Colorado The property formally known as St. Mary's Glacier Ski Resort is For Sale.

[Philpug]

That’s the question everyone's asking concerning the 374-acre property in Colorado that operated as a ski resort from the 1930s to the 1980s.

Formerly called St. Mary’s Glacier Ski Resort, the property was listed for sale on Sept. 19 and currently has an asking price of $7 million.

'An entrepreneurial dream': Former 1930s Colorado ski resort lists for $7 million

Formerly called St. Mary’s Glacier Ski Resort, the property was listed for sale on Sept. 19 and currently has an asking price of $7 million. Here's what's included.

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[mikel]

Absolutely beautiful area. Been up Kingston Peak many times in the Jeep.

 

[Noodler]

This hit the news cycle last week in the Denver area. The headline was "Why buy a season pass when you could buy your own ski area?"...

So eventually buying a ski area will be cheaper than a season pass?

 

[SkiNurse]

Lots of local drama with that property. A relative of Adolph Coors bought it several years ago and tried to get it back open. The locals fought it...and it never opened. Side note: the rumor is the same Coors relative owns the parking lots that are at the bottom of the St. Mary's hiking trail. The cost to park there is $20/vehicle/day.

Coors relative hopes ski area eclipses state’s terrain parks

Coors relative hopes ski area eclipses state’s terrain parks

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[4aprice]

Well Woodward brought Parley's Summit Ski Area back to life in Utah with the park scene. Now even more famous cause they film the skiing scenes there for The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Could St Mary's coexist with Echo and be viable? Outside of Eldora skiing has had it tough east of the Divide.

 

[locknload]

Gorgeous piece of property. How difficult and expensive is the permitting process to run a ski resort again? How much ski infrastructure is on property already?

 

[Don in Morrison]

The only time I was there, about 1975, I took my Jimmy up to about the lake (it was definitely a 4WD trail then) and hiked the rest of the way up to the snowfield, about 200 yards or so. With the parking lots along Fall River Road, I guess you can't drive up to the lake any more, but I don't know, because I haven't been there since then.

After we were done skiing, we took a Jeep trail over to Central City on the way home. People looked at us funny as we busted out of the woods near Central City with a rack full of skis on the roof in mid-July.