Silicon Mountain: Summit developing a ski-resort for innovators and artists on Utah's Powder Mountain

2017-09-11T18:30:00-04:00

Construction began this summer on a public mountain town that will straddle a 10,000-acre site between three skiing bowls. In 2013, Powder Mountain was purchased by Summit, a company—or, perhaps more accurately, a collective—founded in 2008 by five 20-something friends who want to “catalyze entrepreneurship” and “create global change.”

The company plans to build 500 single-family houses along with a village for amenities and a place to house the organization's non-profit arm. The founders hope that the skiing mecca—an hour's drive north of Salt Lake—will become a year-round community for innovators and other creatives "to solve the world’s most pressing challenges, from environmental catastrophe to access to basic medical care" over a shared chairlift up the mountain.

Summit Phase I Master Plan.

Physical design will play a large role in creating this idyllic snow-capped development. To guide the construction, Summit has enlisted a diverse team of designers, land planners and architects from places like Studio MA in Salt Lake City, Skylab Architecture in Portland, and Saunders Architecture in Norway. The list of architects also includes Sparano + Mooney in Salt Lake City; Marmol Radziner in Los Angeles; Bicuadro Architects in Rome; Bertoldi Architects in Ogden, Utah; Olson Kundig in Seattle; Prentiss + Balance + Wic...

Why Buy A House When You Can Buy A Mountain?

2013-06-18T13:03:00-04:00

It's not your everyday real estate deal. A team of young entrepreneurs persuaded about 50 deep-pocketed investors to help them purchase a mountain. The deal just closed in April, and development on Utah's nearly 10,000-acre Powder Mountain is now underway. [...] "We were inspired by the core concepts of the Sundance Film Festival and the Aspen Institute. You can build place around a shared ethos."

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Silicon Mountain: Summit developing a ski-resort for innovators and artists on Utah's Powder Mountain

Why Buy A House When You Can Buy A Mountain?