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Indoor Snow Park Planned for Washington, DC area

ski diva

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Here you go, DC area Divas.

From SAM (Ski Area Management) Magazine:

SAM Magazine—McLean, Va., May 25, 2021—Virginia-based developer Alpine-X plans to build a new indoor snowsports resort in the Washington, D.C., area. The resort, Fairfax Peak, is the first of 20 such sites planned for North America.

Envisaged as a destination resort, Fairfax Peak will feature an indoor snowsports venue, upscale hotel, gravity-powered mountain coaster, zip lines, multiple food and beverage outlets, and additional amenities. Guests will have year-round access to skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, and snow play, as well as a host of other no-skill and low-skill activities.

Alpine-X imagines its indoor resort model will complement rather than compete with traditional mountain resorts. “Today, there are an estimated 9.2 million active skiers and snowboarders here in the U.S., a market that would be much larger if the sport were more accessible,” said Alpine-X CEO John Emery. “We’re on a mission to address this market gap by bringing snowsports closer to home and providing access year-round, thereby eliminating the traditional challenges of cost, geography and seasonality, and introducing the opportunity and family-centric experience to a much wider audience.”

The Fairfax Peak project was put into motion four years ago when Alpine-X approached Fairfax County about building atop a capped, inactive landfill the county had been seeking to repurpose. The inherentslope of the landfill makes it attractive from a construction standpoint, and its proximity to Washington will allow Alpine-X to court a broad market.

CEO Emery and Alpine-X CFO Jim Calder both cut their teeth in the indoor entertainment industry at Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., where they previously served as CEO and CFO, respectively. Great Wolf owns and operates a chain of 19 family resorts, all anchored around indoor waterparks.

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marzNC

Angel Diva
The original proposal is still online:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/procu...s/assets/documents/ppea proposal_redacted.pdf

The important partner in the project is SnowWorld. Back in 2019, SnowWorld had three facilities/resorts in the Netherlands and was the operator for one in Germany. The original two Dutch Snow World resorts remind me of a Great Wolf Lodge, meaning a self-contained resort with hotel, restaurants, and somewhere to have active fun for a few days. Only difference is that the main draw is indoor skiing/boarding instead of a waterpark.
 

BlizzardBabe

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I can't wait. It should open just in time for me to retire. Then I can ski every day!
 

marzNC

Angel Diva
Alpine X is actively raising money for Fairfax Peak in Lorton. Anyone want to buy stock? Alpine-X wanted to raise at least $25K and would be happy to sell shares up to $5M. Already 100 people have invested about $100K. Seems like an OPO. It goes until Jan 2022.

September 28, 2021

There was an info session for the public last week. Included bus tours of the site.
 

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