{"id":62867,"date":"2023-09-29T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=62867"},"modified":"2023-10-19T20:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T00:42:02","slug":"at-home-balsam-mountain-preserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/communities\/at-home-balsam-mountain-preserve\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home: Balsam Mountain Preserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_62771\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62771\" class=\"wp-image-62771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_7J4A8867.jpg-none-needed-copy-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Emma Castleberry<\/p>\n<p>Just 40 minutes from Asheville, Balsam Mountain Preserve is a low-density private community that brings nature to the forefront of lifestyle. More than 75 percent of the preserve is conservation land boasting beautiful natural resources, including 40 miles of streams and more than 42 miles of trails. Where there is development at Balsam, it is purposeful, unique and curated to luxury living: fine dining, a pristine golf course, equestrian facilities and, of course, spectacular homesites, homesteads, cabins and cottages.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63448\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63448\" class=\"wp-image-63448\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home-810x581.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Reed-home-1140x818.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reed home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Developer David Southworth has developed luxury communities throughout the US, Scotland and the Caribbean, and Balsam Mountain struck him from the first encounter. \u201cBalsam is such a unique property,\u201d he says. \u201cYou just don\u2019t see developments like this. There are remote cabins out in the woods, there\u2019s a graveyard, there\u2019s an old mine\u2014there are so many cool things here. And even if you were to strip all that away, it\u2019s a beautiful community made up of really spectacular homes and a wonderful membership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The core value of Balsam Mountain Preserve is in the name: preservation. The Balsam Mountain Trust was established in 2000 to help manage the Preserve\u2019s land, and now provides an array of conservation education programs. As a nonprofit operating within a private development, the Trust serves both the regional community at large and Balsam residents specifically through research, homestead botanical inventories, its one-of-a-kind Birds of Prey program, and management of the Nature Center at the Preserve.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62769\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62769\" class=\"wp-image-62769\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy-810x517.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Mine-Tavern-and-Summit-House-Restaurant-copy-1140x728.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mine Tavern and Summit House Restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every amenity has been developed to tread lightly on the landscape and the intentional design has prioritized restraint. At the Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course, every hole celebrates the visually stunning landscape. The state-of-the-art Ruby Valley Fitness and Wellness Center offers a pool for lap swim and family play, courts for tennis games, grills for afternoon cookouts, as well as personal training and spa services. The equestrian center at Balsam Mountain Preserve is a major draw for many residents, and it\u2019s growing, with plans to add another eight-stall barn and more pastures soon. Club horses are available for ring training and trail riding, and there are also programs for horses boarded at the large, well-appointed barn.<\/p>\n<p>Ride a club horse or hike to Dark Ridge Camp, a charmingly rustic experience just short of glamping, located at the edge of the Preserve. Enjoy a cookout at the open-air pavilion, roast s\u2019mores on the fire pit, enjoy trout fishing in Dark Ridge Creek, sleep beneath the stars on a tent platform or snuggle up in a bunkhouse. \u201cYou can be as active socially and physically as you want, but you can always retreat to your home for privacy, the beautiful views and quiet time curled up in front of your fireplace,\u201d says Doug Franklin, who moved to Balsam Mountain with his wife Teresa five years ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62770\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62770\" class=\"wp-image-62770\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy-810x516.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve-Stables-copy-1140x727.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stables<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Culinary experiences abound, with executive chef Edwin Bloodworth bringing his vision of understated-yet-bold gourmet dining to the distinctive Summit House and Mine Tavern restaurants. At Balsam, where you dine is as important as what you eat: the gorgeous clubhouse campus is filled with remarkable details, not least of which is an 18-foot, hand-crafted dining table, cut from an old-growth red oak tree and situated beside a glass-walled wine cellar. But beautiful design and fine food don\u2019t equate stuffiness at Balsam. \u201cThe atmosphere here is very casual,\u201d says Franklin. \u201cI did the suit and tie for my career, and I appreciate the relaxed environment where I don\u2019t have to wear a sports jacket to the club every evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a few short steps from these dining havens is Doubletop Village, a new collection of 17 mountain homes and four cottages currently in development. These homes will echo the design features of the restaurant and tavern, a distinctive aesthetic that Southworth calls Balsam Craftsman. \u201cThe cottages will have the same feel and it\u2019ll be like you\u2019re on the same campus,\u201d he says. These slightly smaller homes will be available at a lower price point than the estate homes at Balsam Mountain, broadening residential accessibility to the Preserve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62772\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy-810x365.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/At-Home-Balsam-Mountain-Preserve_Fishing-none-needed-copy-1140x513.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Homesteads at Balsam Mountain Preserve range from 3,000-4,700 feet in elevation, with many bordering the conservation easement. These mountain-view properties offer the unique opportunity to realize your vision for home, whether you need an acre or several. There are also a selection of beautiful spec homes available for those ready to move in now. The Preserve\u2019s Fractional Cabins offer an opportunity for shared ownership in cozy, tin-roofed cabins surrounding the Gathering House, a signature venue at the Preserve. No matter what avenue you choose, all residents reap the full benefits of membership to Balsam Mountain Preserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the spot that we\u2019re in,\u201d says Southworth. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this a long time and I\u2019m just very optimistic about the future of Balsam and can\u2019t wait to blink and see what it looks like in ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/BalsamMountainPreserve.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BalsamMountainPreserve.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balsam Mountain Preserve is a low-density private community that brings nature to the forefront of lifestyle. 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