are you out of your mind, i just skied deer valley today and i would even rank it in the top 5 mountains in utah let alone the best in north america. This rating system really needs to be adjusted

Obviously the last post by "Anonymous" is ridiculous and can only be the result of some agenda he has. Deer Valley consistently ranks amongst the top ski resorts in North America. Deer Valley is "the" reason that Utah skiing took off. I have lived in Salt Lake City my entire life and have skied at every resort in Utah and throughout North America (mostly the West) competitively. There was basically no skiing in Utah prior to Deer Valley and the reason Park City, The Canyons, Alta and Snowbird even hit the map is because Deer Valley came along and made a top notch ski resort that could attract skiers away from Colorado. Deer Valley has the widest variety of trails for all skiers (and when us experts get tired at the end of the day). It has almost a lot more high speed lifts than any other mountain in Utah. It has twice the snow-making equipment as any other resort in Utah and it has three times the number of grooming equipment (and they do groom 3x as much as any other mountain in Utah). Obviously, the previous guy who posted has not really been to Deer Valley as it takes at least a couple of days to ski all their peaks and someone who claims to have gone "today" but wouldn't rank it in the top 5 in Utah has clearly never even been there (or to the other resorts in Utah), or he has an agenda. That is precisely why his post is "anonymous". The facts are the facts and Deer Valley simply has more of everything and is super-high end. It is the only resort in Utah where the staff are actually abundant, helpful, and very friendly. The balloting for Deer Valley winning by a landslide over all other resorts in North America says it all. Everyone who has actually skied all over North America knows this and knows that Deer Valley is one of the best kept secrets around. Incidentally, I live closer to Alta than anything else, but am willing to travel the 40 minutes to get to Deer Valley everytime the snow falls (and certainly when it doesn't as they actually make tons of snow here and groom it right). Deer Valley is also the only major resort in Utah that does not allow snowboarders. That says a lot too about how serious Deer Valley is about high-end skiing. Snowboarders typically ruin an entire ski day if you are a serious skier. For Deer Valley to forego that revenue from snowboarders (about half/half skiers/snowboarders these days) ought to tell you that Deer Valley is the only serious SKI mountain in Utah.

Telluride and Deer Valley are the two best in No America. If not world!

I completely agree with Mr. Lathrope in his assessment of Deer Valley. To me, Deer Valley is the ski resort of the future, where amazing terrain and customer service blend to make the perfect ski vacation. I am willing to drive up to Deer Valley because of the excellent experience I have every single day I ski. In addition, as Deer Valley sells out, I have never waited in a line for over fifteen minutes, EVEN DURING CHRISTMAS! All in all, Deer Valley provides the atmosphere necessary to make it an excellent ski resort which should be ranked number one in North America every year in Ski Mag.