Intrawest
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Intrawest ULC is a developer and operator of destination resorts and a luxury adventure travel company. The company was founded in 1976 as a real estate development company. In 2006, Intrawest was purchased by Fortress Investment Group, a private equity investment company, which resulted in the company being delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.
In 1986, Intrawest acquired Blackcomb Mountain from the Aspen Skiing Company. Ten years later, Intrawest acquired Whistler Mountain to form Whistler Blackcomb resort, a venue of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Today, the Intrawest network of resorts includes more than a dozen mountain resorts, as well as a warm-weather resort in Florida, Sandestin. Intrawest also operates Club Intrawest, a private resort club with nine locations in North America. The company is the largest developer and operator of resort properties in North America offering skiing, snowboarding, golf, mountain biking, lodging, and real estate opportunities at each of its resorts. Intrawest develops real estate at its resorts and at other locations across North America and in Europe.
The company owns Canadian Mountain Holidays, the largest heli-skiing operation in the world, and a majority interest in Abercrombie & Kent, which offers luxury adventure travel.
Resorts owned at least in part by Intrawest include:
- Blue Mountain, Ontario
- Copper Mountain, Colorado
- Mammoth, California
- Mountain Creek, New Jersey
- Panorama Mountain Village, British Columbia
- Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Florida
- Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia
- Steamboat Ski Resort, Colorado
- Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont
- The Village at Squaw Valley, California
- Tremblant, Quebec
- Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia
- Winter Park, Colorado
- Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico
- Les Arcs 1950, France
