A yet-to-be named company, fueled with cash coming from two entities—KSL Capital, a private equity company out of Denver, and the Crown family of Chicago, which controls Aspen Skiing Co.—made several purchases in an effort to form a rival to Vail. Its first was to buy Intrawest's catalogue of ski resorts that included Winter Park, Steamboat, Mont Tremblant and others. After that, the company closed on Mammoth Mountain, California's stalwart, along with Deer Valley and a smattering of smaller resorts that came along with those acquisitions.