Deer Valley Names 100 New Runs Drawing on Park City Mining History

Deer Valley Resort has unveiled 100 newly named ski runs in its East Village expansion, drawing heavily on Park City mining history and local geographic features. The names accompany an Expanded Excellence buildout that doubled Deer Valley’s skiable terrain and installed 10 new lifts for the 25/26 season, a scale of change that will alter skier flows and local winter economics.

Resort officials worked with Park City historian and longtime Deer Valley Mountain Host Michael O’Malley to select many of the names. Steve Graff, Deer Valley Resort vice president of mountain operations, said, “With the help of Park City historian and longtime Deer Valley Mountain Host Michael O’Malley, we were able to step back in time to Park City’s mining era to gather inspiration for the naming of our new Expanded Excellence terrain. Each name was chosen with careful intention and holds a significant purpose to honor and celebrate Deer Valley’s past and usher in our bold future.”

The roster mixes mining-claim and feature-based names. Mining-linked choices include Revelator Express and Keetley Express, the latter honoring pony express rider and mining engineer Jack Keetley and the once-established town of Keetley that now lies beneath the Jordanelle Reservoir. Feature-based names include Lone Tree, named for a 50-foot pine; Pay Rock, for a prominent outcropping; and Glencoe, a black-diamond that ends in Glencoe Canyon. Long-established trails on original terrain also received commemorative names such as Stein’s Way for Stein Eriksen and Edgar’s Alley for Edgar Stern, plus lift dedications including Carpenter Lift and Burns Lift in honor of Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns.

The expansion also reconfigures learning terrain. The Pinyon Express lift opens to a new upper-elevation teaching area with beginner runs named Dream, June Bug, Humbug, Straddlebug, and Northern Light, the northernmost trail in the expansion. Guided Mountain Host Tours run daily, weather permitting, offering intermediate and expert skiers history, trivia, and route guidance across the enlarged footprint.

There are immediate operational signals for Summit County’s tourism economy. Single-day lift tickets and Ikon Pass reservations were sold out for February 14-16, 2026, and lifts open at 8 a.m., adding an extra hour of skiing for holiday weekends. Doubling terrain and adding ten lifts represents a major capital investment in mountain capacity and suggests potential upward pressure on lodging occupancy, food-and-beverage revenue, and seasonal hiring in Park City and surrounding communities.

Some commentary from social media links the expansion to broader development ambitions; a LinkedIn user suggested connections to a permitted Mayflower development and a 2034 Olympics strategy, but those claims remain unverified by resort officials. Reported claims such as Green Monster being “the longest run in Utah” also require confirmation from Deer Valley or independent trail data.

Deer Valley Resort is headquartered at 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, UT 84060. For residents and local businesses, the new run names are more than nostalgia: they recast how skiers move across the mountain, influence peak-period demand, and signal a multi-season economic lift for Summit County as winter capacity and visitor draw expand.