Nearby residents objected to expansion plans at a recent planning commission meeting.
Blue Sky Ranch is hidden within the hills along Old Lincoln Highway, down the road from Wanship.
It includes more than 60 units of lodging, the High West Distillery, restaurants and equestrian facilities, which frequently appear in national and international “best of” lists and episodes of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.”
Owners Mike and Barb Phillips are hoping to more than double what the resort has to offer, including 72 more units of lodging, either suites or houses, and more amenities.
“When you are on the border of a rural area in an urban area, the challenge is always to try and meld those things so that the density and the impact is minimal and you keep the character of, the rural nature of [the area],” Mike Phillips said in at Eastern Summit County Planning Commission Nov. 21. “And that has been our objective with Blue Sky.”
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