A small ‘locals’ ski hill in Utah is set to be transformed in to a ‘world class resort’ over the next five years, if its owners’ plans come to fruition.
First opened in 1968, Nordic Valley spent some time in the past decade named Wolf Creek and Wolf Mountain before running in to financial problems and being auctioned off in 2012.
Its current owners, who have reportedly been over in the Alps looking at the European model, have announced plans to build a new bottom-to-top gondola and develop a “European style boutique base village” at the foot of the slopes over the next five years.
The area would grow in size from the current 500 or so acres to over 2,000.
Year round attractions would include zip lines, a mountain coaster and an expanded summer mountain biking programme.
Initially, for the coming 2014-2015, new ski trails are being cut on the higher southern slopes that will be to accessed via snowcat.
