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11 Luxury Ski Resorts for Real Estate Moguls

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March 11, 2015 John Calcerano, Bisnow

11 Luxury Ski Resorts for Real Estate Moguls

It’s the perfect time of year for real estate moguls to take on some real moguls…on the slopes. So, here’s a list of some of the most luxurious resorts for enjoying winter sports:

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1. Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, Montana

High Rollers: Bill Gates, Justin Timberlake, hotelier Barry Sternlicht

Your Digs: Custom residences or ranches

Cost: $30k annual dues plus cost of required property purchase (custom residences start at $3.65M, ranches cost up to $18M, and there are private home sites to build your dream vacation home).

Perks: 13,600 acres of private land, including 2,200 of “private powder” surrounded by wilderness. You used to need a minimum $3M in liquid assets to even be considered, but that’s apparently no longer the case. Security is handled by former Secret Service Agents. And there’s a strict, no ego policy.

Recreational Offerings: Golf, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, snowshoeing, Nordic skiing, archery, rock climbing and more

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2. Green Mountain Inn, Stowe, Vermont

High Rollers: Unnamed presidents and celebrities

Your Digs: Three-bedroom townhouse

Cost: Up to $879/night

Perks: Tons of shops and dining in a thriving arts community. But beware of Room 302. It’s rumored to be haunted.

Recreational Offerings: Ice climbing, dog sledding, sleigh rides, snowmobiling, sledding

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3. St. Regis Resort, Aspen, Colorado

High Rollers: Luke and Owen Wilson, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, LeAnn Rimes, Meg Ryan

Your Digs: Guest Villas

Cost: $799 and up

Perks: The Remede Spa has a steam cave, cold and hot plunge pools, and an oxygen lounge.

Recreational Offerings: Paragliding, snowmobiling, dog sledding, hot air ballooning, ice skating

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4. Little Nell, Aspen, Colorado

High Rollers: Jack Nicholson, Mariah Carey, Kevin Costner, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson

Your Digs: The Walter Paepcke Suite at Little Nell

Cost: Unknown

Perks: Two stone, gas log fireplaces

Recreational Offerings: Yoga for skiers at 11,212 feet, Jeep tours, fly fishing, snowcat tours, wine tasting, cultural activities

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5. Deer Valley Resort, Park City, Utah

High Rollers: Dustin Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Bruce Springsteen

Your digs: Stein Eriksen Lodge. Private homes and condominiums are coming soon

Cost: From $895/night to around $1,750/night

Perks: It’s the most expensive ski resort in the US. Only a limited number of tickets are sold per day, and no snowboarding is allowed. Celebrity attractions include Celebrity SkiFest in December and Sundance Film Festival in January.

Recreational Offerings: Biking, golfing, shopping, swimming, tennis, fishing

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6. Telluride, Colorado

High Rollers: Tom Cruise, Oprah, Jerry Seinfeld

Your Digs: Lumiere Telluride’s 3,718 SF five-bedroom penthouse suite

Cost: $1,150-plus/night

Perks: A private chef

Recreational Offerings: rock climbing, mountaineering, mountain biking, hiking, aviation tours, hot air balloon rides, paragliding

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7. Sun Valley, Idaho

High Rollers: Bruce Willis (who used to own a mountain), Larry David, Ashton Kutcher, Arnold Schwarzenegger, several Kennedys

Your Digs: six bedroom/six bath Dollar Cottage

Cost: $1,700/night

Perks: America’s first luxury winter resort. You get a touch of history from the place that catered to the likes of Gary Cooper and Ernest Hemingway.

Recreational Offerings: SnowSports School, Nordic skiing, sleigh rides, ice skating, tubing, sport shooting, hiking, biking, golf, tennis, horseback riding

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8. Beaver Creek, Colorado

High Rollers: Kelsey Grammer, Tiger Woods, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake

Your Digs: Trappers Cabin

Cost: $650/person/day ($450/child) on top of base price for premium package

Perks: Endless champagne and breakfast and dinner by a private chef

Recreational Offerings: Tubing, snowmobile tracks, ski bikes, dog sledding, snowboarding school, snowshoe rentals

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9. Vail, Colorado

High Rollers: The Obamas, Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

Your Digs: The four bedroom/five bath Game Creek Chalet at The Arrabelle at Vail Square

Cost: $1,200-plus/night

Perks: Rooftop hot tubs and lap pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, Tavern on the Square upscale alpine dining, pet amenities

Recreational Offerings: Golf, rafting, fly-fishing, horseback riding, dog sledding, sleigh ride, snowmobiling, Adventure Ridge (a high elevation playground)

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10. Jackson Hole, Wyoming

High Rollers: Dick Cheney, Harrison Ford, Judge Judy, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Jim Carrey, Sandra Bullock

Your Digs: 3k SF, four bedroom penthouse at Snake River Lodge & Spa

Cost: $1,448/night

Perks: Wildlife safaris, a 17k SF five-story spa with natural light and views of Jackson Hole Mountain, swim thru indoor/outdoor pools

Recreational Offerings: Hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, bungee bouncing for kids, summer concert series

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11. Powder Mountain, Utah

We admit to a bias, which is why we're putting this at the end of the list. PowMow, as it's nicknamed, is the pristine 10,000 acre mountain an hour north of Salt Lake that our co-founder Elliott Bisnow's company, Summit Series, purchased in 2013. It's the largest skiable mountain in the US and, with 172 runs, as is regularly ranked at the top in America for powder by Ski Magazine. Unlike most resorts, which feature villages at the base of mountains, Summit is building one at the top, surrounded by a phased development of 500 eco-friendly homes, condos, and time-shares. Instead of the megahomes as you'd find in an Aspen, these will be geared to the Millennial taste: more modest in size and oriented to the community, with all-season programming on business, politics, philanthropy, futurism, wellness, and personal improvement. Summit's expert at this: its conferences over the years have featured speakers like Bill Clinton, Mark Cuban, and Ted Turner; musicians like The Roots and John Legend; and attracted founders of Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and hundreds of other innovative companies and causes.