PARK CITY, Utah (Sept. 21) - Edgar Stern, founder of Deer Valley Resort, and former national ski champion Jim Gaddis, who went on to found the Park City Ski Team, were among six men inducted Wednesday night into the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame.

Stern sold Park City Mountain Resort - then known as Treasure Mountain Resort - in the early Seventies and moved across town to build Deer Valley, which has built an award-winning reputation for luxurious skiing and lifestyle since opening in 1981. He also is a longtime supporter of the U.S. Ski Team; Deer Valley, an annual stop on the freestyle World Cup schedule, was the freestyle skiing and alpine slalom venue for the 2002 Olympic and hosted the 2003 World Freestyle Championships.

Gaddis, an All-America alpine racer at the University of Utah, won the 1962 U.S. giant slalom championship. After retiring, he founded the Park City Ski Team, which has become a major contributor to the U.S. Ski Team.

Others inducted in ceremonies at the Utah Olympic Park: Neil Rafferty, who started Snow King Ski Area in Jackson Hole, Wyo.; and three premier ski instructors - Lou Lorenz, who directed instructional programs at Alta, Park City, Solitude and the former Gorgoza Ski Area outside Park City; Keith Lange, a former U.S. Army Mountain Troops instructor and longtime Intermountain Ski Instructors Association official; and Earl Miller, head of the Snowbasin Ski School for 35 years.