Inside the New Private Mountain Clubs Where Billionaires Ski

Inside the New Private Mountain Clubs Where Billionaires Ski

The next frontier of exclusive, members-club culture? Ski mountains. We went to Netflix founder Reed Hastings’s new Powder Mountain to see how private mountains are taking over — and changing — the American landscape.

'Don’t Mention It': Powder Mountain to Add 1,000+ Acres of Skiable Terrain

Located just an hour north of Salt Lake City, Powder Mountain encompasses 8,464 skiable acres of terrain in the Wasatch Mountain Range. Serviced by five lifts and a fleet of busses that often pick skiers and snowboarders up from the road, the resort is already the largest in the U.S. — but it’s about to get even bigger. Powder Mountain is expanding into a 1,050-acre bowl known as “Don’t Mention It” (DMI) and Wolf Creek. Currently, the area is ou…

Inside the new private mountain clubs where billionaires ski

The next frontier of exclusive, members-club culture? Mountains. We went to Netflix founder Reed Hastings’ new Powder Mountain to see how private mountains are taking over –and changing – the American landscape.