Mount Snow and Attitash sold

[tcharron]

who bought them? same company or two different ones? anyone have more info?

Peak Resorts, same company which owns Crotched Mountain.

 

[tcharron]

Wow.

Some observations:

*Peak is successful because of its snowmaking. I would expect upgrades at both resorts, probably after ASC strips them of snowmaking equipment :roll:

*But these resorts represent a departure from Peak's traditional MO....which are local day resorts that are close to metro areas. Both Snow and Attitash do have day markets, but both are "resorts" in the purest sense...with overnight accomodations and year-round activities and business (Attitash especially).

*I am surprised that they spun Snow off, considering that it had a draw and a large market. The question is what will happen next....

*It will be interesting to see how this impacts Crotched.....ticket deals, etc.

Little tidbit from Peak resorts themselves:

Following weeks of speculation, Peak Resorts has entered a purchase agreement for Mount Snow and Attitash with American Skiing Company for $73.5 million. If the purchase of the Mount Snow ski resort and the Attitash ski resort is completed by Peak Resorts, Inc., it is anticipated that a combination of products for season passes will be sold beginning April 9, 2007, or earlier.

 

[mlctvt]

Here is a link to an article about the sale... good stuff in there:

http://dvalnews.com/news.php?news/news1.html

2.5 Million in fan guns for next year

I really like the comments on "opening early" and the additional snow guns! We should see some improvements next year for sure.

 

[tree_skier]

season passes go on sale saturday, on-line

 

[tcharron]

season passes go on sale saturday, on-line

Sure wish they'd post the deals and costs.

I thought thy said Monday?

 

[SnowRider]

It seems that entire article was on mt.snow. I want to know about upgrades at attitash too.

The improvements they are listing seem to be intresting. I cant wait to see what happens.