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KSL-Aspen Deal Closes

  • by Jack Lunch
  • in Featured · Mountain Town News · News
  • — 4 Aug, 2017

Brownlie named Mammoth’s new President/COO

On Monday, July 31, the new joint venture formed by affiliates KSL Capital Partners and the Henry Crown and Company (owners of Aspen Skiing) made public the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Intrawest Resorts and Mammoth Resorts.

Meaning Squaw Valley Ski Holdings,  Intrawest and Mammoth Resorts are now combined as one company.

This new entity boasts 12 four-season mountain resorts with approximately six million skier visits, 20,000 skiable acres and significant land available for real estate development, as well as Canadian Mountain Holidays, the world’s leading heli-ski operator, plus comprehensive aviation and real estate businesses.

Its mountain resorts include Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Snow Summit, Bear Mountain and June Mountain in California; Steamboat Ski & Resort and Winter Park Resort in Colorado; Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Ontario; Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec; Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont; and Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia.

The companies also announced leadership changes effective upon the close of the transaction. KSL’s Bryan Traficanti became interim Chief Executive Officer, while a comprehensive search for a new chief executive officer is completed. Executive search firm Spencer Stuart has been retained to assist with the selection of a new Chief Executive Officer. Effective as of closing, Thomas Marano, Intrawest’s Chief Executive Officer, resigned his position; Rusty Gregory, Mammoth Resort’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is an investor in the new company and will serve on the Board, and become Senior Strategic Advisor to the new company; and Andy Wirth, President and Chief Executive Officer of SVSH, will become President and Chief Operating Officer of SVSH.

Additionally, David Perry, previously Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Aspen Skiing Company, L.L.C, also an affiliate of HCC, was named the newly integrated company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Perry has spent more than four decades in the ski industry, including previous roles with Intrawest, Whistler/Blackcomb, and Canadian Mountain Holidays prior to being Chief Executive Officer of Colorado Ski Country USA and then Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Aspen Skiing Company.

Gregory’s ascension within the new company means that he will no longer serve as Mammoth Resorts CEO.

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