Hey, welcome back to Grand Adventure! I'm your host Marc Guido, and a little bit
earlier this winter we asked if folks were interested in an episode for winter
camping, possibly combined with skiing, and we're going to do both in this episode
so stay tuned!
So we're Jordanelle State Park, which is right outside of Park City, Utah. The lake
is still iced over and the campgrounds are still closed until the snow melts
and they can get them ready in the spring. In the meantime they're letting us
asphalt dock here in the marina parking lot at the State Park, and right there
-- over my left shoulder -- those are the slopes the ski slopes of Deer Valley
resort. Jordanelle State Park's Hailstone Campground is one of the largest and
most popular in the Utah State Park system. Many partial hookup sites are
available in summer, but in winter the campground remains closed.
However, park officials permit overnight parking in the partially plowed marina
parking lot for $16 per night with no hookups available.
Our campsite at Jordanelle is also only about 15 minutes to the historic resort
town of Park City's vibrant Main Street.
Well, I guess the Weather Service underestimated how cold it was going to
get last night. Our site at Jordanelle is only a quick two and a half mile drive
from the base of the Jordanelle Gondola at Deer Valley Resort. Deer Valley Resort
was founded by the late hotelier Edgar Stern, who for the first time
applied the same principles of running a high-end hotel to the ski resort
experience. This is one of the most plush ski resorts in the entire country, and
Deer Valley folks call it the Deer Valley Difference. "I'm Emily Summers,
Senior Communications Manager for Deer Valley Resort. If you ask a Deer Valley
employee what sets this resort apart, we're going to call it the 'Deer Valley
Difference'. The difference is in the details to us, and that could be from the
food service and our famous Deer Valley turkey chili to the freshly manicured
slopes and the corduroy we lay down every single night, to the details. The
details of unloading your car at our ski valet, helping you check into ski school,
the limited lift ticket sales each day, the ski only experience. We're hoping to
anticipate our guests' needs before they even know what they need, and that's what
we call the Deer Valley Difference.
Before they were mining white gold in Park City they were mining silver, and
many relics of the town's mining past still remain, even alongside the ski
slopes.
Now, Emily mentioned the food service at Deer Valley Resort. This isn't a place to
brown-bag, for you won't find the usual greasy burgers and cold french fries
here. And despite the quality, lunches here aren't hideously overpriced the way
that they are at many ski resorts across the U.S.
So we really hope that you've enjoyed coming RVing with us and skiing with us
here at Deer Valley Resort. If you like this video please give us a thumbs up
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