Silver Lake Lodge deck will be increased by 1,200 square feet and the heated Village Plaza will be expanded by 2,200 square feet.

Deer Valley's rental shop and signatures store will take over the existing Royal Plaza Conference Center adjacent to the Silver Lake Lodge to make renting and buying more convenient.

Along with replacing four Snowcats, 12 snowmobiles and 10 snowguns, the resort expanded its snowmaking capabilities around the new Sultan chairlift.

Park City Mountain Resort

Recognized for having one of the best halfpipes in the country, the resort went further this summer by purchasing a new pipe cutter for its Eagle Superpipe.

This will mean the resort will be able to put 22-foot walls on the halfpipe, making it the largest superpipe in North America. The resort will also add new rails and fun boxes to its four terrain parks.

Last season, Park City introduced grooming on several of its advanced black-diamond runs, which helped to open up more of the mountain and helped to push the resort to No. 5 in the latest skier poll.

And, as with other resorts, Park City added two new Snowcats, including a winch cat, to its fleet. The resort also added 10 snowmaking guns to its on-hill equipment.

Powder Mountain

The resort has expanded its Hidden Lake terrain park and this season will features more challenges for the advanced riders. Located on Hidden Lake trail, the park will contain handrails, tabletops, a spine hit and a quarterpipe. And, to make riding as nice as possible, it will be groomed nightly.

Snowbird

Skiers and boarders will find a new day lodge, the Creekside Lodge, in Gad Valley. The two-story lodge will house the Creekside Cafe, a ticket office, a mountain school office, retail space and locker rooms. It will also feature a 3,000-square-foot deck for skiers and riders.

As visitors access the resort via Entry 1, the first thing they will see is the lodge, then the new two-level, paved parking lot that includes stairs and a green strip in the middle to allow easier access to cars and the slopes.

It has always been Dick Bass's dream, since he became the first person to summit the tallest mountain on each of the world's seven continent, to create a renaissance center for enhancement of body, mind and spirit.

It will come true this year when the resort launches Snowbird Expeditions, a program offering participants hands-on mountaineering instruction and guidance from the world's foremost experts.