Located about 30 miles from downtown Salt Lake City, Park City, Utah is the little mining town that could, transforming itself into a wealthy four-season resort on the heels of economic upheaval. Park City thrived in the late 1800s as a silver mining boom brought crowds of prospectors and wealth to this outpost surrounded by the Wasatch Mountains. The town was virtually destroyed by fire in 1898 and suffered through two wars and the Great Depression as the price of silver plummeted. By the1950’s it came close to being defined as a ghost town, hanging on by a thread, when “Parkite” miners presented a proposal for a ski resort called Treasure Mountain. The resort opened in 1963 on 10,000 acres marking the beginning of the area becoming known as a destination ski mecca with the “Greatest Snow on Earth.”
Today, Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and The Canyons Resort draw more than three million visitors annually. Ski Magazine readers named Deer Valley as North America’s top ski resort three years in a row, but Park City is much more than snow. It is also well known for unparalleled year-round outdoor recreational and leisure activities including blue-ribbon fly fishing, kayaking and white water rafting, hiking and biking expeditions, horseback riding, championship golf, hot air balloon and glider plane adventures, and a variety of local cultural events. The Sundance Film Festival is the largest of its kind in the US and attracted more than 40,000 attendees and contributed more than $90 million to the state economy in 2009. Park City is one of the wealthiest cities in the United States and has been named by Forbes Travel among the 20 “prettiest towns,” boasting a colorful and energetic main street where 64 Victorian buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Wolf Creek Ranch, a unique private, gated community is located mere minutes from Park City and yet has a remote persona. This low-density property shares seven miles of common border with the 2.2 million-acre Uinta National Forest, and has a strong commitment to the environment, having designated 95% of its 14,000 acres to conservation. Each 160-acre estate homesite is two miles around at its perimeter. Roughly the size of Manhattan island, the 14,000-acre property provides refined ranch living enhanced by abundant recreational opportunities including private fishing on the upper Provo River and 50 miles of groomed trails for hiking, biking or horseback riding. Whether as a second home or retirement destination, Wolf Creek Ranch brings out the inner cowboy in a pristine four-season private environment.
