The Catskills resort has been purchased by two hospitality and resort development families with more than 100 years of  combined experience, who promise to make further investments to turn Windham Mountain into a premium, year-round, world-class destination.

Immediate improvements will focus on the following  –

• improving skiing and riding with minimal lift lines,
• improving food and beverage program with redevelopment of current outlets
• addition of a new mid-mountain Alps-style dining facility to debut in fall 2023 for the new 23/24 season
• creation of additional townhomes and lots for land development
• new, enhanced offerings for the existing Members Club
• expanding and invigorating the existing golf course
• new amenities, including swimming and racket sports

There is no information yet about whether Windham Mountain will continue to participate in the Ikon Pass program.  Its nearest competitor, Hunter Mountain, was purchased a few seasons ago by Vail Resorts, so it participates in the Epic Pass.

Also nearby are Belleayre Mountain, owned by New York State, and Plattekill, one of the last privately-owned and operated resorts in the Northeast.

Windham’s new owners are the Beall family and its Beall Investment Partners and the Kemmons Wilson family, through its investment arm Kemmons Wilson Property Hospitality Partners (KWHP).

They will continue Wyndham Mountain’s participation as a cornerstone of the community, including free mountain access to local students, partnerships with the Adaptive Sports Foundation and other environmental groups.

The new owners plan to introduce hundreds of local jobs as the mountain upgrades its offerings and evolves further into a four-season resort destination.

The Catskills has become a “hot” destination lately, with new boutique hotels, restaurants, wine bars and day spas opening in the area around Wyndham.

The ski/snowboard resort opened in 1960 as a private, members only mountain, before becoming a public mountain.  It boats 285 skiable acres across 54 trails, serviced by 11 lifts – four of which are high-speed.

For more information about Windham Mountain, visit www.windham-mountain.com

About Sandy Beall and Beall Investment Partners

Sandy Beall is founder of Beall Investment Partners, a family investment firm which partners and invests primarily with resort hospitality and emerging growth restaurant brands.  More than 50 years ago, Sandy Beall founded Ruby Tuesday, growing the casual-dining company to 850 restaurants in 46 states, the District of Columbua, Guam and 14 foreign countries.  He is Chairman and Co-Founder of Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Mountain resorts and a partner in Snake River Sporting Club.

About Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners

This is the hospitality arm of Kemmons Wilson Companies, known primarily as the founding enterprise behind the Holiday Inns hotel chain and Holiday Inn Club Vacation.  KWHP currently owns and operates a portfolio of 40+ hospitality assets.

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Evelyn Kanter is a NYC-based travel and environmental writer and a senior skier who would rather ride a chairlift, river raft or zipline than the subway, and has done so in the more than 100 countries she’s visited, skiing in many of them. In what she calls a “previous life”, she was a TV and radio news reporter for ABC News and CBS News, now a regular contributor to major publications, including airline inflights and AAA magazines, and has written or contributed to more than a dozen travel guidebooks.Her latest are “100 Things to Do in NYC Before You Die”, Fodor’s Essential Germany and Fodor’s New York City. Evelyn's website is www.ecoxplorer.com

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