts as well as the Ruby chairlift, new to the summer operation, on Friday June 17.  Silver Lake Express chairlift from the Snow Park Base area will offer scenic rides and limited mountain biking on Devo, Four Point and Tour Des Homes trails. Sterling Express chairlift from Silver Lake at mid-mountain and Ruby Express chairlift from Empire Canyon will only offer scenic chairlift rides.  New biking and hiking trails will open as conditions permit. 

For a map click here: http://www.deervalley.com/activities_skiing/mountain_biking/trail-map-and-descriptions.html

We will offer an early season biking rate of $20 for an all day pass on Silver Lake Express.

Friday is the first day Royal Street Café is open for the summer! I’m already thinking about the Dungeness Crab Tower and the Lemon meringue pie. We will also be showing you how to make our signature Blueberry Mojito in the next couple days, make sure you’re a fan of Ski Deer Valley on Facebook to catch the video. www.facebook.com/skideervalley.

This summer’s exciting line up of concerts in our Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater is sure to please.  It all kicks off with the FREE Community Concert Series by Mountain Town Music on Wednesday, June 22 with local band Holy Water Buffalo.  Don’t worry, our hard-working guest services crew was able to get the stage up already.  They worked around the snow in a unique way this year in order to raise the canopy on the amphitheater.  For the first time ever, we had to bring out a snow cat!  See the video below:

Thanks to Mother Nature all the snow in the venue has melted over the last week and concerts are on as planned.  The venue however, is still drying out, so please bring chairs or extra blankets if you plan to attend next week’s concert.  And of course, don’t forget your picnic!  In addition to our gourmet picnic baskets, this year we will also offer gourmet picnic bags which include my favorite Deer Valley sandwiches and homemade potato chips!  A complete list of what is featured in both the baskets and bags can be found at: http://www.deervalley.com/dining_shopping/gourmet_picnic_baskets.html 

Snow Park Lodge is full of activity again as we welcomed back our summer campers this week!  Summer Adventure Camp kicked off the 10-week program on Monday. Today the kid’s enjoyed the warm weather with their first Bike, Blade and Bounce Wednesday! 

We still have availability for children ages two months to 12 years.  Upcoming weekly themes are:

June 27 – July 1:  Bucky’s Great Adventure
July 5 – 8: Quincy’s Water World

We look forward to seeing you at Deer Valley this summer.  I will make sure to keep you posted as the snow melts and new trails open.  Think Sun!