Reed Hastings’ Powder Mountain Announces $40M Upgrade. Here’s What It Means for Skiers.

Reed Hastings’ Powder Mountain announces $40M upgrade. Here’s what it means for skiers.

It’s called Don’t Mention It. Yet by next ski season, Powder Mountain expects the previously difficult-to-reach, steep slopes to be the talk of the state.

More Lifts Coming to Powder Mountain for 26-27

Powder Mountain plans to invest $40 million on the public side of the resort over the next two years with a focus on the Sundown zone. Under new majority owner Reed Hastings, Powder operates a public-private model, with lifts on the eastern half of the resort open only to homeowners. So far, Hastings has added five new lifts since 2023 with up to five more on deck. DMI expansion on the backside of James Peak seen last summer. Sundown lies withi…

Powder Mountain announces $40M expansion with new lifts, lodge and 1,000 acres of terrain

EDEN — Powder Mountain has announced a $40 million investment that will expand advanced terrain, upgrade lift infrastructure and redevelop one of its key base areas as part of a multi-year effort to enhance the public side of the resort.

Powder Mountain, UT, Announces $40 Million Public Terrain & Infrastructure Expansion

Part of the new 1,000-acre DMI at Powder Mountain. | Image: SnowBrains Powder Mountain, Utah, announces a new 1,000-acre zone of advanced and technical terrain in the Wolf Creek Canyon zone with lift access for the 2026-27 season. Powder will conduct a full redevelopment of the Sundown base area, including a new lodge and new beginner-focused infrastructure, which will collectively reshape the western-most section of the resort over the next two…

Powder Mountain unveils $40M expansion with new expert terrain, lifts and base area upgrades

EDEN, Utah — For years, locals have whispered about the steep, tree-filled lines in Powder Mountain’s DMI zone — short for “Don’t Mention It.” Soon, skiers won’t have to keep the secret. Powder Mountain announced Tuesday a $40 million expansion that will open more than 1,000 acres of advanced terrain to lift access while modernizing lifts and base area facilities at the northern Utah resort. The multi-year plan includes two new chairlifts, the r…