'Next Generation Resort' Closer To Denver

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'Next Generation Resort' Closer To Denver

By Mountain News Staff
July 25, 2005

A proposed resort touting itself as the next generation of ski playgrounds is closer to reality. The Clear Creek County planning commission unanimously approved a development plan for the Evergreen, Colorado-based operation. The project, 35 miles west of Denver, hopes to open for the coming season as a fully dedicated terrain park with 600-feet of vertical terrain.

It will be open day and evening, catering to the 12- to 25-year-old skier and snowboarder. The 240-acre property was purchased in 2002 and takes over where Squaw Pass Ski Area operated from 1961 to 1974.

"We're not trying to serve everyone. We're dedicated to delivering for our one niche customer: the young park crowd," said Doug Donovan, the property's general manager.

The bid process is complete for construction and a retrofitted fixed-grip triple purchased from Heavenly on its way. However, they will have to clear 18 contingencies that came with the county's blessing before they can begin. The largest thorn: approval of a reciprocal easement exchange with the U.S. Forest Service, required to allow use and to improve the 600-foot-long dirt road used by the former resort.

"The Forest Service easement is the big one. Ideally, we'd get approval in the next couple of weeks," says Donovan. "We're very optimistic and 100 percent committed to opening this year."

Even the government body appears optimistic. "We don't foresee any problems," said Mike Borkoski, a realty specialist for the Forest Service who says they are waiting to inspect how the road might have an impact on a rare plant that blooms in early July. "There's always mitigations that could be done like adjusting the road. I don't think it's going to stop the project."

- by Ryan Brandt

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