About Us

THE PROPERTY

Our property is located at the top of Cortina Lane in Hunter NY and sits on 10 acres of undisturbed mountainside wilderness. To access it, there is a 15 minute uphill hike.

On one side, our property borders Cortina Valley ski resort. No longer in operation but still maintained, it was one of Catskill's largest private ski resorts with 18 trails across 100 acres. Many locals still use it for snowmobiling and skiing (even though they aren't supposed to). At the peak, you can see directly on Hunter Mountain, which is a 15-minute drive away.

On another side it's bordered by Kaaterskill Wild Forest, a NY state park. Our property marks the only official road-side trailhead to the Kaaterskill High Peak trail, a hiking and snowmobile trail around Round Top and Kaaterskill High Peak. There are several ways to access this trail but it's a lot more difficult, which makes this trail much more private.

The closest town is charming Tannersville, a 10-minute drive away. Everything you need is within 20 minutes.

There's 4G reception anywhere on the property from Verizon and T-Mobile. AT&T coverage is a little more spotty.

Topo Map

Topography map of the property (plots outlined in blue) and Cortina Lane (in purple). The parking lot is at the bottom of the road. A portion of the property currently overlaps with the top of the ski trail of Cortina Valley (view below).

THE VISION

We're two friends who bought a beautiful plot of land knowing we wanted our own access to nature and not much more beyond that.

Broadly, we'd like to share our property with others as a nature getaway from modern life, an environment that nourishes the natural desire to learn, play, experiment and create, while being sustainable or with minimal or thoughtful impact to the community and environment.

Whether it's hosting experiences that bring us closer to our past (camping, survival classes, archery/axe throwing, concerts/parties in nature), experimenting with building (tiny homes, popup retreats), or ownership models, we think there's room to re-examine, potentially evolve, modern concepts of work, play and adventure, that incorporate the best of all worlds.

We're looking for people to want to join the vision and help build a foundation to what ultimately may be a better way to live.

We're open to all types of ownership or usage models. If we charge for usage, our general pricing philosophy will be to cover costs and reinvest profits into the property and community.

What we do exactly is still very much to be determined, so we welcome any ideas you'd like to share or propose.