Full disclosure: This stay is in conjunction with the SPG Amex Stars program Im participating in, courtesy of the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. They covered the cost of my flights and two-night stay at the St. Regis Deer Valley. That being said, all opinions expressed are my own. Stay tuned, because…
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Great review as always lucky!!! Love your style of writing!
Can I as a wuestion put of curiosity, are you gay lucky? I was just curious after reading comments in another post.
Just realised that I can't spell, let's try this one again:
Can I ask a question out of curiosity, are you gay lucky? I was curious after reading comments on another post.
Great post. The word you are looking for is "ski-lift"! I love that video. I am the same way when it comes to ski-lifts. Kudos to you for posting that video.
I know you have a lot of haters out there, but this is what I love about your blog, you are never embarrassed to post your shortcoming or embarrassing moments.
Keep the great posts coming, Merry Christmas!
Another wonderful post; I will definitely be staying here. Thanks! One quick question (I may have missed this): when were you there? Is this a normal snowfall amount for that time of year? All the best for a happy new year!
Goodness, that video on the ski lift.... 🙂 I would have loved to see you riding the lift during a full-on snow storm! Even when you are decked out head-to-toe in ski gear, it's no fun.
Deer Valley/Park City is such a great place to ski. I really hope you spend some time in the near future to learn. 🙂
That ski lift video was quite amusing. I have to admit though, going down on a ski lift sounds scary, but I've always gone down the fun way. 🙂 And those conditions aren't the worst. I've been on a ski lift in a blizzard with white out conditions, where I felt like my face was going to freeze. Consider yourself lucky 😛
Just an FYI that there is no snowboarding allowed at Deer Valley, so while the direct access to the mountain is nice, it may be appealing only to those who ski. Park City Mountain Resort closer to town permits both.
I love the edition of the short, personal videos to your review!
Merry Christmas to you!
As a ski racer this would be a dream trip. A beautiful hotal, in a beautiful scenery with beautiful skiing. Merry Christmas!
This was not a normal amount of snowfall this time of the year. We have had a very warm end of fall and start of winter. However, today's snowstorm will probably make up for it.
Is Champagne Sabering something that all St Regis around the world will do? (i.e. Brand Standard?)
@ flyingfish -- Most resorts do, though in my experience some city hotels don't. But it is fairly common across the chain.
@ Tom -- I asked, and was told there's usually more snowfall, though it can vary.
So funny that video from the ski-lift. Thanks for sharing. Not everyone has the guts to show stuff like that. Kudos. You are not afraid opening a bottle of Krug at 40,000 feet, but rattled to your core when sitting in a ski-lift only a couple of feet of the ground. Great stuff 🙂
This video made my day. I am laughing out loud! Good to experience at least once. Next time, gloves and scarf for you! (Perhaps this should be a plat amenity at this property)
OMG the ski lift video is HILARIOUS. I might have to make it my ringtone. 🙂
Seriously, glad you were open to trying something new and being authentically you.
@ lucky — OMG, I would of never guessed that! I'm gay too, and thought I could tell who was and wasn't but I guess I can't!
Lucky, did you happen to learn who owns this hotel? The St Regis is one of the newest properties in Deer Valley, adding to the exclusiveness.
@ Lucky -- the videos are hilarious! But I imagine without proper clothing a ski-lift wouldn't be very hospitable.
@ JohnB -- this is what I found from a press release in Dec. 2009:
The managing member of the project is Falcon Investors of Harrison, NY. The ownership group consists of Deer Crest Associates, who is the landowner, principals of Janna Hospitality Holdings and a private investment account of Kensington Realty Advisors. Prudential Utah Properties is the marketing agent for the condominium homes.
P.S. From reading FT thread dedicated to this hotel, when it was opened it was Cat. 6 and 20,000 points/night. Now, those were some good old days! 😀
Too bad you're not here now, snow started falling on Christmas and the mts have gotten feet of it since then. We're headed back to Sundance today, if the canyon will allow us up 🙂
Sundance was fantastic, snowed the entire day on us, knee deep powder in some places. The road nearly dumped us off into the creek a few times on the way down...but what a glorious day in the snow!
Great review, great property, great location, but 30k SPG is a bit steep. Photos and write up Reminds me of the Ritz Carlton Lake Tahoe which can sometimes be had for $350-400/nt in ski season. Also compare with Marriott Vail at 40k/nt last season. And of course the St. Regis Aspen is hard to top (but the connecting flights from DEN are a bit dicey)
Personally I like the Stein Erickson @DeerValley but it kills me not to earn points at those rates. So nice to have an SPG option here.
@Boraxo - What do you mean the the connecting flights from DEN to ASE are a bit dicey? As in, inclement weather can cause delays/cancellations? Or dicey in some other way? I'm heading to Aspen (via DEN) for X-games in a few weeks so your comment caught my eye.