Vail Resorts CEO Eyes More Alpine Acquisitions After Buying Swiss Ski Stations

The world’s largest ski resort operator is looking to snap up more Alpine stations in Europe, in an expansion partly driven by the need to hedge against climate change.

Since Kirsten Lynch took the helm almost three years ago, Vail Resorts Inc. has acquired two Swiss resorts — Andermatt Sedrun and Crans-Montana. Now the chief executive officer wants to replicate the company’s strategy in North America, where it has more than 30 resorts stretching from Canada’s Whistler Blackcomb to Stowe in Vermont, in western Europe’s highest mountains.