{"id":1851731,"date":"2026-03-28T00:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851731"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:41:24","slug":"is-the-mountaineer-express-the-best-bang-for-your-buck-at-deer-valley-ut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851731","title":{"rendered":"Is The \u201cMountaineer Express\u201d The Best Bang for Your Buck at Deer Valley, UT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the Mountaineer Express Chairlift the best bang for your buck at Deer Valley, UT?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I think it might be\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why the Mountaineer Is Great:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rarely a lift line<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"723\">Ride time: ~5\u20137 minutes (short, efficient vertical gain)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"764\">Capacity: ~2,400 people per hour<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"764\">Laps per hour: 8\u201310 (realistically achievable without rushing)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"764\">Vertical per hour: ~10,000\u201313,000 ft<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"764\">Direct fall-line skiing from top of lift to base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_397239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397239\" style=\"width: 1446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397239 lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAoAAAANSAQMAAADPgu3wAAAABlBMVEUAAAD\/\/\/+l2Z\/dAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAFlJREFUeNrtwQENAAAAwqD3T20PBxQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8Gw0BAAE4vf9rAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"850\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260320_190532348.RAW-01-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397239\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PXL_20260320_190532348.RAW-01-2.jpg?resize=640%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"850\" data-eio=\"l\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-397239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can ski over the road or under it\u2026 Image: SnowBrains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ai-viewports ai-viewport-2 ai-viewport-3 ai-insert-2-88462637\" style=\"margin: 8px auto;text-align: center;clear: both\" data-insertion-position=\"prepend\" data-selector=\".ai-insert-2-88462637\" data-insertion-no-dbg 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data-code=\"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\" data-block=\"1\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2651\"><strong>Most people see the Mountaineer as a transportation lift \u2013 the connection between the main base area and the Jordanelle Gondola zone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2651\"><strong>It\u2019s hiding in plain sight\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2651\"><strong>Mountaineer Express isn\u2019t the flashiest lift.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2651\"><strong>It doesn\u2019t access the gnarliest terrain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2651\"><strong>But it quietly delivers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"2742\">The most laps<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2747\" data-end=\"2762\">The most vert<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2767\" data-end=\"2789\">The most consistency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2791\" data-end=\"2869\"><strong data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"2869\">It\u2019s the lift where Deer Valley skiers accidentally have their best day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Mountaineer Express Chairlift the best bang for your buck at Deer Valley, UT? I think it might be\u2026 Why the Mountaineer Is Great: Rarely a lift line Ride time: ~5\u20137 minutes (short, efficient vertical gain) Capacity: ~2,400 people per hour Laps per hour: 8\u201310 (realistically achievable without rushing) Vertical per hour: ~10,000\u201313,000 ft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,267],"class_list":["post-1851731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-snowbrains-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1851731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1851731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1851731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1851731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}