EXHIBIT 32.1




                             AMERICAN SKIING COMPANY


                  SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Skiing Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 24, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, William
J. Fair, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Date:  December 15, 2004

                                         By:   /s/ William J. Fair
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                                           William J. Fair
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                          (Principal Executive Officer)