headquarters park city utah key people john cumming chief executive website http www.powdr.com powdr corporation is one of the largest ski resort operators in north america citation needed along with boyne resorts intrawest and vail resorts . unlike its competitors powdr focuses on ski area operations rather than real estate development . citation needed it is owned by the cumming family and headquartered in park city utah . 1 john cumming who co founded the clothing company mountain hardwear is the current ceo of powdr corp. contents 1 history 2 lawsuits 2.1 non honoring of certain killington season passes 2.2 loss of park city lease 3 properties 3.1 former properties 4 references history edit powdr was founded in 1994 by ian cumming with the purchase of park city mountain resort . 2 later that year the company expanded into california with the purchase of alpine meadows near lake tahoe . 3 in august 1995 the company continued its expansion in california with the purchase of the boreal and soda springs ski areas . 4 in april 2001 powdr acquired mount bachelor ski area from a group of shareholders . 5 the company bought las vegas ski and snowboard resort in november 2003 . 6 killington and pico were sold to powdr by american skiing company in may 2007 . 7 in july 2007 powdr sold alpine meadows to jma ventures . 8 powdr acquired copper mountain colorado in december 2009 from intrawest . 9 powdr acquired world of adventure sports presented by gopro an emmy award winning tv series on december 3 2013 . 10 lawsuits edit non honoring of certain killington season passes edit powdr was criticized for its refusal to honor lifetime season passes upon its purchase of killington resort and increasing pass prices at mt. bachelor . in july 2010 a federal judge dismissed a class action lawsuit against killington resort over so called lifetime ski passes . judge christina reiss found that the resort owner was under no legal obligation to honor the investor season passes when it purchased killington resort in 2007 . she also noted that in its purchase agreement with american skiing co. sp land agreed to honor 37 lifetime passes which did not include the names of the plaintiffs or the names of any class members . a number of those lifetime passes were issued over the years to former employees . she said the investor pass certificates stated very clearly that the passes were valid so long as the sherburne corp. and that became killington ltd. continued to operate the lifts there and that neither corporation exists today . 11 loss of park city lease edit when powdr s property park city mountain resort mistakenly failed to renew a sweetheart lease with a vail resorts subsidiary on certain parcels of its park city area resort holdings in 2011 the company was eventually evicted from the property and after a protracted legal fight reluctantly sold its remaining area assets to vail resorts for approximately 180 million dollars in late 2014 ending its corporate presence in the wasatch range and giving vail full control of park city . 12 properties edit boreal mountain resort california copper mountain colorado killington ski resort vermont las vegas ski & snowboard resort nevada mount bachelor oregon pico mountain vermont soda springs california eldora mountain resort colorado former properties edit alpine meadows california park city mountain resort utah sale to vail resorts announced september 11 2014 . 13 14 references edit http www.powdr.com site park city resort owner sells area to s.l. financier . april 4 1994 . powdr bids for alpine meadows . april 5 1994 . ski areas change hands . the sacramento bee . august 11 1995 . the company that owns the alpine meadows ski resort near tahoe city said thursday that it has purchased the boreal and soda springs ski areas near donner summit . https news.google.com newspapers id dnivaaaaibaj & sjid musdaaaaibaj & pg 2112 5288468 & dq mount bachelor sold & hl en chris jones november 19 2003 . lee canyon ski resort sold to park city utah based venture . gaming wire . killington and pico ski resorts sold . the boston globe . february 20 2007 . francisco san july 24 2007 . jma closes on purchase of alpine meadows . http www.summitdaily.com article 20091117 news 911179997 1008 & parentprofile 1055 http www.saminfo.com news powdr enterprises acquires adventure sports tv series edwards bruce july 6 2010 . lifetime ski pass holders lose lawsuit against killington . the times argus . access date requires url help http www.ktvz.com news mt bachelors parent sells big utah resort 28038840 http www.ksl.com index.php sid 31515553 http news.vailresorts.com corporate vail resorts acquires pcmr.htm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title powdr corporation & oldid 740499686 categories companies based in utahskiing organisations1994 establishments in utahhidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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