Mining-claim on Peak 6 makes news
Robert Sasick, from northern Colorado, owns a 10-acre mining claim, located about 1,500 feet from a proposed lift on Peak 6 and 300 feet from a Peak 7 run.
It’s zoned as backcountry, which means someone could buy it, but the biggest house that could be built on it would be 1,200 square feet. Plus, the Forest Service would have to give special permission to access a home there.
Still, Sasick is marketing it. A local real estate agent says the land is basically worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Sasick doesn’t say how much he wants, but it’s beyond the budget to buy it for open space. Meanwhile, Vail Resorts says its not interested, though it did make an offer the owner refused several years ago. He’s owned the land since 1962 and isn’t in any hurry to sell.
The privately owned land wouldn’t affect Vail Resort’s Peak 6 development.
