Ski Area Ownership Timeline
1987-01-01 00:00:00
BRIGHTON SKI RESORT, UTAH
Boyne USA buys Brighton Ski resort in Utah.
1987-01-02 00:00:00
ANGEL FIRE, N.M.
sold.
1987-01-03 00:00:00
BIG VANILLA, N.Y.
sold.
1987-01-04 00:00:00
SUGARLOAF, ME
emerges from Chapter 11.
1987-01-05 00:00:00
HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN, VT.
adds partner(s).
1987-01-06 00:00:00
BROMLEY, VT.
is sold.
1988-01-01 00:00:00
BRECKENRIDGE
is sold to Victoria Co. Ltd.
1988-01-02 00:00:00
GOLDMINE SKI RESORT, CA
is bought by S-K-I Ltd. and renamed Bear Mountain Ski Resort.
1988-01-03 00:00:00
WOLF LAUREL SKI RESORT, N.C.
sold.
1989-01-02 00:00:00
STRATTON MOUNTAIN, VT.
sold to Victoria Co., Ltd.
1990-01-01 00:00:00
BRIGHTON SKI HOLDINGS
Boyne USA consolidates Brighton Ski Holdings.
1990-01-02 00:00:00
PACK WEST (HYAK)
Ski LIfts, Inc. which already owned Alpental, Ski Acres and Snoqualmie, takes Pac West (Hyak) out of bankruptcy for $250,000.
1990-01-02 00:00:00
SNOWSHOE RESORT. W.VA
sold to Tokyo Tower Development.
1990-01-03 00:00:00
ELDORA SKI AREA
Vail Associates buys controlling interest in Eldora Ski Area from Andy Daly.
1990-01-04 00:00:00
HEAVENLY VALLEY, CALIF.
Kamori Kanko Co. reaches an agreement with William Killebrew to purchase Heavenly Valley.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
BRANDYWINE, OH.
Erleen and Dick Ludwig owners of Boston Mills Ski Resort, purchased the assets of Brandywine.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
Monarch
is sold to an "investment group with Japanese connections."
1991-01-01 00:00:00
MONT TREMBLANT
Intrawest buys Mont Tremblant
1991-01-01 00:00:00
ELDORA MOUNTAIN RESORT
bought by a syndicate called Eldora Enterprises, headed by Chuck Lewis.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
HAYSTACK, VT.
Mount Snow bids to lease Haystack from Chapter 11.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
WHITETAIL, PA
is born.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
MONTAGE SKI AREA, PA.
is taken over by county.
1991-01-01 00:00:00
BURKE MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, VT.
bought by Bernd Schaefers.
1992-01-01 00:00:00
VAIL AND BEAVER CREEK
come out of bankruptcy; George Gillett loses controlling interest; Apollo Advisors get 60 percent and take control.
1992-01-01 00:00:00
JACKSON HOLE, WYO.
sold to J.H. Management Company.
1992-01-01 00:00:00
TOD MOUNTAIN, B.C.
sold to Nippon Cable.
1992-01-01 00:00:00
CUCHARA VALLEY, COLO.
bought for $1 million, reopens.
1992-01-01 00:00:00
CONQUISTADOR, COLO.
bought for $3 million, reopens.
1992-01-02 00:00:00
SKI MORIN-HEIGHTS
sold to Jacques Hebert of Mont Saint-Sauveur.
1992-01-03 00:00:00
WOLF LAUREL SKI RESORT
Sold out of foreclosure.
1993-01-01 00:00:00
ASPEN, SNOWMASS & BUTTERMILK
Lester Crown Family gains full ownership of Aspen Skiing Company, comprised of Aspen, Snowmass and Buttermilk.
1993-01-02 00:00:00
ASPEN HIGHLANDS
sold to Gerald Hines.
1993-01-03 00:00:00
BRECKENRIDGE, COLO.
Victoria USA sells Breckenridge to Ralston Purina, owners of Keystone and Arapahoe Basin.
1993-01-04 00:00:00
POWDERHORN, COLO.
sold to Marofuku for $6.25 million.
1993-01-04 00:00:00
TOD MOUNTAIN, B.C.
is renamed Sun Peaks Resort.
1993-01-05 00:00:00
SIERRA SKI RANCH, CALIF.
Fiberboard purchases Sierra Ski Ranch, Calif. Fibreboard already owned Northstar-at-Tahoe.
1993-01-06 00:00:00
SKI HAWKSNEST, N.C.
sold to Leonard Cottom.
1993-01-07 00:00:00
ASCUTNEY, VT.
sold to the Plausteiner family for $1.1 million out of bankruptcy.
1993-01-08 00:00:00
ANGEL FIRE RESORT, N.M.
bought out of Chapter 11 by a group of Kansas City investors.
1993-01-09 00:00:00
PICO, VT.
Killington (S-K-I) attempts to buy Pico, but not successful.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
ATTITASH, N.H.
LBO Holdings, headed by Les Otten, reaches agreement to become primary investor in Attitash.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
ALPINE MEADOWS, CALIF. & PARK CITY, UTAH
Powdr Corp. buys stock of Alpine Meadows of Tahoe, owners of Alpine Meadows Calif., and Park City, Utah.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
MONT STE. ANNE, QUE.
sold to Texas-based golf developer.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN AND HAYSTACK, VT.
S-K-I buys controlling interest (51 percent) in Sugarloaf Mountain and Haystack, Vt.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
WATERVILLE VALLEY
S-K-I acquires Waterville Valley for $9.4 million.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
STRATTON, VT.
Inrawest buys Stratton from Victoria.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
MONT OLYMPIA & MONT GABRIEL, QUE.
Mont Saint Sauveur International buys Mont Olympia and Mont Gabriel, Que.
1994-01-01 00:00:00
SHAWNEE PEAK, MAINE
purchased by Chet Homer.
1995-01-01 00:00:00
BEAR MOUNTAIN
Fibreboard buys Bear Mountain for $20 million from S-K-I Ltd.
1995-01-01 00:00:00
CRANMORE, N.H.
LBO Holdings purchases Cranmore, N.H.