Toggenburg Mountain has been sold to a new owner who plans to reopen the Syracuse-area ski resort for the 2027-28 season, a step toward restoring competition after its former owner bought and closed the mountain.
The sale to local business owner Douglas Wheeler closed Friday under a settlement with Intermountain Management, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced. Wheeler plans to rebuild the facility before reopening it; the resort is not open now.
Intermountain owns Labrador and Song mountains. It bought Toggenburg in 2021 and immediately shut it down, leaving skiers in the Syracuse area with only Intermountain's two resorts, according to the attorney general's office.
James sued the company in October 2022. A judge ruled in March 2025 that Intermountain violated New York antitrust law by closing its competitor and entering a hiring restriction that prevented Toggenburg's former owner from recruiting Intermountain employees for his other New York ski resorts.
Intermountain also paid Toggenburg's former owners to agree not to compete within 30 miles for five years. The attorney general's office said the closure reduced skiers' choices and led to higher prices and more crowded slopes. Those effects are the office's account of the market, not independent price or attendance figures in the announcement.
After the ruling, James' office sought a court-ordered sale to a buyer who would operate Toggenburg as a ski resort. Intermountain instead sought approval to sell the property to a buyer who proposed housing and had no experience operating in the Syracuse area, according to the office.
The settlement requires Intermountain to sell Toggenburg to Wheeler, pay $30,000 to New York and refrain for four years from reacquiring the mountain or enforcing the hiring restriction. The attorney general's office said the completed sale puts the property on a path back to ski operations.
“Competition among Syracuse ski areas means more choices and better prices and services for New York skiers,” James said. The reopening remains Wheeler's plan for the 2027-28 season, with rebuilding still ahead.
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