Buy A Vintage Ski Resort Chalet And Some California Ski History For $4 Million

A mountain chalet built in 1942 for an early backer of one of California’s oldest ski resorts has come on the market for the first time. The three-story family home at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort near Lake Tahoe played a pivotal role in gathering early ski enthusiasts who were committed to bringing skiing to the Sierra Nevada in a big way.

The home at 950 Paint Brush Hill Court in Truckee was built for Jerome Hill, heir to a railroad fortune and an accomplished Hollywood filmmaker, musician and composer. He and a young Walt Disney were early supporters of Austrian ski champ Hannes Schroll’s vision of buying land to create a top-notch ski resort at Donner Summit.