These 4 U.S. Companies Operate The Most Ski Areas

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.

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, Pennsylvania 
• 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

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2. Alterra Mountain Company – 18 Ski Areas

• Arapahoe Basin, Colorado 
• 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)

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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)

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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

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