Nordic Valley is an unincorporated community in Weber County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Nordic Valley lies on an eastern slope in the Wasatch Range of the western greater Rocky Mountains in northern Utah. It is about 50 miles north of Salt Lake City and 15 miles east of Ogden. Nordic Valley sits at an elevation of about 6000 feet and shares the mountainside with a ski resort of the same name. It is nestled into the west side of a high mountain valley known as the Ogden Valley on the western edge of the small town of Eden, sharing the valley with Liberty and Huntsville, as well as with the Pineview Reservoir. Across the valley to the east is Powder Mountain ski resort and to the south is Snowbasin, home of the 2002 winter Olympics. History In the fall of 1960 Arthur Christiansen, a developer and past president of the Utah Home Builder's Association from Ogden, Utah, purchased the 900-acre mountainside Silver Bell Ranch from Taylor Burton in Liberty, Utah. Arthur bought the property with the intention of developing it into a summer home area. Over time he sold about 200 one acre lots as well as 5 and 10 acre parcels, and built many homes in the development. Arthur hired a man named Hatch, known to some in the region as a water witch, to find water sources for wells. Hatch found 4 sites and eventually 3 wells were drilled. The main well was located on top of the mountain overlooking the entire development. A reservoir was built to hold the water, and lines had to be dug deep enough so they wouldn't freeze in the severe high elevation winters. The water company, known as the Nordic Valley Water Company, was sold in about 1977, and roadways were eventually turned over to Weber County to maintain. Arthur had plans to build a 9-hole golf course, and obtained the help of popular golf course designer Ernie Schneider Sr. The Nordic Valley Golf Course was opened to the public in about 1966 with 5 holes ready for play, the other 4 holes being completed about a year later. In the early 1970s Arthur sold the golf course and after being maintained as such for many years, part of it was eventually subdivided into homesites. Ski resort In the mid 60's the