A Playboy Pad: High Life In The Round

October, 1968

For most ski enthusiasts, a trek to their favorite slope is an undertaking that should be planned weeks or months in advance: for bachelor John Koppes, the lifts are but a two-minute walk from his front door. Koppes, who is president of the Precision Ski Pole Manufacturing Corporation, tried most of the major runs of Europe and North and South America before deciding to build his dream pad in Sun Valley, Idaho, at the base of Baldy Mountain. Seen from nearby Warm Springs Road, Koppes' rock-bound...