Seven months later Bisnow and friend Brett Leve (the pair later added pals Jeffery Rosenthal and Jeremy Schwartz to the team) threw a second meeting, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with 65 attendees.

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The Summit group, co-founded by Elliott Bisnow , Brett Leve, Jeff Rosenthal and Jeremy Schwartz in 2008, plans to operate Powder Mountain, a long-time local-favorite, for the public just as it has been since the 1970s.

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