Even if you only have half as many millions in your portfolio this winter as you did last winter, why not spend a little with the Baron Benjamin de Rothschild at his B&B in the French ski resort Megeve?
His Domaine du Mont d’Arbois offers many accommodation choices, but why not book the first floor Baronne [...]

Here’s a trend I don’t like. Once resorts discover a new way to cater to the wealthy that increases their profit margin, the cost of skiing for the rest of us goes up too. The wealthy want “better” food choices; soon everyone has to pay $9 for a burger. The wealthy only do private lessons; [...]

Beaver Creek’s motto is “Not Exactly Roughing It” and about a month from now BC will up the cultural ante for American ski resorts by again hosting The New Yorker magazine’s On The Slopes weekend. Billed as three days of culture: comedy, cartoons, concerts, film previews, “and, of course, superior skiing”, participants will get to [...]

I’ve been critical of the concept of the Yellowstone Club and other high end real estate developments. I stand by my  criticism of their excesses and the ripple effect of escalating nearby property values that prices average income people out of communities at or near ski areas.
Tonight I learned, through a Yellowstone Club member, of [...]

New West just put up a guest commentary by Warren Miller which he titled “Economic Stratification and the Yellowstone Club”. As Director of Skiing there he probably felt a need to offer up a sympathetic view of the YC in light of all the embarrassing publicity it has gotten since since the club’s financial [...]

Quite a bit of ink has been spilt this week covering and commenting upon the bankruptcy filing of the Yellowstone Club. There is definitely some “rich”  irony at work when some of the world’s richest people watch as their pricey private club falls victim to greed, mismanagement and collateral damage from the bigger financial crisis; [...]