with CNL Income Properties on the Gatlinburg Skilift, Brighton and Cypress Mountain. The leases run for at least 40 years to Boyne for operations and all have buy back provisions to Boyne Resorts. Later in 2007, Boyne purchased Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine from The American Skiing Company and entered into a sale and leaseback arrangement with CNL Income Properties with similar 40 year leases. On September 19, 2007, Boyne announced their purchase of CNL Income Properties leases for The Summit at Snoqualmie, Washington, and Loon Mountain, New Hampshire, from Booth Creek Resorts. This purchase made Boyne the largest family owned ski resort operator in North America in terms of number of resorts, and second in number of skier visits at almost 3.6 million visitors. 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 Och-Ziff Capital Management. On March 31, 2017, John Kircher, 20-year CEO of Boyne and son of co-founder, acquired Crystal Mountain by trading it with his shares in the company. In March 2018, Boyne Resorts purchased Sunday River, Sugarloaf, The Summit at Snoqualmie, Loon Mountain, Brighton, and Cypress Mountain Ski Area from Och-Ziff Capital Management after years of leasing the properties. Properties Ski Resorts Boyne currently owns and operates 10 ski resorts in 6 U.S. states and 1 Canadian province. Other Properties Retail stores Boyne Resorts owns Boyne Country Sports, a sporting goods store chain with seven locations across Michigan. References External links Boyne Resorts - Official site Boyne USA Resorts - NewEnglandSkiHistory.com Resorts in Michigan Companies based in Michigan Tourist attractions in Charlevoix County, Michigan Skiing organizations