May 15, 2013 - Nov 15, 2013 North Lake Tahoe Media Placements

Park City Mountain Measures Deer Valley Resort (deervalley.com) is investing $4.5 million to upgrade its snowmaking and grooming capabilities, plus trail grading upper Deer Hollow on Little Baldy peak for better accessibility for beginning skiers.

Stay The St. Regis Deer Valley (stregisdeervalley.com) is opening a 650-square-foot pavilion on its outdoor Mountain Terrace, which will feature rustic wooden tables surrounding a fire pit, a flat-screen TV and live music from regional musicians. The space will play host to a number of culinary experiences, including the popular 7452 Bloody Mary Clinics.

Spa Montage Deer Valley (spamontage.com) offers the new 120-minute thermastone facial and kur (freezing blanket) body treatment. It begins with a soak in a hydrotherapy tub filled with mountain herbs and hot water (reaching 105 degrees), followed by a full body wrap in a kur and a balancing thermastone facial.

After you’re nice and relaxed, head over to chef Viet Pham’s new restaurant, Fire and Water, located on the corner of Main Street and Heber Avenue in Park City. Slated to open in time for ski season, the restaurant will focus heavily on hearth-smoked and grilled seafood dishes, plus smoked and aged meats.

Snowbird Mountain Measures In addition to joining The Mountain Collective this year, Snowbird (snowbird.com) is offering half-off ski tickets and free valet to travelers within 24 hours of arriving in Salt Lake City via plane. The resort is also expanding its Snowcat Skiing for Nature experience, a guided backcountry ski tour for advanced and expert skiers.

Home to more than 15 ski resorts, Vermont has the most expansive skiing experience on the East Coast. For starters, there’s Jay Peak Resort, which averages almost 380 inches of annual snowfall—the most of any eastern ski resort. Then there’s Killington Resort, boasting more than 70 miles of diverse terrain spread across six peaks, and Stowe Mountain Resort, which offers the highest elevation in Vermont at 4,395 feet—making this state a must-stop destination for anyone considering a classic New England winter vacation.

Jay Mountain Measures Jay Peak Resort (jaypeakresort.com) recently invested more than $40 million in its Stateside area revitalization plan to include a new 80,000-square-foot base lodge, pub and restaurant; the Elan Rental Center; and the 85-room State Side Hotel—all scheduled to open by December. The resort is also adding 84 new mountain cottages in December and January.

Killington Mountain Measures Killington Resort (killington.com) has embarked on a $9.7 million project that includes a new Peak Lodge, increased snowmaking and grooming capabilities, and upgrades to the K-1 Gondola. Meanwhile, nearby Pico Mountain (picomountain.com) is getting the $1.3 million Andrea Mead Lawrence Lodge. Both ski areas are also adding more than 200 combined trails—all accessed on one lift ticket.