Nederland’s Eldora Mountain bid met with cautious optimism

‘We are buying Eldora!’ Nederland announces plans to purchase popular Colorado ski mountain

A small Colorado mountain town of about 1,500 people has announced plans to purchase a popular ski resort currently under corporate ownership. The town of Nederland announced Tuesday that it will be buying the 680-acre Eldora Mountain Resort from Powdr Corp, a privately held company based in Park City, Utah. “Hello, Nederland!” the town wrote in a news release. “We are buying Eldora!” The prospect of a town purchasing a ski resort of Eldora’s si…

Nederland’s potential purchase of Eldora brings guarded hope, lingering questions for residents

Cautious optimism. That phrase was used — repeatedly — by Nederland area residents in their first opportunity to address town officials about the potential purchase of the Eldora ski resort on Thursday. The cozy, dimly lit Backdoor Theater hosted a pseudo town hall in which Nedheads and longtime Eldora powder hounds fed questions, comments and concerns to Nederland town officials, leaders of current owner PWDR and leaders from 303 Ski, the compa…

Nederland’s Eldora Mountain bid met with cautious optimism

Dozens of community members showed up to Thursday night's town hall in Nederland to find out more about the historic move.