Podcast #202: Jiminy Peak GM & Fairbank Group CEO Tyler Fairbank

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Who

Tyler Fairbank, General Manager of Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts and CEO of Fairbank Group

Recorded on

February 10, 2025 and March 7, 2025

About Fairbank Group

From their website:

The Fairbank Group is driven to build things to last – not only our businesses but the relationships and partnerships that stand behind them. Since 2008, we have been expanding our eclectic portfolio of businesses. This portfolio includes three resorts—Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Cranmore Mountain Resort, and Bromley Mountain Ski Resort—and real estate development at all three resorts, in addition to a renewable energy development company, EOS Ventures, and a technology company, Snowgun Technology.

About Jiminy Peak

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Owned by: Fairbank Group, which also owns Cranmore and operates Bromley (see breakdowns below)

Located in: Hancock, Massachusetts

Year founded: 1948

Pass affiliations:

* Ikon Pass: 2 days, with blackouts

* Uphill New England

Closest neighboring ski areas: Bousquet (:27), Catamount (:49), Butternut (:51), Otis Ridge (:54), Berkshire East (:58), Willard (1:02)

Base elevation: 1,230 feet

Summit elevation: 2,380 feet

Vertical drop: 1,150 feet

Skiable acres: 167.4

Average annual snowfall: 100 inches

Trail count: 42

Lift count: 9 (1 six-pack, 2 fixed-grip quads, 3 triples, 1 double, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog’s inventory of Jiminy Peak’s lift fleet)

About Cranmore

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Owned by: The Fairbank Group

Located in: North Conway, New Hampshire

Year founded: 1937

Pass affiliations:

* Ikon Pass: 2 days, with blackouts

* Uphill New England

Closest neighboring ski areas: Attitash (:16), Black Mountain (:18), King Pine (:28), Wildcat (:28), Pleasant Mountain (:33), Bretton Woods (:42)

Base elevation: 800 feet

Summit elevation: 2,000 feet

Vertical drop: 1,200 feet

Skiable Acres: 170

Average annual snowfall: 80 inches

Trail count: 56 (15 most difficult, 25 intermediate, 16 easier)

Lift count: 7 (1 high-speed quad, 1 fixed-grip quad, 2 triples, 1 double, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog’s inventory of Cranmore’s lift fleet)

About Bromley

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Owned by: The estate of Joseph O'Donnell

Operated by: The Fairbank Group

Pass affiliations: Uphill New England

Located in: Peru, Vermont

Closest neighboring ski areas: Magic Mount