The latest phase of Deer Valley Resort’s Expanded Excellence initiative, which doubled the resort’s skiable terrain and introduced 10 new lifts and 100 new ski runs this season, aims to honor Park City’s past as a mining town of the West, the resort said.  “With the help of Park Cit y 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,” said Deer Valley Resort Vice President of Mountain Operations Steve Graff. “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.”   Most of the 100 new runs are named after mining claims within the Park City region.  While some run names are more straightforward — such as Lone Tree, named after the 50-foot tall lone pine tree found on the run, or Pay Rock, in honor of a prominent outcropping, or Glencoe, a black diamond run that ends in Glencoe Canyon — other references less apparent, the resort said.  Keetley Express, for example, honors pony express rider and mining engineer Jack Keetley and bears the name of the once well-established town of Keetley, which now resides beneath the Jordanelle Reservoir.  All the trails accessible from the Keetley chairlift honor the lake including Water Loo, Lake Shore and Lady of the Lake. Green Monster, the longest run in Utah and one of the longest runs in North America, according to the resort, gets its name from a mine in Wasatch County that has a verdant streak of malachite — a copper ore — coming down its cliffside face.  Yaup, a short blue run off Galena Express, means to howl or emit long cries, evoking the frustrations of owning an unproductive claim that does not make you rich, the resort said.  Crown Prince is a tip of the hat to the Crown family of Chicago, whose Henry Crown Company is an investor in the Alterra Mountain Company and also a mining claim.  Age of Reason is a new blue run named for the book by Thomas Paine and joins old Deer Valley and existing Deer Valley as the link from the resort’s past to its future.   Other lifts and runs pay their respects to distinguished members of the mining community, including the Revelator Express, named after the prominent miner, John the Revelatory.  The black diamond Deep Enuf trail, part of the Revelator Express complex, honors the late mining engineer Keith Droste, who was the superintendent of the successful Mayflower mine in the 1960s, remnants of which still remain below Deer Valley’s East Village. Droste signed off on documents with the sentiment, “Deep enuf and well-timbered,” the latter referring to the intricate wooden scaffolding built underground to minimize the collapse of mine walls and ceilings. The whole phrase was his way of saying that the correspondence at hand was of a length, clarity and reasoning to suffice, the resort said.  An off-piste tree run farther down the ridge from Deep Enuf is named Well Timbered, a commemoration of a man who influenced Park City’s mining industry and who loved to ski Deer Valley, according to the resort.  A handful of honorable exceptions that are not named after mines within the Expanded Excellence terrain include:   Papa Joe, in honor of the late Joseph Resnick, father of KSL Capital Partners’ CEO Eric Resnick. KSL Capital is an investor in Deer Valley’s parent company, Alterra Mountain Company.  To the Max for Max Kreig, the late son of Kurt Kreig, EVP of Extell Development Company.   Hill Yeah, a nod to MIDA (Military Installation Development Authority), and a known call sign used by the Hill Air Force Base, located approximately an hour northwest of Deer Valley.  The Pinyon Express lift provides access to a new upper elevation teaching area with approachable runs for beginners including Dream, June Bug, Humbug, Straddlebug, and Northern Light, the northernmost ski run within the new expansion at Deer Valley.  Additional runs located on the resort’s original terrain were named for Deer Valley’s founding leadership, iconic influences, and inspiration, including:   Stein’s Way, in celebration of the legendary ski icon Stein Eriksen.   Edgar’s Alley, named for the resort’s original owner and ski industry visionary Edgar Stern.  Kimberly, in remembrance of a close friend of the Stern family.  Supreme, for Supreme Sensation, Polly Stern’s racehorse.  Ottobahn Trail, Carpenter Lift and Burns Lift pay homage to Otto Carpenter and Bob Burns, both of whom worked for a local mine and who ran the Snow Park ski hill from 1946 to 1969.  Skiers can join a complimentary Mountain Host Tour to explore Deer Valley’s terrain and the history that laid the groundwork for the resort. Those are offered daily throughout the season, weather permitting, and are best for intermediate and expert skiers looking to learn more about the resort’s terrain, history and trivia while discovering new runs. For more info, visit deervalley.com.   The post Deer Valley gives 100 new runs names commemorating Park City’s mining history appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less