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Show Stein Eriksen Lodge Opens In Deer Valley Stien Eriksen has done nearly everything in the ski business one could do; now he is adding his name to another enterprise, the Stein Eriksen Lodge at Deer Valley. The newly constructed facility, faci-lity, which opened Dec. 15, adds to Deer Valley's accomodation acco-modation collection and has been -designed to meet the standards of skiers who don't worry about cost as much as comfort and class. The lodge has 25 luxury suites equipped with custom European kitchens and fireplaces fire-places in both living room and master bedrooms. You can soak your bones in an oversized whirlpool bathtub or sun yourself on outside decks. Cost for a four-night minimum mini-mum stay during the regular ski season: $220 to $300 a night. The lodge also features 30 deluxe rooms, all available with the European touch of room service, concierge, cable television, in-lodge ski pass purchasing and heated walkways to the slopes. Ski season cost: $110 to $165 a night, with a four-night minimum. There are three ways to eat in the lodge, the Birkebeiner Restaurant, the Troll Hallen Lounge and the Glittertind Room. Each offers its own cuisine. The lodge also includes a state liquor store, a gift shopnewsstand and meet- ing rooms for corporate types who want to recreate and keep up on business. The lodge will be open all year, with the warm weather fare including horseback riding, tennis, golf and hiking, as well as swimming in the lodge's all-year heated pool. If you don't feel like skiing in the winter or taking part in any of the aforementioned summer activities, you can work out in the lodge's health spa or have yourself done over in the beauty salon. Of course, Stien has opened another sports shop inside the lodge, so you don't have to leave on those days when you need equipment. The hotel is managed by Rand Clark, who formerly managed the Sands Hotel -and Casino in Las Vegas. Eriksen says guests will be treated with "Norwegian hospitality" from the minute they arrive. He says the bellmen are trained in it. According to the lodge's release on its opening, it employs a staff of hundreds, from chefs to housekeepers and everyone else. Eriksen says the lodge was built to give guests "an unforgettable mountain experience." |