Season Intelligence Report

Deer Valley

UT · 9,570 ft summit · SLC

Grade Pending

NWS Bias

2025–26 Season Snapshot

Storms This Season

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storms tracked

Season Snowfall

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season total

Best Storm

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no storms yet

Current Snowpack

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SNOTEL ground truth

NWS Forecast Accuracy

Pending

Accuracy grade pending, and it stays that way on purpose. We show the raw NWS forecast for Deer Valley and do not grade or correct it. Six winters of NWS-against-SNOTEL checking found forecast accuracy here turns on an unresolved snow-measurement question (settled snow depth vs. fresh snowfall), not a fixed per-mountain bias anyone can honestly correct. So we show the number NWS publishes and tell you that is what it is.

SNOTEL ground truth (814:UT:SNTL)

Storm History — 2025–26 Season

No storms recorded this season yet.

Local Knowledge

TGR Community Intel

Storm Day Strategy

When canyon receives significant snow (2cm+ dump), expect canyon closures Friday night into Monday. This creates 'gong show' conditions with overflow to Snowbasin and Deer Valley. Plan alternative terrain or resorts during these windows. SW flow storms can produce 6"+ shin-deep days at Brighton; Deer Valley receives similar benefit but less consistent than LCC terrain advantage.

Terrain Opening Patterns

Empire

Opens: Variable based on snow

Empire terrain opens with adequate snow coverage, mentioned as fine terrain in fresh conditions

Dalys and X-Files trees

Opens: After powder days

Tree skiing accessible after snow events with powder-ish turns reported

Powder Stashes

POI Ridge

Upper mountain

Can have wind-affected snow; may ski better than main runs depending on conditions

Bonanza Flat/Empire Pass area