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A skier sends up a plume of deep powder among snow-covered trees
Photo © Powder Mountain
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Where the door opens only from the inside.

Islands, mountains and clubs where you arrive as an owner, a member or a guest. Sanctums knows the way in.

A skier sends up a plume of deep powder among snow-covered trees
Photo © Powder Mountain
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Powder Haven

Powder Mountain, Eden, Utah

How access works
Owners only: capped at 650 homes and about 220 members (Aug 2026), with six private lifts on 3,000+ private acres beside the public mountain.
Price as published
Lots from about US$2M; dues about US$25,000 a year plus initiation (realtor.com); US$30,000 to 100,000 a year expected (Vogue)

Source: powderhaven.com; townlift.com; snowbrains.com

A terrace with a fire pit and lounge chairs looking out over pines to the Madison Range
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Yellowstone Club

Big Sky, Montana

How access works
Membership by invitation, alongside approved property.
Price as published
Reported US$400,000 to 500,000+ deposit and US$50,000 to 78,000 a year dues; condos from about US$7M

Source: therealdeal.com; shawnawinter.com

A long, clean wave peels along a tree-lined pool at the Surf Ranch
Photo © Kelly Slater Wave Co
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Kelly Slater Surf Ranch

Lemoore, California

How access works
Private group buyouts, or by invitation.
Price as published
No rate card; reported (third-party estimate) US$50,000 to 70,000 a day

Source: surfparkguide.com; wavepoolparty.com

Palms lean over a quiet white beach and turquoise shallows on the western side of Mustique
Photo: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mustique

St Vincent and the Grenadines

How access works
A privately owned island: you stay as a villa or hotel guest, and every visitor is known to island security.
Price as published
Villas up to US$150,000 a week (The Terraces) plus 11% tax and 12% island fee

Source: mustique-island.com

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Baker's Bay Golf & Ocean Club

Great Guana Cay, Bahamas

How access works
Members and their escorted guests; membership comes with property, among 300+ member families.
Price as published
Unpublished

Source: bakersbayclub.com; elevatedmagazines.com

Lyford Cay Club

New Providence, Bahamas

How access works
By invitation: sponsorship by a member and committee approval.
Price as published
Unpublished

Source: lyfordcay.com

A Highland sporting estate

Benmore Estate, Isle of Mull, Scotland

How access works
The whole estate, let to one party, with private beats.
Price as published
£24,000 to 33,000 a week including salmon fishing and stalking (Knock House, Benmore Estate, Mull)

Source: georgegoldsmith.com

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