Cimarron Mountain Club

Cimarron Mountain Club is a private wilderness refuge and cat-ski resort with more skiable terrain than Aspen Mountain, located between Telluride and Crested Butte, that will be shared by just 13 families. Cimarron Mountain Club is a private wilderness refuge and cat-ski resort with more skiable terrain than Aspen Mountain, located between Telluride and Crested Butte, that will be shared by just 1

5 families. 5 of the 15 Members are committed. The Club is proposed to launch at the end of the 2017/2018 winter season. While skiing is far from the whole story, it’s a big one, with 1,610 vertical and more skiable terrain than Aspen Mountain. Winter activities include skiing untracked, deep powder for days after a storm, snowshoeing, cross country skiing, fat tire biking, steam rooms, a pool and hot tub, fitness center, and boundless wilderness experiences. The summers are equally impressive and provide access to thousands of acres of private, public and wilderness lands, streams and rivers, including the Gold Medal Gunnison River, 15 stocked ponds and a 20-acre mountain lake on property, a planned three-mile singletrack mountain bike loop, and many more experiences brought to life by CMC’s Mountain Hosts. The Club accommodations will include a highly-appointed Lodge at the confluence of the ski runs, six Lodge guestrooms and three four-bedroom Club Cabins. Members will also be deeded a cabin site on which to build their own cabin in time, if they desire. Background
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000’s, Jim Aronstein, a retired natural-resources lawyer from Denver (and buoyant powder hound), and his wife, Patsy, searched high and low through the western mountain ranges for what could be the world’s only, intimate private wilderness club with skiable terrain to rival the best. Jim and Patsy identified more than a dozen potential sites, located in six Rocky Mountain states and provinces, and visited every one. In the end, just one met all their criteria – Cimarron Mountain Club. Jim and Patsy purchased the land in 2004 and in 2012 invited some close friends, Kim and Gail Koehn, to join them as the initial Members. A few years ago, they started thinking about sharing it with a handful of others. They called upon some friends to flesh out the ideas. John Norton, a classmate of Jim’s at Dartmouth College and the former second-in-command at Aspen Skiing Co. and boss of Crested Butte Mountain Resort, was the first to visit and was determined to dissuade his friend from investing too heavily in a private ski area. John then invited Johnnie Stevens, the former COO of Telluride Ski Resort, Andy Daly, the former President of Vail Resorts and mayor of the town of Vail, and Bill Kane, the former planner for Aspen Skiing Co. and longtime principal of planning outfit Design Workshop, who now serves on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. These ski industry heavyweights have been serving as an informal Board of Advisors and have contributed significantly to the unique vision for this little club on a big mountain. In 2016, Jim was introduced to Northview Hotels and Resorts (“NVHR”), a leading owner/operator of unique, independent hotels and clubs throughout the US, including Madeline Hotel and Residences in Telluride. NVHR has helped refine the capital improvements and operating plan for the Club. The concept is simple and highly unique: preserve the powder and protect the wilderness. Disclaimer
Cimarron Mountain Club (“CMC”) will own and operate a private mountain club for the recreation, pleasure and benefit of its Members. Memberships in the Club are offered exclusively to permit Members the social and recreational use of the Club facilities. Memberships should not be viewed as an investment, and no Member should expect to derive any economic profits from membership in the Club. CMC’s mission is to enrich the lives of its Members by providing a unique mountain experience, with other recreational and social activities, that fosters friendship and fellowship within a private, Member-owned setting. The plans for development disclosed here are tentative and conceptual only and subject to change, in accordance with planning considerations, market conditions and demand. Future improvements must be considered planned, not promised. CMC is not obligated to develop any specific future facility at any specific locations and, subject to any governmental land use regulation of other planning considerations, may develop future facilities in alternate locations. This is not an offer in any jurisdiction in which the legal requirements for such an offer have not been met. No Federal agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property. WARNING: THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE HAS NOT INSPECTED, EXAMINED, OR QUALIFIED THIS OFFERING.