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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
   
     We consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 3 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Booth Creek Ski Holdings, Inc. of our report on our
audits of the financial statements of Ski Lifts, Inc. as of September 30, 1996
and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1996,
dated December 9, 1996, except for Note 13 to the financial statements as to
which the date is December 19, 1996, which report includes an explanatory
paragraph describing Ski Lifts, Inc.'s change in method of accounting for income
taxes and an emphasis of a matter paragraph describing an agreement in principle
to sell the stock of Ski Lifts, Inc. We also consent to the reference to our
firm under the caption "Experts."
    
 
                                          COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Seattle, Washington
   
June 18, 1998