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Marijuana is lifting spirits — and budgets — in mountain towns

By | 11.08.10 | 8:05 am

That smoke wafting down from the mountains west of Boulder may not all be from forest fires. According to a New York Times article today, mountain communities long known for their tolerance of the illegal weed are now becoming…

Florida developer backs out of troubled resort project near Vail

By | 09.10.09 | 8:44 am

VAIL — A Florida developer looking to build a massive private ski and golf resort off the back side of Vail Mountain near Minturn has officially bowed out of the proposed Battle Mountain project, adding a new chapter…

Minturn mayor not worried over suspended resort development

By | 08.20.09 | 7:24 am

MINTURN — Mayor Gordon “Hawkeye” Flaherty is not at all concerned that a proposed private ski and golf development south of his town of 1,200 may never get off the ground due to the languishing mountain real estate market, nor is he waiting on “a pot of money” from the developer to address the struggling former railroad town’s sagging infrastructure.

Kobe-llera could merge with Ginn-turn in huge Vail Valley real estate play

By | 08.12.09 | 12:23 am

Two of the most notorious nicknames in Colorado high-end luxury resort history may converge in a bid to bolster both struggling projects.

Cordillera, a residential golf community above Edwards, is in talks with the owners of the proposed Battle Mountain…

Aurora snaps up water coveted by Ginn Company for private ski resort

By | 07.14.09 | 11:48 am

A troubled private ski and golf development near the old railroad town of Minturn off the backside of Vail Mountain was dealt another blow late Monday when the Aurora City Council decided to purchase from Pueblo the Columbine Ditch

NYT story details woes of would-be private ski, golf developer

By | 05.27.09 | 8:24 am

A year ago this time, Florida real estate developer Bobby Ginn was celebrating a big victory at the polls in the tiny former mining and railroad town of Minturn, Colo., where voters had cleared the path for his proposed Battle Mountain private ski and golf resort.

Credit Suisse and the collapse of the West’s most posh ski and golf resorts

By | 03.09.09 | 9:54 am

A March 5 article in Bloomberg Markets Magazine paints a picture of wild excess in the high-end mountain resort development game, starting with the recent failure of Tamarack Resort in Idaho, the bankruptcy of the private Yellowstone Club in Montana and ending with Florida’s Bobby Ginn.

The Battle for Battle Mountain

By | 05.19.08 | 8:30 am

The fate of a high-dollar, private ski-and-golf resort adjacent to Vail is now largely in hands of voters.

Tucked away in a narrow valley between Vail and Leadville in Colorado’s central Rockies, in the shadows of the mega ski…