Among the largest blocks of privately held land in Utah, the former Gailey Ranch is transforming into a luxury community, featuring a golf course, a 3,000-acre ski area, a mountain village and 70 miles of trails for the exclusive use of 750 homeowners.
Utah’s Wasatch Peaks Ranch and its private ski area in Morgan County is a destination for “the 1% of the 1%.”
Among the largest blocks of privately held land in Utah, the former Gailey Ranch is undergoing a profound transformation into a luxury community, featuring a golf course designed by, a 3,000-acre, five-lift ski area, a mountain village and 70 miles of trails for the exclusive use of 750 homeowners and their families and guests. The land had been in private ownership for decades and the public has not been allowed access since the 1990s.
Utah’s booming northern counties still hold large blocks of undeveloped mountain terrain, lands that went into private hands long ago to support livestock, but are now ripe for human habitation. The question facing the state is the degree to which future development here serves a growing population, or merely fences off entire landscapes as private playgrounds for the ultra-wealthy.
“The guys we competed with when we were negotiating in 2017 wanted to do a public ski resort with 5,000 to 10,000 homes,” Schultz said. “Peterson would have turned into Kimball Junction [the busy commercial zone outside Park City] with all the infrastructure required and massive change for the community, where ours is much more understated.”
“Privacy and security is very important to the WPR buyer,” proponents said in an FAQ shared with the public in 2019. “Spending time as a family without having to worry about intrusions is a key driver of the value and critical reason to be a WPR member.”
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