INSIDE a Billionaire's $80,000,000 Hidden Mountainside COMPOUND

The ranch at Owl Creek is an exclusive mountainside oasis with 60 acres of landscaped beauty, exquisite architectural design, and most importantly, extreme privacy. Intelligently designed by Hanson Construction with views of all four ski mountains, this ranch comes with a workout pavilion, movie theater, heated pool, and even a stocked trout fishing pond. Now as far as stats on the house, it has eight bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, just over 12,500 square feet of interior living space. House was built in 2005, and we're gonna break down what makes this house so special aside from the fact that it costs $80 million and you more or less have to be a billionaire to purchase this place. So making our way into the main entryway of this home, you got this huge metal pivot door here leading into your formal entryway and your foyer. We'll keep this shut because it's a little cold today. I love that too. There's a very Balinese style theme here in this house, which you'll see as we go throughout. This is your coat closet right as you walk in. I feel like showing that because it feels really nice to open two big sturdy doors. Talk about some of the materials. We have a lot of stone, Venetian plaster on the ceilings, the walls, lots of metal, and also lots of cool, unique architectural details. Like if you look up here, there's a hole in the ceiling where we have a skylight letting light into the back and the front here and all the windows. Another thing you'll notice is all the amazing art throughout the house. And I actually haven't met the owner yet. So I don't know the names of the individual artists as we go throughout the space. So if you know any of the artists who have created these paintings or the sculptures, comment down below. But with that said, the whole house is a work of art in the architecture. And you're gonna see that in a moment as we enter into this great room. Welcome to the great room where we have 20 foot high ceilings in here with walnut on the ceilings, on the floors. And the first thing you notice is the whole southern wall is glass, which just directs your eye to the mountain range. You've got a 10 foot pane of glass on a swivel as your front door, where we have snow melt on the pavers here. So you never have to shovel snow ever. And just get a look at this. And more importantly, just listen to this. It is so silent here. You get a view of your 60 acres of land. You've got the mountain range off in the distance here. You can even see elk running through the property. This part of the Aspen area is specifically known for ranches. This is Owl Creek. It's like a private residential area. So if you notice just the pure land here, which you'll see later in some of the other properties we tour in Aspen, the lots are much smaller. And here you just have all this expansive nature. We've then got another lower level patio here with a fire pit, some benches. And this, you've got your expanse of all 60 acres of land, the entire mountain range here. We even have a nice little pond in front of the property with the creek flowing down to the pond. The beauty of this property is you have a true panorama going all the way from Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk and Snowmass, which are three of the best mountains in all of America. And I wanna point out now from this perspective here, we can actually get a proper look at the architecture of the house, where you see all that stone, the metal and the glass, and also how the house is only one floor. And that's done to utilize the views here. So every single room in this house has a view of the mountain range. And another reason that's done is so that you can walk out into nature from any single room. When you have 60 acres of land, there isn't really a line between indoor and outdoor space. It's kind of blurred, right? And the biggest theme about this house is the serenity in nature, really utilizing the Aspens, the land and the materials here, and creating a piece of architecture that is truly special for this area. If you'll notice, even right by the front door, there's two chairs here with a set of binoculars. Literally, when you walk in the house, you have a lounge chair. So you could just... I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna walk. So you can sit, put your feet up and get a view of the mountain. See how busy it is. See what the conditions are like. Wow. Like, I don't even wanna get up. It's so nice, I don't wanna get up. But there's more house to see yet. I love this shag carpet. You've got a daybed right here. On the far side, we have a table for five, a nice little nook here. You could have your coffee. The view is one thing, but you really can't have an Aspen Lodge without a proper wood-burning fireplace. I have to say, when I see these luxury listings out here in Aspen, when they don't have wood-burning fireplaces, it's just like, it's a missed opportunity. So I'm actually gonna get this thing lit so we can actually come back and show you what this place looks like at night. Again, going back to the art, beautiful piece above the fireplace, sitting area right here. And if we look back up, look at this light fixture on the ceiling. It has that same metal that surrounds the windows and a lot of the doorframe accents in the house with almost like a soft box effect on these three different lights in the center of the room here. With almost like a soft box effect on these three different lights in the center of the room here. I can't really convey the sheer volume of this space. It's absolutely beautiful. Then we've got our Steinway and Sons piano here in the corner. And then in the far back, a little bit more of a formal sitting area here. And I also want to point out how low the furniture is, which is done to utilize and really drive home how large the mountains are in that front view there. Very specific choices that really make you feel something in this house. So out of the great room, we've got this metal doorframe again, like I mentioned with a 12 foot doorframe here, which leads in to your gallery here where you have all the art collection displayed off. And if you look up above me, this has created a soft box effect with frosted glass. So if you remember from the entranceway, I said, look up and you can see the skylight. It's diffused with this frosted glass to give a very calming feeling here in this gallery. And just look at all these pieces of art. Again, if you're looking at any of these paintings and you know the artist, comment down below because the artwork in here is pretty stunning. The beauty of the gallery as well is it acts as a connecting room. We're more so like an atrium. So you have two doors on that side, two on this side. We're going to continue on. Off of your gallery, welcome to the den slash library where the focal point here is this gas fireplace and this beautiful American flag piece of art. This is incredible. I love that. If you look up in here again, we have 20 foot high ceilings in the library, beautiful views of the mountain range. We have the TV built in here with your custom bookshelf there. Continuing the theme from the gray room, all the furniture is rather low to utilize the views of the mountain. I love this copper coffee table here in the front. The agent told me that this room was technically the stateroom. So we have pocket doors to close it off for privacy because typically when you have these high net worth individuals, you know, when they have a house like this, this is probably their second or third home, believe it or not, even at $80 million. And when they're here, they're here with their whole family, their friends. So there are those moments when they want to close off from the rest of the family, come in here and really talk business politics. I mean, we're not going to get into that right now, but talk things that are more so private. And this is the room that can be totally sectioned off with those pocket doors, which then again over here, you can see utilized, covering the bookshelves going up with all that custom mill work. This is the main guest room, which serves as its own second suite of the house. So this is technically like another house within a house. Just check out this room. I want to drive home the proportions. The proportions of this home are rather old world. They're huge. They are massive. And this guest suite is no exception to the rest of the house. With those views, you have two huge panes of glass making this corner moment here, giving you views of the mountain range and often to the Aspens in the corner here, king size bed front and center. Then it has an en suite bathroom connected by the closet to the bathroom, which has a very minimal design, dual vanity here. And the thing is it's minimal, but it's not cold. It's very welcoming, huge soaking tub. So making your way back out, just take another look at that view there. Immerse the nature in any room you go in with the Aspens, the snow. This might be my favorite room. It's just so presidential, so regal here. So now for reference, we're back into the art gallery, which serves as the hub of the home. And we're gonna go now into the kitchen area. But first I wanna show you this powder room. So all the doors in the house have those 12 foot high door frames. So for reference, look how big that door is. The door in my house is maybe like that high. Probably your house as well, but this is a 12 foot door, which leads into one of the coolest powder rooms on earth with a solid chunk of granite as a trough sink here. Cut right out of the earth. Like I just wanna pick this thing up. It's so, it really grounds you to the feeling that you are out here in the Colorado Rockies. The back mirror runs the entire length of this wall. I mean, this is, I could just spend all day in here in the powder room. I might in a second actually. More beautiful art. We have Audrey Hepburn on the wall here with a Ute tribe member behind Blake there. Again, more Ute tribe members here with this art. If you know the artist, comment down below because the art in this house is just beautiful. Through these two massive double doors, we now enter the more informal part of the house, the fun part of the house. This is the family room area slash chef's kitchen. Check out the kitchen first. And one of the best things about the design in this home is that even in something like an island, you have the entire ethos of the house with the stone, the metal, and the wood. And speaking of the granite, look how long this countertop runs. This is just two pieces of granite for this entire countertop that runs at least like 20 feet. You can tell that they actually cook in this kitchen because look at the pad below here. You can tell that the chef is standing here for a long time. Let's just pop open the refrigerator. I bet it's full. Yeah. Someone's living in here. They're eating well. And you can just see the beautiful kitchen here. I also want to mention the cabinets. Another theme throughout the house is that frosted glass, which we have here on these floating cabinets, which run the entire length all the way up to the ceiling. So you would need a stepladder to access those here. There's still more in the kitchen yet. A lot of times people want to see the pantry. So check this out. I can guarantee you, you've never seen a pantry like this. Keeping with the theme of the barn slash pocket door, look at this pantry. Come on now. You've got 12 foot ceilings in your pantry, industrial refrigerator freezer here that is stocked full. I mean, let's just look. It's like we're at the 7-Eleven right now. Any drink you want, right there. And there's a secret in this pantry. You ready for this? We've got a hidden door down below, which leads to a... No, we can't let them see that. No, not a chance. I'm just kidding. That's a crawl space. There's actually nothing down there at all, but how crazy is that? I also love how they use this wall of appliances to divide the kitchen space from the family room area. We've got a gas fireplace here. Off of your gas fireplace, you have this nice little sitting area here with this corner glass. And of course this opens up because at the start of the video, I mentioned one of the biggest themes of this house is blurring the lines of nature with the indoor outdoor living here. So both these walls fully open up. And even during the winter, we've got heaters over top. So you can come on outside and enjoy the outdoors just as much as the indoors with this oversized outdoor fireplace. Like look how big this fireplace is. It's massive. The proportions in the house, that's something I can't drive home enough. It's a huge house. Outdoor kitchen here. And then just the serenity of the land. Like look at the snow and the aspens and the blue skies. This is that serenity that I was talking about where this place is just, it's a compound and it's in nature. Even hearing the sounds of the snow melting. It's a sensory overload out here. It's beautiful. But we still have so much more house to see. So let's head on back inside. I will shut these. You can just keep it rolling, I guess. I think sometimes the more raw, the better. So I'd like to take a moment to thank the sponsor of this week's episode, BetterHelp. Now this brand integration is gonna be a little different than most. So when you watch these home tours, you're seeing maybe like 10% of who I actually am as a person. You're seeing such a narrow sliver or like the tip of the iceberg, as they say, of who I am and the things that make me me. And it's interesting because I recently did a play here in New York City. It was my stage acting debut. And it was interesting because afterwards, my cousin Lisa came up to me and cousin Lisa is extremely honest in the best way possible. So Lisa says to me, that's the first time in my entire life where I feel I actually got to know who you are. She then went on to say that she does not watch my YouTube videos, these videos, because she knows what she's seeing is not me. It's a host. It's a very small part of who I am. And it hit me so hard to hear her say that. And I'll be totally honest. I have to attribute my, how do I even say this? 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Look how beautiful this garage is. You have your workstation here. We're for all your industrial storage for your cabinets. The FJ Cruiser fully decked out with survival gear on the top. You are not getting stuck on any pass in that thing. Your ski rack. And then of course, motorcycles and your snow blowers. We're going to make a sharp right up the staircase really quick because there is an in-law suite here. And I do think it's worth showing off. And even a detail as small as the Venetian blaster, if you look at the edging of the plaster to the stair risers, even in something like the in-law suite, they don't cut any corners. I flew in from New York this morning and it gets me every time. The first like four hours I get to Colorado, I go up one staircase and I'm a pretty fit guy. Deep breaths. Welcome to the in-law suite. Again, same materials as the rest of the house here. This is a mini version of that kitchen. We saw all the stainless steel, the frosted glass, the walnut on the cabinetry, and this is pretty sick. Here you actually see the beam of the house going with that industrial feel. And so you have again, like the metal, the wood and the stone. So off of your kitchen here, we have your living room, bathroom off to my left. Then we have two guest bedrooms here, which both have outdoor space. Every single bedroom has that outdoor space in the house. Even your guests tucked way away here in the in-law suite. It's a great space. So and again, the beams, I love how you can see the actual beams of the house. At the bottom of the staircase, back through your mudroom and that connecting hallway, which leads to your family room. We're gonna make our way actually back to the kitchen to connect with the rest of the house. So that's where the art gallery is. We have the kitchen. I love this kitchen, it's so functional. And then off of the kitchen for practicality, again, behind two massive double doors, we have your formal dining space here with seating for 10, a gas burning fireplace at the far end here, and a prime view of your property with your art pieces on the land. And just look at the Aspen. For a frame of reference, your art gallery is off to my right. At the far end, another enormous pocket door, which leads into your lounge. So it's like a proper lounge here. You could have a party. It's almost set up like a club where you have the little table here for your drinks. Then you have your wet bar, not one, but two wet bars here, and a fully stocked bar. And again, you can go outside from this lounge here. But off of the great room now, we're gonna head to the living quarters down this long hallway, which has custom millwork with Douglas fir where you have hidden doors. So these are all hidden rooms as we head down the hallway, which we're gonna show you in a second. But before that, this is the owner's wing of the house. Check this out. This entire wing is dedicated to whoever buys this house. And just look at the light flooding into this space here. And with that sunlight, you've got the views and your two chairs propped right up to get that prime view. Binoculars ready for you. I can't help myself. You've got another pivot glass door, which opens up to your very own private little patio here. Where you can just breathe in that mountain air and admire your land. I want to also mention that a big reason that drives up the price of this property is the fact that your land is pretty flat. Now, typically in Aspen, you don't have that. That's not the case. But here you have all the flats on this nice little bluff with these open expansive views of everything around you here. If you did live here, you probably wouldn't be watching too much TV and the owners have taken that into consideration. Hiding away the TV into this beautiful display right here. Automated, pops right up at night. Another one of those real estate terms is spotlight bathroom. I feel like that term is just devalued totally now from real estate agents, but this is a spotlight bathroom. Totally separate from the sleeping quarters. Look at this. I'm just going to walk all the way to the good stuff. This is a spotlight bathroom. I mean, this is basically a swimming pool in your bathroom. Look how big that soaking tub is. We even have a couch in the bathroom. Dual vanity with a walk-in travertine shower, keeping with the barnyard door sliding theme. If you want privacy or if you want a little show off. Like the rest of the house, grand proportions even in the shower and really blending indoor living with the outdoor living. This isn't just an indoor spa. Check this out. So this is the main outdoor courtyard, which we haven't toured yet. That's the pool, which is open year round, heated with this substantial then metal gate, which closes off the public space to the private space. If you really wanted, you could put a lock on this, but now the entire owner's wing is sectioned off from the public space. You go that way, I'm going to go this way. Wait till you see this. Following these heated pavers up this little hill, your spa now goes outdoors where you have a built-in hot tub overlooking all of your land, the mountain range in the distance. Like this really is indoor outdoor living. That's another phrase that agents overuse and abuse, but like, come on now. Year round indoor outdoor living. Like it gets pretty cold in Aspen and we haven't seen the rest of the bathroom. Wait until you see this. Look at this closet. It's what you would expect. Actually before the closet, you have two vanities out there, but you also have a private water closet with a automatic total toilet with automatic everything, sprayer, warmer, cooler, all that. So you can really section yourself off in here. And then across from the bathroom, I'll let you go first. Look at this walk-in closet. This is like double the size of my first apartment in New York City. It has 12 foot high ceilings in this part, and then 18 foot high ceilings. The sun just blinded me. 18 foot high ceilings in this part. So even the closet is thoughtfully done. And then again, the closet even has a huge window frame to look at the land. So whatever room you're in, you're gonna get that peace and the serenity from nature. I'm thinking to myself, I have clothing enough to fill one section here. Crazy, it's the next level. But making our way back through your owner's bedroom, again, just look at the light flooding into the space. I'm now gonna show you a few of the guest bedrooms, which is hidden with the Douglas fir paneling. So here is just one of the guest bedrooms. Your whole wall is your view. How stunning is that? And like all the rooms, it opens up so you can actually go indoor, outdoor, live in the space. They all have en suite bathrooms. Just a quick little look into this one. You've got blue subway tiling, making me feel like I'm back home in New York. There's also a lot of little details that I haven't mentioned, like all the floors are radiant heating. So every bathroom has heated floors, which is typically only in the owner's bathroom. Then this is a fun room where you have another pane of glass where you can actually view into this room. This is the kid's room slash the game room. Arcade, air hockey table, little kitchen built in here. And then this opens up to the whole backyard, which we're gonna tour in a bit. And a cool feature in this room, look at this skylight. Beautiful metal skylight with frosted glass there. Just letting in that nice soft light here into this room. The symmetry in this home is incredible, how the pool is perfectly symmetrical in this main pane of glass here. And then again, that skylight lets in light to this hallway through this large pane of glass here. So this hallway isn't cavernous, and you really feel that light, even in this hallway where they were using the Douglas fir paneling for that effect of the hidden doors, which we have another one right here. Another guest bedroom, a little larger than the last one. Spectacular views, all of them have ensuite bathrooms. Actually, I wanna point this out here really quick. Per expectations, this is a fully automated smart home, so everything is controlled from an iPad in every single room. And that's pretty typical at this price point, to have an entire house smart and automated. For reference, we're back to the main great room with that beautiful vaulted ceiling and the walnut wood on the ceiling. But downstairs, I did say it was only one floor. I was kidding, there is a downstairs. So heading way down now. Welcome to your home theater, which is a fully soundproofed, state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line projector, which drops out from your Venetian plaster ceilings, where you can come down, watch your favorite YouTube video, your favorite movie. You could have a screening down here. The comfiest couches in the world. And speaking of stainless steel, this could be your panic room. It could be your little safe, or it could be your wine storage, where we have room for at least 1,000 bottles here. This is temperature, humidity controlled, as you would expect. When I first saw this, you imagine like, ah, help, let me out. This is crazy though. The whole house just feels very sturdy. Sturdy is the word I'm gonna use for it. And then you can even look here at all the sound paneling. And then if you wanna move in here, Blake, I'll even show this again. Pockets in here. So this all shuts off for when you are showing your movie or your show, your favorite YouTube channel, whatever you want. Far end of the theater, you have another pocket door to fully just have this place be like an actual theater, lock out the outside world, if you would say. And then down here as well, you have your laundry room, four washer and dryers, and a TV down here just to really make it enjoyable. But now I'm gonna head back upstairs and I will meet you in the back courtyard to show you a few structures on the property. So just for frame of reference, this is that outdoor fireplace from the start of the video here. And there's actually a few structures on the property. Like I mentioned, it's more or less a compound. So let's follow this pathway here and kind of dodge the melting snow, which again, all the pavers are snow melt, which is pretty awesome. You never have to shovel this. So now we're gonna get a little view at the garage area where you have a three car garage here. You even have your EV hookup. So if you have a Tesla and EV, you can charge right at home. And I just love even now, you can really see the architecture with the use of the wood and that metal, giving it that sturdy feeling. And off of your garage, this is the guest house. So aside from your in-law suite above the garage, you have an entirely separate guest house here. So if you're fighting with your wife or your husband or whatnot, you have a little house on your property to escape to and just kind of get away from the main house here, if you would say. Where again, you just have the same finishes, the sunlight coming in and the views. And an en suite bathroom and shower. Then across from the guest house, we'll head back down these pavers here and just get a real feel for the property. Because with this price point of $80 million, the land, I mean, the house, you've seen the house. The house is insanely impressive, but the land is really what does it for me. I mean, look at this aspen forest we're walking through right here. Sound of the snow melting. Actually, let's talk about the art again. The art is wild here. And again, I wish I knew the name of the sculptures, but look at this, this means something. Some more modern art here. And this in the summertime, I believe we do have some shots we can put in to show this in the summer, but the pool is almost in the center of this oasis of these aspens here. This is a fully heated pool. Yeah, another jacuzzi, another fire pit, another grill. Let's make our way through the snow bank here. And this is your fitness pavilion with more bad-ass American flag art. Look at that thing. For the summer months, you actually have a screen outside the glass to keep the bugs out around to the side door. Check out this gym. You've got 20 foot ceilings in your gym. Venetian plaster even in your gym. If you look up, transom windows to let in sunlight the entire year around. And just look at the equipment alone. Everything in here is pretty much ball flex. You've got a TV on a stand so you can move around, watch your favorite workout instructor. You've got your assault bike, your Peloton, and this is clutch. Having a kitchen in your gym so you can get done a killer workout, have a smoothie you could even cook right in here. Even a SkiErg, keeping fit for the slopes even in the off season. Stationary bike. Then you've got your board form concrete here, which leads into the bathroom, which is attached to the gym so you don't have to leave your gym. You would never have to go to gym with other people. And that's the thing. When you're living at this price point, at this level, as you've seen, this is essentially a compound. This has every single thing you could need to have the best mountain experience in the Aspen area. Gotta put the sunglasses on. There's a nice reflection on the snow. We're gonna trudge up on the property. And this is the kind of place where you could have horses. You would have a fleet of ATVs, snowmobiles. So there's a little staircase, which is gonna take us up to something I haven't seen this yet. So I'm like telling you where I'm taking you, but I have yet to see it. You can see we're making the path right now, blazing the trail. This is the creek that runs to the lake in the front of the property. Not sure if that's Owl Creek, but it's a creek. It's at the top of this little hill. The property has its own lake. Look how picturesque this is. A proper sunset over your lake, your 60 acres of land here in Aspen, Colorado. I want you to comment down below. What was your favorite part of this house? What was the feature that really hit you as something that was just so unique that you haven't seen before? I wanna thank the listing agent for letting us film this property. More information about the house is down below in the description. I hope you're well watching this. And with that, I will see you in the next episode.