Locals Approve First Ski Resort In Nevada's "Swiss Alps", but There's a Private Catch

A California businessman's proposal to expand his Nevada ranch into a private ski area has been approved by the Elko County Planning Commission.

Bay Area technology investment firm partner, Peter Christodoulo, is the current owner of Ruby Mountain Ranch, which sits just beyond Nevada's Ruby Mountains against the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

In 2024, Christodoulo failed to obtain the Commission's approval to rezone several thousand acres of his ranch's land to develop a public ski area.