There are a lot of ski areas in the United States (486 as of the 2023/24 ski season), many of which are owned and operated independently by families or small companies. However there are a handful of companies that own a pretty unbelievable number of ski resorts, sometimes far more than you could even believe. These are the 4 U.S. companies that own/operate the most ski areas.
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4 Companies That Own/Operate The Most Ski Area
1. Vail Resorts Inc. – 39 Ski Areas
- Afton Alps, Minnesota
- Alpine Valley, Ohio
- Andermatt-Sedrun, Switzerland (Vail Resorts maintains a 55% ownership stake)
- Attitash, New Hampshire
- Beaver Creek Resort, Colorado
- Big Boulder Ski Area, Pennsylvania
- Boston Mills/Brandywine, Ohio
- Breckenridge Ski Resort, Colorado
- Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado
- Crans-Montana Mountain Resort, Switzerland (Vail Resorts maintains an 84% ownership stake)
- Crotched Mt., New Hampshire
- Heavenly Mountain Resort, California/Nevada
- Hidden Valley, Missouri
- Hidden Valley Resort, Pennsylvania
- Hunter Mountain, New York
- Jack Frost, Pennsylvania
- Keystone Resort, Colorado
- Kirkwood Mountain Resort, California
- Laurel Mountain, PennsylvaniaÂ
- Liberty Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania
- Mad River Mountain, Ohio (Resort is operated under long-term agreement by Vail Resorts Inc. but owned by EPR Properties)
- Mount Brighton, Michigan
- Mount Snow, Vermont
- Mount Sunapee, New Hampshire
- Northstar California, California (Resort is operated under long-term agreement by Vail Resorts Inc. but owned by EPR Properties)
- Okemo Mountain Resort, Vermont
- Paoli Peaks, Indiana
- Park City Ski Area, Utah
- Perisher Ski Resort, Australia
- Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania
- Ski Roundtop, Pennsylvania
- Snow Creek Ski Area, Missouri
- Stevens Pass, Washington
- Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont
- Vail Mountain, Colorado
- Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia
- Whitetail, Pennsylvania
- Wildcat Mountain, New Hampshire
- Wilmot Mountain, Wisconsin
2. Alterra Mountain Company – 18 Ski Areas
- Arapahoe Basin, ColoradoÂ
- Bear Mountain Resort, California
- Blue Mountain, Ontario
- Crystal Mountain, Washington
- Deer Valley, Utah
- June Mountain, California
- Mammoth, California
- Palisades Tahoe, California
- Schweitzer, Idaho
- Snow Valley Mountain Resort, California
- Snow Summit, California
- Snowshoe, West Virginia
- Solitude, Utah
- Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado
- Stratton, Vermont
- Sugarbush, Vermont
- Tremblant, Quebec
- Winter Park Resort, Colorado (Operated by Alterra, owned by the City of Denver)
3. Mountain Capital Partners – 12 Ski Areas
- Arizona Snowbowl, Arizona
- Brian Head Resort, Utah
- La Parva, Chile
- Lee Canyon, NV
- Nordic Valley Recreation, Utah (Operated under long-term agreement by Mountain Capital Partners, owned by Skyline Mountain Base, LLC)
- Pajarito Mountain, New Mexico
- Purgatory Resort, Colorado
- Sandia Peak, NM (Operated under joint partnership)
- Ski Hesperus, Colorado
- Sipapu Ski & Summer Resort, New Mexico
- Valle Nevado, Chile
- Willamette Pass Resort, Oregon (Operated under joint partnership)
4. Boyne USA Inc. – 10 Ski Areas
- Big Sky Resort, Montana
- Brighton Ski Resort, Utah
- Boyne Highlands Resort, Michigan
- Boyne Mountain Resort, Michigan
- Cypress Mountain, British Columbia
- Loon Mountain, New Hampshire
- Pleasant Mountain, Maine
- Sugarloaf, Maine
- Summit at Snoqualmie, Washington
- Sunday River Ski Resort, Maine
