Wasatch Peaks Ranch represents one of the largest tracts of privately owned mountain terrain in the Intermountain West. At 12,740 deeded acres, the ranch features 20 square miles of natural alpine wilderness within the Wasatch Mountains and boasts unlimited recreational opportunities that include heli-skiing on The Greatest Snow on Earth™. The ranch is just 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake International Airport via interstate, offering ease of access and year round use. Utah recently landed atop Forbes’s list of best states for business in 2014, and the state consistently ranks high in quality-of-life measures. Salt Lake is fast becoming one of North America’s most popular urban hubs, offering an abundance of dynamic shopping, cultural and nightlife opportunities.
Hard to replicate, Wasatch Peaks Ranch, combined with the adjacent National Forest, has a continuous ridgeline of 11 miles that includes 24 peaks, 15 bowls and cirques, and a 4,600 foot vertical rise. The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest permits heli-skiing on the publicly owned ridges just above the ranch. The property offers a rare opportunity to carve turns with select family and friends.
A legacy offering and opportunity to name your own runs, bowls, glades and cirques, this incredible landscape is jointly owned by Dick Bass, Peter Hicks and the Holding family through Sinclair Real Estate Company. Dick Bass is the legendary founder of Snowbird Ski Resort and renowned explorer becoming the first person to achieve the Seven Summits and author of Seven Summits. Sinclair Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of Sinclair Oil Corporation, owns some of the most successful resorts and hotels in the world including nearby Snowbasin Resort, as well as Sun Valley Resort in Idaho, Little America hotel chain and Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Bass, who has been fortunate to ski and hike many mountains around the world, purchased the property after founding Snowbird. He found that Wasatch Peaks Ranch has “all of the attributes of Snowbird with the vital plus of being privately owned…and only 35 minutes from Salt Lake City and its international airport.”
Location
Wasatch Peaks Ranch is located in north central Utah between Salt Lake City and Ogden in Morgan County. Situated 40 minutes from the neighboring community of Park City to the south, the property offers a number of entry points for easy, uncrowded access off Interstate 84.
At its widest point, Wasatch Peak Ranch runs four miles wide. Elevations range from 4,820 feet near the Weber River to 9,570 above the Peterson Cirque. The majority of the ranch’s developable property lies between 5,500 and 8,000 feet. 11 creeks weave their way for 35 miles through the ranch from high mountain peaks to the Weber River below.
Locale
Situated in the Morgan Valley, the adjoining towns include Mountain Green and Peterson which provide basic services. Shopping, hospitals and fine dining in Ogden and other Wasatch front communities are just 15 minutes away. The Morgan Valley is primarily an agricultural based area with approximately over 50% of the land designated as farms and ranches. This once protected valley with its ideal climate and pristine landscapes is now highly sought after due to its proximity and quality of life in Salt Lake City.
Climate
Wasatch Peaks Ranch lies in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West, so the climate is ideal. On average, 226 sunny days are recorded in Morgan County with average highs running from 35 degrees in January to 88 degrees in July. Average annual snowfall for the upper portion of the ranch is 400 inches.