Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT – Solitude Mountain Resort, now a Deer Valley Resort, has appointed Nate Lee as its new director of mountain operations effective October 19. Lee is currently entering his twenty-first year of employment at Solitude, and has held the positions of lift operator, lift maintenance mechanic, lift maintenance manager and most recently, the senior mountain operations manager.

“Nate has been an instrumental member of the mountain operations division since he started in 1995 and we are happy to see him move into the next chapter of his career at Solitude,” said Kim Mayhew, general manager for Solitude Mountain Resort. “His knowledge of Solitude’s operations and experience on the mountain make him uniquely qualified for this position.”

A native of Utah, Lee is married with three children and resides in Salt Lake City. When he isn’t working on the mountain, Lee enjoys fishing, camping, dirt biking, mountain biking and spending time with family.