Portland, Maine — A Florida-based real estate investment trust has reached an agreement to sell more than a dozen major ski resorts, including Mount Sunapee in Newbury, N.H., and Okemo in Ludlow, Vt.

Under the deal, New York hedge fund manager Och-Ziff will assume ownership of 14 properties currently held by CNL Lifestyle Properties, including Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine, Crested Butte in Colorado, Brighton in Utah and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California.

Missouri-based EPR Properties will retain the rest of CNL’s holdings, including Northstar California ski resort and 15 waterparks and amusement parks.

CNL will receive about $830 million in cash and stock under the purchase and sale agreement. When the deal closes, it will be the largest ski resort transaction in the history of the sport.

Skiers won’t see a big impact. Long-term leases will remain in place, so mountain operators will remain unchanged after the properties change hands.

CNL and EPR are real estate investment trusts, which are investment vehicles for a variety of properties including hotels, office buildings and malls. They own the property and make money through leases with other companies that manage and operate them.

CNL Lifestyle Properties was valued at as much as $3 billion in 2012 with ownership of more than 100 water parks, ski resorts, marinas and senior housing developments. As part of its anticipated exit strategy, CNL has been selling off assets in the real estate investment trust.

Under the deal, an Och-Ziff subsidiary will assume ownership of its share through cash and a $244 million loan.

Steve Kircher, an executive from Michigan-based Boyne Resorts, which has leases to operate seven of the ski resorts, said it’s his understanding that Och-Ziff was brought into the transaction to diversify EPR’s exposure to ski holdings.

Other ski resorts are Cypress Mountain in British Columbia; Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts; Loon Mountain and Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire; Okemo Mountain in Vermont; Mountain High in California; and Summit-at-Snoqualmie and Stevens Pass in Washington state along with Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Tennessee.

Kircher said skiers shouldn’t be alarmed. Current lease holders will continue to operate the resorts as they have in the past, he said.

From a skier’s perspective, it’s akin to a home mortgage being sold between banks, he said.

“It’s not an event from a skier’s perspective,” he said.

A spokeswoman for the company that operates Okemo and Sunapee said employees have been informed of the sale and are preparing to open for the season.

“The Mueller family still owns the management company and will continue to operate Okemo, Mount Sunapee and Crested Butte,” spokeswoman Bonnie MacPherson said. “Snowmaking has started at Okemo and Crested Butte and Mount Sunapee will follow suit shortly. It is business as usual with opening day of the 2016-2017 ski and snowboard season approaching soon at all three resorts.