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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
report on the financial statements of The Resort Group of Fibreboard Corporation
dated November 22, 1996 (and to all references to our Firm) included in or made
a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of
Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. for the registration of its 12.5% Series B Senior
Notes due 2007.
 
                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
San Francisco, California
March 20, 1998