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Ever wanted to own your very own ski area? Fresh tracks every day, no lift lines, just you and your buddies. Well Plymouth Notch, just south of Killington, VT is still on the market after first being put up for sale in December 2018.
The 800-acre ski area, which had been operating as a private club with a base lodge, locker rooms, restaurant, and bar, went on the market just after Christmas for $7.5 million (that’s only $10,000 an acre!). That gets you 1,100 vertical feet of Vermont skiing served by a double chair and snowmaking facilities.
Plymouth Notch is located in Vermont’s “snow belt” along the spine of Green Mountains peaks and offers a unique opportunity to own and operate an existing ski area or create your own private year-round recreational estate.
Plymouth Notch consists of two mountains, presently with 150 skiable acres and 28 trails all located on Bear Mountain. Salt Ash Mountain adds an additional 300 acres of skiing capacity to the project.
The sale includes 800 total acres, an 8,000 sq ft Lodge with a fully equipped kitchen & bar area, double chairlift, snowmaking pond capable of 100% coverage, additional outbuildings, maintenance garage, and equipment necessary to maintain the ski area and grounds.
In addition, an Act 250 permit has been granted for residential development. The Master Plan allowing for 66 units around the base area with further development located on the mountain.
Plymouth Notch is easily accessible located on a major Vermont ski artery near equal distances of Okemo Mtn., Killington, and the village of Woodstock.
For more details, check out the full listing.
The area was started in the 1960s as a private ski area and opened with six trails, a double and a T-bar. It later added a second chair. In the late 1970s, the ski area ran into financial troubles and shut down after the 1980-81 season.
Private investors bought the place and reopened it as Bear Creek for the 1998-99 season as a private club. And then another group bought it in 2010, renaming it Plymouth Notch, reports vtskiandride. This season, lifts have not been running.
There’s plenty of room for future development with a master plan for a 66-unit build-out.
