Powder Mountain Biography
Powder Mountain is a ski resort located east of Eden, Utah and stretching between Weber and Cache counties. Powder Mountain is less accessible to out-of-town skiers than other Utah ski resorts, and is primarily visited by locals.
Powder Mountain has been continuously owned and operated by the same family since opening in 1972. Dr. Alvin Cobabe, his daughter Aleta Cobabe, and granddaughter Jamie Lythgoe serve on the management team. At 87, Dr. Cobabe is still active in the resort’s operations.
The resort had its beginnings as the winter range for Frederick James Cobabe’s sheep herd. Frederick, who was orphaned at age 15, moved around from family to family until he went to work for Charley Scmaltz. He tended camp for Charley’s herders taking his pay in sheep until he built a herd of his own.
His summer range was in the Grand Targhee area. When Grand Targhee was designated a national forest, grazing was prohibited and Fred sought a new range. Between 1902 and 1948, Fred continually accumulated land around Eden, Utah. Old timers say that his property was severely overgrazed by previous owners and hardly a blade of grass could be found. The watershed was so poor that Wolf Creek dried up each fall. Fred’s soil conservation practices greatly improved the vegetation and Powder Mountain now is known as one of the best watersheds in the Wasatch Mountains.
Fred’s son, Alvin F. Cobabe bought the livestock company with its 8,000 acres (32 km²) in 1948. Just a few months later, Fred was killed in an automobile accident.
Powder Mountain
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