Peak Resorts

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Peak Resorts, Inc.
TypePublic
Nasdaq: SKIS
Russell Microcap Index component
Websitehttps://www.peakresorts.com/

Peak Resorts was a publicly traded [Nasdaq: SKIS[1]] Wildwood, Missouri-based company that operated ski resorts in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, United States.

The company was founded in 1977 by Tim Boyd two years after graduating the University of Missouri when he bought the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri, community of Wildwood, Missouri, for $250,000 with owner financing. In 1982, he added a ski resort that would become Hidden Valley Ski Area. Shortly thereafter, he opened a ski-resort in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, at Weston, Missouri (Snow Creek Ski Resort).[2]

The company continued to expand owning Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana; Boston Mills and Brandywine in Peninsula, Ohio. In 2002 it expanded with Crotched Mountain in Bennington, New Hampshire. In addition it had long-term leases on Jack Frost and Big Boulder ski areas in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania in the Poconos as well as Mad River Mountain in Valley Hi, Ohio.[2][3]

In 2007, the company nearly tripled its revenue with the acquisition of Mount Snow in Vermont and Attitash in New Hampshire from the financially troubled American Skiing (which was owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity company). The acquisition increased Peak Resorts ski visitors from 1 million to 1.7 million and revenue of $85 million.[2] On October 21, 2010, the company announced it had entered into a purchase and sale agreement for Wildcat Mountain Ski Area, its third New Hampshire holding. Wildcat now operates as a sister resort to Attitash under the two mountains one ticket promotion allowing skiers and riders to alternate between resorts while using the same lift ticket.

While previously privately owned, Peak Resorts shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market[1] on November 21, 2014, under the ticker symbol "SKIS." Its IPO saw an offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $9.00 per share closed 9 days later on December 1, 2014.

On November 30, 2015, the company announced its intention to purchase Hunter Mountain adding its first New York mountain to its stable of ski resorts.[4] The acquisition was completed on January 7, 2016, in an all-cash deal of $35 million, plus the assumption of two capital leases estimated at $1.8 million. For the 2016–17 ski season, Peak Resorts debuted a new season pass named the Peak Pass that linked its seven Northeast resorts: Mount Snow in Vermont; Attitash, Wildcat, and Crotched Mountain, in New Hampshire; Hunter Mountain in New York; Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania.

On July 22, 2019, it was announced that Peak Resorts would be acquired by Vail Resorts, pending approvals.[5] The transaction closed on September 24, 2019. The company's common stock was delisted from Nasdaq Global Select Market at the close of trading the same day.[6]

List of ski areas[]

Peak Resorts ski areas

Ski Resorts owned and/or operated by Peak Resorts as of July 22, 2019 with year opened or acquired:

East

Midwest

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Peak Resorts, Inc. Common Stock (SKIS)". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ^ a b c Boyd's ski resort revenue climbs to $85 million - St. Louis Business Journal - February 23, 2007
  3. ^ Detailed Logan County Map Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Logan County Engineer's Office. Accessed 2009-01-27.
  4. ^ "Hunter Mountain". www.peakresorts.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "Ski Travel Revolution: Vail Acquires 17 More Ski Resorts, Expands Epic Pass". Forbes. July 22, 2019.
  6. ^ https://www.peakresorts.com/news-updates/page-1450/

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