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Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan
Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Deer Valley
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Deer Valley.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Park City is a city in Utah, United States.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Deer Valley before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
Sources for this chapter
1849
A route reaches Deer Valley
He was given a charter the following year to build a toll road through it, which was finished in 1849.
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Deer Valley Ski Resort Park City Mogul pistes
Deer Valley Ski Resort Park City Utah photo Don Ramey Logan. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Deer Valley Ski Resort Park City Utah photo Don Ramey Logan
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
1936
Winter becomes organised
Skiing began at Deer Valley with the Park City Winter Carnivals of the 1930s, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the first ski trails and other facilities during the winter of 1936–1937.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Deer Valley is recorded at 40.637° N, 111.478° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 2,917 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
Sources for this chapter
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Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan
Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
TODAY
Deer Valley now
Both Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resorts were the major locations for ski and snowboarding events at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and are expected to reprise these roles for the 2034 Winter Olympics.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Skiing at Deer Valley Utah photo Ramey Logan
AOD.US.DEER-VALLEY.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Deer Valley Ski Resort Park City Mogul pistes
AOD.US.DEER-VALLEY.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Park City, Utah overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.