Boyne Resorts
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Company type | Private |
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Founded | 1947 (as Boyne Ski Lodge) |
Headquarters | Boyne Falls, Michigan |
Key people | John Kircher, President, Western Operations Stephen Kircher, President, Eastern Operations |
Number of employees | 10,500+ full time and seasonal (2019) |
Website | www |
Boyne Resorts is an owner and operator of
History
Boyne Resorts was founded by Everett Kircher, Jim Christianson and John Norton in 1947.[1] They purchased a steep hill in Northern Michigan for $1 from former State Senator Pierson.[2] Then the co-founders bought a single chairlift from Sun Valley in Idaho and installed it at their Northern Michigan resort as its first lift. This chairlift was the first ever built and is still in service today, it has been upgraded several times.[3] In 1954, Boyne built and opened the Gatlinburg Skylift in Tennessee as a summer tourist attraction.[4] In 1963, Boyne Highlands in Northern Michigan was added and by 1967, Boyne Mountain expanded to include additional lifts and a golf course. Robert Trent Jones designed the first resort course in the region at Boyne Highlands in 1966.[citation needed]
After Boyne passed opportunities to acquire
In 2001, Boyne added its first Canadian resort,
On September 19, 2007, Boyne announced their purchase of CNL Income Properties leases for
Boyne Resorts also holds or held numerous patents on snowmaking technologies and has unveiled its latest technology in the Boyne Low E Fan Gun throughout its eastern resorts.
In 2016, CNL Income Properties sold all six of the ski resorts they leased to Boyne to
Properties
Ski Resorts
- Boyne currently owns and operates ten ski resorts in six U.S. states and one Canadian province.
Name | Location | Number of lifts | Date opened | Date acquired | Notes |
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Boyne Mountain | Boyne Falls, Michigan | 10 | 1947 | 1948 | |
Boyne Highlands
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Harbor Springs, Michigan | 8 | December 26, 1963 | 1963 | |
Big Sky | Madison County, Montana | 36 | December 1973 | March 4, 1974 | First ski resort bought by Boyne. |
Brighton | Brighton, Utah | 6 | 1936 | 1986 | |
Cypress Mountain | Cypress Provincial Park, British Columbia | 9 | 1970 | 2001 | |
The Summit at Snoqualmie | Snoqualmie Pass, Washington | 19 | 1967 | October 5, 2007 | Bought from Booth Creek Ski Holdings in 2007.[12] |
Loon Mountain | Lincoln, New Hampshire | 13 | December 1966 | ||
Pleasant Mountain | Bridgton, Maine | 5 | January 23, 1938 | October 21, 2021 | |
Sugarloaf | Carrabassett Valley, Maine | 12 | 1953 | August 8, 2007 | Bought from ASC in 2007. |
Sunday River | Newry, Maine | 19 | December 19, 1959 |
Other Properties
Name | Location | Notes |
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The Inn at Bay Harbor | Petoskey, Michigan | Autograph Collection by Marriott property |
Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark | Michigan | |
Gatlinburg Skylift | Tennessee | Destroyed by fire in 2016, replaced by Gatlinburg SkyBridge |
Retail stores
Boyne Resorts owns Boyne Country Sports, a sporting goods store chain with seven locations across Michigan.[13]
References
- ^ "Ski Empire: Boyne Mountain celebrates its 60th anniversary". northernexpress.com. March 22, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Skiing Heritage Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, June 2003, Published by International Skiing History Association, ISSN 1082-2895
- ^ Pederson, Jay, ed. (2005). "Boyne USA Resorts". International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 71. St. James Press. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
- Crain's Detroit Business. July 7, 2019.
- ^ "A Ski Resort Grows Under an Expansive Montana Sky". The New York Times. January 10, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (January 24, 2002). "Everett Kircher, Ski Resort Owner, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
- ^ "Boyne Resorts Names Leadership Of Newly Defined Regions". snowindustrynews.com. September 6, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "Boyne USA Resorts Announces Coast-To-Coast Expansion Acquisitions Expected to Increase Company Skier Days to 3.6 Million". boyneresorts.com. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011.
- ^ "John Kircher has big plans after buying out Crystal Mountain Ski Resort's owners". Puget Sound Business journal. April 21, 2017.
- ^ "Boyne Resorts to Buy Seven Properties from Oz Real Estate". saminfo.com. March 13, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "After running Brighton ski area for years, Boyne will own it again". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on March 15, 2018.
- ^ "Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com". www.newenglandskihistory.com. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ "Stores". Boyne Country Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
External links
- Boyne Resorts - Official site
- Boyne USA Resorts - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com