Hidden Valley Ski Area
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Hidden Valley Ski Area is a ski resort
in the St. Louis, Missouri
suburb of Wildwood, Missouri
.
Tim Boyd bought the Wildwood Golf Course for $250,000 in 1977. In 1982 he converted the hills to a ski resort while maintaining the golf course. The resort would be the first of several resorts throughout the Midwest and Northeast United States he developed or acquired through his company Peak Resorts
.
The resort is in the bluffs above the Meramec River. The area is an upscale St. Louis suburb and the resort is Boyd's least profitable. In 2008 Boyd threatened to close the resort after Wildwood officials balked at his plans to create a snow tubing area (Which is now under construction)and 250 parking spaces. Hundreds of supporters were to attend Wildwood town meetings in support of him.
Boyd ultimately entered an agreement to place the ski resort in a conservation easement
in exchange for permission to build 80 homes on the golf property (which he has closed).
The lift elevation is 860 feet. It has a 312 foot vertical drop. It has 3 surface lift
s, 2 chair lifts and 1 fixed quad. There are 8 trails including 3 easy trails.
Ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...
in the St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
suburb of Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood is a third-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in far western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,517....
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Tim Boyd bought the Wildwood Golf Course for $250,000 in 1977. In 1982 he converted the hills to a ski resort while maintaining the golf course. The resort would be the first of several resorts throughout the Midwest and Northeast United States he developed or acquired through his company Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts is a privately owned Missouri-company that operates ski resorts in the Midwest and Northeast United States.The company was founded in 1977 by Tim Boyd, two years after graduating the University of Missouri when he bought the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri...
.
The resort is in the bluffs above the Meramec River. The area is an upscale St. Louis suburb and the resort is Boyd's least profitable. In 2008 Boyd threatened to close the resort after Wildwood officials balked at his plans to create a snow tubing area (Which is now under construction)and 250 parking spaces. Hundreds of supporters were to attend Wildwood town meetings in support of him.
Boyd ultimately entered an agreement to place the ski resort in a conservation easement
Conservation easement
In the United States, a conservation easement is an encumbrance — sometimes including a transfer of usage rights — which creates a legally enforceable land preservation agreement between a landowner and a government agency or a qualified land...
in exchange for permission to build 80 homes on the golf property (which he has closed).
The lift elevation is 860 feet. It has a 312 foot vertical drop. It has 3 surface lift
Surface lift
A surface lift is a type of cable transportation system used to transport skiers and snowboarders where riders remain on the ground as they are pulled uphill.Types of surface lifts include the Poma lift, J-bar, T-bar, rope tow, and magic carpet....
s, 2 chair lifts and 1 fixed quad. There are 8 trails including 3 easy trails.