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American Skiing Company was one of the largest operators of alpine ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the United States. Its resorts included Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine, The Canyons in Utah, Killington, Mount Snow, Haystack, Heavenly and Steamboat. In the early 2000s, the company sold all assets and shut down in 2007.
Under Otten, American Skiing Company invested heavily in marketing and infrastructure. While these investments are credited with major turnaround and growth, they overleveraged the company. A later bailout by an investment firm ultimately caused him to leave day-to-day operations while remaining on the Board of Directors.
After Head, Hart became the best-selling American-made ski during the 1950s and '60s. Head: alpine skis, ski boots, ski bindings, poles, helmets, goggles: United States of America: 1950: Introduced the Head Standard, the first successful metal/wood composite ski, and took over the majority of the ski market in the US and UK in the 1960s.
Eight peaks, 139 trails, a network of 19 lifts and 884 acres of skiable terrain make up Sunday River Resort in Maine’s mountainous Newry, including the new-for-2023, high-speed Barker 6 ski lift ...
[4] [5] In 2014, former American Skiing Company head Les Otten joined the Balsams redevelopment effort. [6] Included in Otten's current plan is a massive expansion of the ski area to around 1,000 acres and the addition of multiple lifts, including a year-round gondola to the summit and a lift connection across Route 26 to the hotel complex. [7]
American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending 98th career World Cup win Saturday to give herself the chance to compete for victory No. 100 in front of a home crowd. Regardless of ...