Powder Haven
Powder Haven is a private, 650-family residential community located within Powder Mountain ski resort on the Wasatch Range of northern Utah, United States. The community of ski-in, ski-out homes is part of a blended public-private operating model in which homeownership funds improvements and public land management.
Location & Geography
Powder Haven is located on Powder Mountain in Eden, Utah, about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City. The residential community sits within one of the largest ski areas in the United States by acreage, surrounded by approximately 4,200 acres of lift-served terrain and about 3,800 acres of backcountry terrain.Population & Membership
Access to Powder Haven private member amenities requires the purchase of a residential lot plus annual membership fees.By early 2025, Powder Haven had surpassed 150 club members and dozens of homes had been completed in the community with additional residences under construction. Property prices had reached as high as $1,354 per square foot.
History
Summit Series ownership (2013–2023)
In 2012, founders of the Summit Series announced plans to purchase Powder Mountain to serve as a base for their events. Their vision included building an alpine village of roughly 500 homes with retail, hotel, and event spaces designed for community members.By the early 2020s, only a fraction of the proposed residential units had been built and much of the resort's infrastructure had not been significantly updated since the 1970s and 1980s.
Acquisition by Reed Hastings (2023)
In March 2023, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings was approached by the Summit Series founders about purchasing the resort. Hastings had been skiing in Utah for over 20 years and bought a home on Powder Mountain in 2021.Hastings agreed to acquire Powder Mountain and announced plans for a membership-based approach to sustain the mountain through combined public participation and private investment from Powder Haven home ownership. Hastings has described his model as a means to generate revenue to fund public infrastructure and preserve the mountain's quiet nature, allowing the broader resort to avoid joining multi-resort pass programs like those at Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain Company.
Hastings era (2023–present)
Hastings has drawn parallels between Powder Mountain and his earlier experience building subscription models at Netflix, saying his operating model emphasizes member satisfaction and community growth. Investments have included new amenities for Powder Haven residents and public infrastructure improvements across the broader resort.Powder Haven development
A 73,000-square foot private ski lodge broke ground in 2025 with plans to offer dining, ski valet, a spa, fitness facilities, pickleball, rock climbing, dining, bowling, an amphitheater, and children's facilities. The clubhouse is projected to open in the 2027-28 ski season.As of late 2025, Powder Haven's residential build-out included dozens of multi-acre custom homesites and developer-built chalets, with additional releases planned for 2026. Hastings added new chair lifts, and designated two existing lifts, for use by private members and their guests.
Public infrastructure and preservation
Revenue from Powder Haven property sales and membership have fueled public-facing investments under Hastings's ownership including upgrades to existing chair lifts and construction of additional chair lifts to expand access to more areas of the property.Hastings founded the Powder Art Foundation, a non-profit that partners with the Dia Art Foundation to bring large-scale artwork to Powder Mountain's public slopes similar to Storm King Art Center, Desert X, and art islands Teshima and Naoshima.. Artists commissioned for the project include Gerard & Kelly, Susan Philipsz, Nancy Holt, Nobuo Sekine, Kayode Ojo, EJ Hill, James Turrell, Bruce Nauman, Jenny Holzer, Arthur Jafa, Paul McCarthy, Nikita Gale, Gala Porras-Kim, Raven Halfmoon, Davina Semo, and Andrea Zittel.