New Owners Plan Big Tupper Ski Area, NY, Comeback After $650,000 Auction Win Two New Jersey entrepreneurs have purchased the Big Tupper Ski Area in New York for $650,000 at a Franklin County auction, with plans to revive the defunct resort and preserve public access. Related: Top 9 Snowiest Resorts in the Eastern United States The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports that Josh Parnes and Martin Schapira, longtime friends from Jackson, New Jersey, outbid […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 8, 2024 0 Comments
Killington Resort, VT, Has Been Sold From POWDR to a Group of Local Passholders Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest mountain resort in Eastern North America today announced Killington Resort & Pico Mountain are being sold from POWDR to a passionate group of local passholders.  This landmark purchase represents a commitment to keeping Killington and Pico in the hands of those who know and love it, with plans to increase capital investment while preserving the […] Industry News Press Release | August 22, 2024 0 Comments
Chicago Cubs Owner to Purchase White Pine Ski Area, WY Less than a two-hour drive from the well-known Jackson Hole Mountain Resort sits the quiet White Pine Ski Area in Pinedale, Wyoming. The Sublette County Chamber of Commerce announced on Facebook that current White Pine Ski Area owner Alan Blackburn has found a buyer to keep the skiers on the slopes for seasons to come. The buyer is Joe Ricketts, a […] Industry News Luke Guilford | March 5, 2024 0 Comments
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY, Owners Confirm Sale to Local Investors Kemmerer Family Fulfills Goal of Keeping JHMR Independent and Family Owned The Kemmerer family announced today that it has officially closed the deal for the sale of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), Wyoming, ending a highly successful and transformative 32 -year run of ownership. The sale places the Resort in the care of local investors Mike Corbat and Eric Macy, […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 5, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in California Sold At the base of Heavenly Ski Resort, South Lake Tahoe in California lays the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel. This resort that opened in 1991 was recently sold and will be under new management. The resort was bought last month by Sodalite Tahoe Hotel LLC, according to The Mercury News. It was sold for $86.61 million. Although Sodalite Tahoe Hotel LLC […] Industry News Breya Bergom | November 25, 2021 0 Comments
Colorado Ranch with Private Ski Area and Saloon Sells for $30M Five bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a three-story log staircase, a saloon, and a handful of private ski runs make up this Grand County, Colo. ranch which just sold for $30 million. Welcome to Elk Island Ranch. Related: $57.25-Million Mansion Becomes Most Expensive Home Ever Sold in Vail, CO Elk Island Ranch has roughly 6,343 secluded acres and is located about 50 […] SnowBrains | January 7, 2021 6 Comments
Saddleback Mountain, ME Expected To Reopen In 2020 More than 4 years ago, Saddleback Mountain closed their operations and have not reopened since. Today the ski resort sees new hope, as Arctaris Impact Fund, a Boston based investment company, has agreed to buy it. The mountain is expected to reopen for skiing sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2020. Saddleback is a ski resort located in Rangeley, in […] Industry News Micho | November 13, 2019 0 Comments
Colorado 14er Sold! An anonymous buyer just bought the Cielo Vista ranch and Colorado’s southernmost 14er, Culebra peak, for an undisclosed price. The peak is the highest privately owned peak in the world and is a part of the Cielo Vista Ranch. The ranch is an incredible property that includes 83,368 acres and deeded ownership to eighteen 13,000′ peaks and one 14er spread over […] Climbing Jake Rubnitz | August 15, 2017 0 Comments
Peak Resorts Buys Hunter Mountain, NY for $35 Million Peak Resorts has just recently announced that they have purchased Hunter Mountain, in the New York Catskills for $35 million Keenan Grady | January 11, 2016 0 Comments
Liftie To Be New Owner of Lost Valley Ski Area, ME The Lewiston Sun Journal reports that Lost Valley Ski Area owners Linc Hayes and Connie King have found a buyer to keep the Auburn ski area lifts turning. Robert Scott Shanaman is the perspective buyer of the small new England ski area in hopes of improving the skiing experience there. Friday night, King and Hayes agreed to sell the ski area to […] Chris Wallner | November 2, 2015 0 Comments
Taos Ski Valley Sells to Billionaire Conservationist The Blake family has owned Taos Ski Valley since Ernie Blake founded it in 1955. Ernie’s kids and grandkids have run the resort since Ernie’s passing. Yesterday it was announced that Taos has been sold to billionaire conservationist Louis Bacon. Taos was famous for holding out on allowing snowboarding at the resort until March 19th, 2008. Louis Bacon is a hedge-fund manager and land baron known […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 12, 2013 3 Comments
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