Who Owns Which Mountain Resorts
Updated 11/22/05

North America's Top Four

American Skiing Company

• Year of inception: 1980
• Headquarters: Park City, Utah
• Company Description: Owner and operator of seven ski areas.
• Ski resorts and their 2004/2005 skier/snowboarder visits: Vermont: Mount Snow (523,698), Killington/Pico (985,962); Maine: Sunday River (524,861), Sugarloaf USA (366,382); New Hampshire: Attitash Bear Peak (211,301); Utah: The Canyons (403,043); and in Colorado: Steamboat Ski Resort and Corp. (971,770)
• Total Visits: 4.0 million

Booth Creek Inc., Vail, Colo.

• Year of inception: 1996
• Headquarters: Vail, Colorado / Truckee, California
• Company Description: Owner and operator of six ski areas.
• Ski resorts and their 2003-2004 skier/snowboarder visits: New Hampshire: Loon Mountain (322,514), Cranmore Mountain Resort (101,035), Waterville Valley (175,161); California: Northstar-at-Tahoe (531,180), Sierra-at-Tahoe (362,443); Washington: The Summit (466,773)
• Total Visits: 2.0 million

Intrawest

• Year of inception: 1976
• Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Company Description: Intrawest is a leading developer and operator of village-centered resorts across North America.
• Ski resorts and their 2001-2002 skier/snowboarder visits:
• Canada: Whistler Blackcomb B.C. (2,044,000), Tremblant, Quebec (730,000), Panorama, B.C. (230,000), Blue Mountain, Ontario (at 50%)(306,000) note: Intrawest owns a 50 percent interest in Blue Mountain.
• United States: California: Mammoth Mountain/June(833,000) note: Intrawest owns a 59 percent interest in Mammoth/June. West Virginia: Snowshoe/Silver Creek (439,000); Vermont: Stratton Mountain Resort (386,000); Colorado: Copper Mountain (928,000, Winter Park (942,000); New Jersey: Mountain Creek at Vernon (330,000 visits). Intrawest also owns Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Florida and have a premier vacation ownership business, Club Intrawest. Also, Intrawest holds a 45 percent interest in Alpine Helicopters Ltd., owner of Canadian Mountain Holidays, the largest heli-skiing operation in the world.
• Total Visits: 7.1 million visits

Vail Resorts, Inc.

• Year of inception: 1996 (Vail Associates, Inc. established in 1962)
• Headquarters: Avon, Colo.
• Company Description: One of North America's premiere ski resort operators.
• Four ski resorts in Colorado and one in California/Nevada.
• The 2002-2003 skier/snowboarder visits include:
• Colorado: Beaver Creek Resort (718,353); Breckenridge (1,424,770); Keystone (1,038,942); Vail (1,610,961). California/Nevada: Heavenly, (936,962). Vail Resorts also owns the Grand Teton Lodge Company, which includes the Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club and Colter Bay Village in Jackson, Wyo. The company holds a majority interest in Rockresorts, a luxury resort hotel company with 10 distinctive properties in the U.S. Vail Resorts also owns 15 hotels and manages more than 6,000 condominium units. Vail Resort Development Company is the real estate planning, development, construction, retail leasing and management subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. (Note: as of 3/26, Vail Resorts announced it purchased Heavenly Ski Resort.
• Total Visits: 5.7 million visits

OTHER OWNERS OF MULTIPLE AREAS

CALIFORNIA
Powdr Corp.
Alpine Meadows Ski Area, California
Boreal Ski Area, California
Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, Nevada
Mount Bachelor, Oregon
Park City Ski Area, Utah
Soda Springs, California

Snow Summit Ski Corp.
Big Bear Mountain Resort, California
Sierra Summit, California
Snow Summit, California

COLORADO
Aspen Skiing Company, Aspen, Colo.
Aspen Mountain, Colorado
Aspen Highlands, Colorado
Buttermilk, Colorado
Snowmass Ski Area, Colorado

MICHIGAN
Boyne USA, Inc.
Boyne Mountain Resort, Michigan
Boyne Highlands Resort, Michigan
Big Sky Resort, Montana
Brighton Ski Resort, Utah
Crystal Mountain Resort, Wash.
Cypress Mountain, Vancouver, Canada

Alpine Valley Holding Co.
Devil's Head Resort, Wisc.
Alpine Valley, Mich.
Wisconsin Resorts, Inc.
Alpine Valley Resort, Wisc.
Bittersweet Ski Area, Mich.
Mount Holly Ski Area, Mich.
Pine Knob Ski Area, Mich.

MINNESOTA
Buck Hill, Inc.
Buck Hill Ski Area
Powder Ridge Ski Area

Afton Alps Ski Area Inc.
Afton Alps Ski Area
Mount Kato
Titus Mountain Inc., N.Y.

MISSOURI
Peak Resorts, Inc.
Crotched Mt. Ski Area, N.H.
Hidden Valley, Missouri
Snow Creek Ski Area, Missouri
Paoli Peaks, Indiana
Mad River, Ohio
Boston Mills, Ohio
Brandywine, Ohio

NEW YORK
State of New York
Belleayre Mountain (N.Y department of Environment Conservation)
Gore Mountain (Olympic Regional Development Authority)
Whiteface Mountain (Olympic Regional Development Authority)

OHIO
Deltrecs, Inc.
Boston Mills Ski Resort Inc.
Brandywine Ski Resort Inc.

PENNSYLVANIA
Blue Ridge Real Estate
Big Boulder Ski Area
Jack Frost Mountain

Snow Time, Inc.
Ski Liberty, Pennsylvania
Ski Roundtop, Pennsylvania
Whitetail, Pennsylvania
Ski Windham, New York

UTAH
R. Earl Holding
Snow Basin, Utah
Sun Valley, Idaho

VERMONT
Tim and Diane Mueller
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado
Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont
Mt. Sunapee, New Hampshire (operator of this resort for the state of New Hampshire)

WASHINGTON
Harbor Resorts, LLC
Stevens Pass, Wash.
Schweitzer Mountain Resort, Idaho
Mission Ridge Resort, Wash.

CANADA
Resorts of the Canadian Rockies LTD
Lake Louise, Alberta
Fernie, B.C.
Fortress Mountain, Alberta
Kimberley Alpine Resort, B.C.
Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec
Nakiska, Alberta
Stoneham, Quebec
Wintergreen Family Resort, Alberta

Mont Saint-Sauveur International Inc.
Edelweiss Valley, Ottawa
Mont Saint-Sauveur Ski Area, Quebec
Mont-Avila Ski Area, Quebec
Ski Morin Heights, Quebec
Mont Olympia, Quebec
Mont Gabriel, Quebec
Jay Peak, Vermont.

Overall Statistics
In the United States, during the 2003-2004 season, there were 57.1 million skier/snowboarder visits with 494 ski areas in operation, according the Kottke National End of Season Survey 2003-2004 prepared for the National Ski Areas Association by RRC Associates, a research firm in Boulder, Colorado.

In Canada, during the 2002-2003 season, there were 18.9 million visits with 267 ski areas in operation according to the Canadian Ski Council in Mississauga, Ontario.

Source: National Ski Areas Association, Lakewood, Colo.

 THE NATIONAL SKI AREAS ASSOCIATION, LOCATED IN LAKEWOOD, COLO., IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION FORMED IN 1962 FOR SKI AREA OWNERS AND OPERATORS NATIONWIDE.

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