CNL Lifestyle Properties Adds Crested Butte to Ski and Mountain Lifestyle Portfolio - December 5, 2008
Dec. 5, 2008 – CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on lifestyle properties, announced today its acquisition of the privately held assets of three ski and mountain lifestyle properties: Vermont’s Okemo, Colorado’s Crested Butte and New Hampshire’s Mount Sunapee. CNL Lifestyle Properties is purchasing the resorts from family-owned Triple Peaks, LLC and leasing the properties back to Triple Peaks tomanage the ski, golf, hospitality and conference operations under a long-term lease.

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CNN - Taking the Kids to Crested Butte - March 1, 2008
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New York Times - 36 Hours in Crested Butte - February 17, 2007
THE former coal-mining hub of Crested Butte in the south-central Colorado Rockies began attracting skiers in 1961, when the ski area that wraps around the town's like-named peak opened. It remains one of the most historically authentic and captivating ski towns in the state.