Key Highlights Set against a landscape that feels almost otherworldly, Black Desert Resort does not attempt to compete with its surroundings. Instead, it yields to them. Here, in southern Utah’s Greater Zion region, three distinct ecosystems converge: the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin. “You can spin around 365 and see a different visual,” says Patrick Manning, managing partner of the resort’s parent company, Reef Capital Partners.