The most expensive ski home in the world, the $135 million Hala Ranch in Aspen, has a master suite with a beauty and barber room for massages, pedicures and styling. There's a tennis court, indoor swimming pool and a mechanical shop with a car wash and gasoline pumps. Its 95 acres are under constant video surveillance, and its 15 bedrooms have views of the surrounding mountains.Not a bad place to warm your feet. Yet this home is only one of several fantasy ski retreats--some for sale, others for rent--found by Forbes.com. We compiled our list by scouring listings and talking to brokers in the know.
As you might expect, most of the finest homes were in Aspen, Lake Tahoe or the Swiss Alps. A $100 million, eight-building compound in Zephyr Cove, Nev., sits on 210 acres of land and has nine bedrooms, 14 full and five half-baths, a 19-seat movie theater, a private lake and two par-three golf holes.
