The Priciest Winter Wonderlands Where Ultrawealthy Skiers Flock for Snow Season

By Julie Taylor, Realtor.com

December 27, 2024

Fans of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" have been captivated by the show’s stunning mansions, with breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains peeking through expansive floor-to-ceiling windows.

Much of the show is filmed in Park City, UT—a ski town that captivates the imagination and serves up an Instagram-worthy backdrop for the winter wonderland of your dreams.

But Park City is just one of the incredibly lavish locales where the ultrawealthy base themselves for ski season, and where house prices regularly soar into the tens of millions. Park City currently has 15 homes listed on Realtor.com®, with…

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Article by Leslie Vreeland, Telluride Daily Planet Contributing Editor

Rider Jed Moore pulls skier (and Telluride local) Sherwood Smith. (Photo by Denise Jones)


A galloping horse with a rider astride, urging her steed faster, and faster still, across a track of slippery snow.

It would be exciting enough to watch in winter: For rodeo aficionados, the sheer speed, physical exertion and partnership between horse-and-rider even resembles barrel racing (minus the barrels). But there is one additional dimension to this “extreme winter sport” that sets it apart: the horse and rider are pulling a skier behind them over berms and bumps, and, in the case of the Skijoring event in Leadville, down main street, before a crowd of thousands cheering all of…

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