Seven Springs Mountain Resort is being sold, along with Hidden Valley Resort and Laurel Mountain Ski Area.The sale to Colorado-based Vail Resorts is expected to close this winter, according to Wednesday’s announcement from Seven Springs.The Nuttings bought Seven Springs in 2006, adding Hidden Valley in 2013 and reviving operations at Laurel Mountain five years ago. Bob Nutting, principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club, served as CEO and president.”The resorts truly are a part of the fabric of this region and a critical community asset. I am extremely proud of our stewardship of Seven Springs and its sister resorts, and even more so of all the people we have worked side-by-side with to transform them into what they are today,” Bob Nutting said in a statement. “Our team of professionals helped change the way our resorts are viewed by guests throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and within the industry. It has been an honor to be a part of their incredible growth for more than a decade as we leave each resort a much stronger community asset than we found it.”The Nuttings will continue to own the Seven Springs sporting clays and golf course, Hidden Valley Golf Club, Highlands Market and some local real estate for potential development.”We are forever grateful for the record number of passholders, passionate homeowners and all of our guests who have made so many memories with us on the mountain,” Nutting said. “We look forward to remaining actively committed to and engaged in the greater Laurel Highlands community.”Vail currently owns 37 ski resorts, including five in Pennsylvania: Liberty Mountain, Roundtop Mountain, Whitetail, Jack Frost and Big Boulder. In a statement, CEO Kirsten Lynch said the addition of Seven Springs, Hidden Valley and Laurel Mountain fits with Vail’s strategy of buying resorts near major metropolitan areas.”These great ski areas in Pennsylvania are a perfect complement to our existing resorts, creating a much stronger connection and compelling offering to our current and future guests in Pittsburgh as well as those in other critical markets such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Cleveland,” Lynch said.
Seven Springs Mountain Resort is being sold, along with Hidden Valley Resort and Laurel Mountain Ski Area.
The sale to Colorado-based Vail Resorts is expected to close this winter, according to Wednesday’s announcement from Seven Springs.
The Nuttings bought Seven Springs in 2006, adding Hidden Valley in 2013 and reviving operations at Laurel Mountain five years ago. Bob Nutting, principal owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club, served as CEO and president.
“The resorts truly are a part of the fabric of this region and a critical community asset. I am extremely proud of our stewardship of Seven Springs and its sister resorts, and even more so of all the people we have worked side-by-side with to transform them into what they are today,” Bob Nutting said in a statement. “Our team of professionals helped change the way our resorts are viewed by guests throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and within the industry. It has been an honor to be a part of their incredible growth for more than a decade as we leave each resort a much stronger community asset than we found it.”
The Nuttings will continue to own the Seven Springs sporting clays and golf course, Hidden Valley Golf Club, Highlands Market and some local real estate for potential development.
“We are forever grateful for the record number of passholders, passionate homeowners and all of our guests who have made so many memories with us on the mountain,” Nutting said. “We look forward to remaining actively committed to and engaged in the greater Laurel Highlands community.”
Vail currently owns 37 ski resorts, including five in Pennsylvania: Liberty Mountain, Roundtop Mountain, Whitetail, Jack Frost and Big Boulder.
In a statement, CEO Kirsten Lynch said the addition of Seven Springs, Hidden Valley and Laurel Mountain fits with Vail’s strategy of buying resorts near major metropolitan areas.
“These great ski areas in Pennsylvania are a perfect complement to our existing resorts, creating a much stronger connection and compelling offering to our current and future guests in Pittsburgh as well as those in other critical markets such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Cleveland,” Lynch said.