Court rules in Favor of Vail/Talisker over PCMR

omIV...most are still privately owned, no?

I guess it depends on how you define privately owned. Vail and American Ski Company (are they even still around?) are both publicly traded companies. Boyne Resorts is privately held (as in not publicly traded) but is still large and corporate.

I was more referring to a while back when it seemed like rich families owned ski resorts. I remember 10 years ago (maybe more, I am getting old) when Copper Mountain in CO used to tout the fact that they weren't corporately owned, then came Intrawest. There are still some awesome little hills around that are family owned, but I can't think of any big resort that is not completely corporate.

jensenI guess it depends on how you define privately owned. Vail and American Ski Company (are they even still around?) are both publicly traded companies. Boyne Resorts is privately held (as in not publicly traded) but is still large and corporate.

I was more referring to a while back when it seemed like rich families owned ski resorts. I remember 10 years ago (maybe more, I am getting old) when Copper Mountain in CO used to tout the fact that they weren't corporately owned, then came Intrawest. There are still some awesome little hills around that are family owned, but I can't think of any big resort that is not completely corporate.

I think there's still some out there. It sucks that Copper and Winter Park are owned by Intrawest now, but I feel like they still have a better feel than Summit County. Crested Butte is still local (I think). And even though Aspen is a massive resort, I think that's all that the company owns. And that's just in Colorado--I don't know much about the west coast areas. Have faith!

PhilboydStudgeI think there's still some out there. It sucks that Copper and Winter Park are owned by Intrawest now, but I feel like they still have a better feel than Summit County. Crested Butte is still local (I think). And even though Aspen is a massive resort, I think that's all that the company owns. And that's just in Colorado--I don't know much about the west coast areas. Have faith!

I think it was Freeskier that had a really intersting diagram in an issue showing how all of the ski companies basically fall under three huge corporations. It would be interesting to see a similar diagram of ski resorts.

jensenI guess it depends on how you define privately owned. Vail and American Ski Company (are they even still around?) are both publicly traded companies. Boyne Resorts is privately held (as in not publicly traded) but is still large and corporate.

I was more referring to a while back when it seemed like rich families owned ski resorts. I remember 10 years ago (maybe more, I am getting old) when Copper Mountain in CO used to tout the fact that they weren't corporately owned, then came Intrawest. There are still some awesome little hills around that are family owned, but I can't think of any big resort that is not completely corporate.

ASC is gone. Vail and Intrawest are the two public ones. Whistler Blackcomb is also public, but it doesn't own any other properties to my knowledge.

You're all living in a pipe dream. PC. This acquisition is not the rule but Vail likes to buy struggling mountains and turn them around for the community. realize that. they understand without the community that surounds the resort they are nothing.

Where have they gone in and purchased a place and not spent an exorbitant amount of money to make the place BETTER?

Yeah consolidation might not be the best thing. But if you need a epic pass to ski at your mountain. Are you mad bro?

Correct me if I'm wrong but all the mountain collective resorts are independent... Jackson Hole, squaw/meadows, whistler, alta/bird, mammoth, aspen...
Vail is not god. And regardless, my skins can get me to better terrain than anything listed above.

snomasterCorrect me if I'm wrong but all the mountain collective resorts are independent... Jackson Hole, squaw/meadows, whistler, alta/bird, mammoth, aspen...
Vail is not god. And regardless, my skins can get me to better terrain than anything listed above.

Squaw/Meadows is owned by a private equity firm... http://www.kslcapital.com/investments/