From the air of permanence in its great room, and the ease with which guests settle into the space’s couches and chairs, this Park City’s resort seems to have always been the best place in town. And though it opened in December 2010, Montage Deer Valley also appears to have had the area’s first choice of location: a 13-acre mid-mountain site a few dozen feet from the Empire Express lift at Deer Valley Resort.

Montage Hotels & Resorts debuted in the mountains of Utah as successfully as it did on a Califo…