Stein Eriksen Lodge Botanical Garden, Botanical garden at Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, United States.
The Stein Eriksen Lodge Botanical Garden is the landscaped grounds of the Stein Eriksen Lodge on Deer Valley Mountain in Park City, Utah. A paved courtyard of reddish tiles laid in a curved fan pattern with grey dividing bands holds a low circular stone planter filled with flowers. Tan, rough-faced stone pillars stand along the courtyard edge, five of them bearing flags, and behind them rise buildings with dark wood trim, wide windows and peaked roofs.
The garden developed alongside Stein Eriksen Lodge, which was named after a Norwegian Olympic medalist from 1952. The landscaping was created as part of the lodge's overall design to work with the mountain setting.
The lodge and its grounds are named after Stein Eriksen, the Norwegian skier who won Olympic medals in 1952 and later became a ski instructor in the United States. The name ties the property to his career rather than to Norwegian planting or building traditions. The courtyard's flag row, with the American flag on the leftmost pillar, marks the lodge's US setting.
The lodge sits on Deer Valley Mountain in Park City, Utah, and is reached by the access road up the mountain; the courtyard with its tiled fan pattern, stone planter and flag-bearing pillars is on foot. Winter brings snow, so check road and lift conditions before setting out. The lodge opened in phases, so the grounds are laid out around buildings from 1982, 1984 and 2002.
The lodge opened in December 1982 with 31 units, built in phases as individually owned condominiums rented nightly to guests. Phase II added 23 units in December 1984 and Phase III added 11 in May 2002. It was developed by the Silver Lake Associates Organization and is managed by the Stein Eriksen Lodge Management Corporation.
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