In skiing terms, Alpine-X LLC’s work to bring a $200 million indoor snow sports facility to Fairfax County has been the equivalent of a run down a green circle or a blue square. The next few months will be more like a black diamond.
That’s because the company is nearing a crucial inflection point for its Fairfax Peak proposal, which would involve the construction of a 450,000-square-foot ski facility, a new hotel and restaurants, a “mountain coaster” and more on the site of the old Lorton landfill. After roughly four years of negotiations with local leaders over building on the 489-acre, county-owned site, Alpine-X is on the cusp of submitting set of designs for consideration via Fairfax’s entitlement process: essentially, where the proposal will go from broad ideas to concrete details.
CEO John Emery said in an interview the submission could be ready by early 2022, giving the Board of Supervisors a chance to scrutinize specifics about the project. The county has been negotiating…
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