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Lost ski hills

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makr0
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I found this list of lost ski hills in New England and one know of a list of lost maritime ski hills. I know that theres supposed to be one around Norton/Hampton NB, and I've skied on the one @ Rothesay Netherwood School in Rothesay. I'm just looking for weekend adventure destinations.
if your interested ing the website its
http://www.nelsap.org/

also if you know of any lost ski areas post em here
Nov 28 2005 10:17AM
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Collgan
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Kepic is a lost ski area
Nov 29 2005 10:52AM
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JollyJ
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O'Dell - Fredericton
Silverwood - Fredericton
Royal Road - Fredericton
Mount Douglas (I think that's the name) - Welsford
There was another one down by St. Stephen as well.
New Denmark - Big Ski Jumping history
Nov 29 2005 7:24PM
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LeBlanc
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wow there were alot in fredericton..why did they all close?
Nov 30 2005 3:04PM
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hobbes
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becuase no one likes fredricton,the capital of NB should clearly be moncton
Nov 30 2005 8:59PM
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JollyJ
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If I remember correctly, Royal Road and O'dell closed because Crabbe opened.

Silverwood closed because they couldn't keep snow. Too windy and not enough cash to buy snowmaking gear.
Nov 30 2005 9:22PM
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SomeGood
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Used to be a pony tow in Truro near the park on Young St. People used to ski on Mt Ton between Truro and New Glasgow.

Cape Smokey may be a lost area this season too. They lost their general manager and operations manager, plus they have a hard time opening on a good year.
Dec 5 2005 6:13PM
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LeBlanc
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I know, Moncton is so better
Dec 5 2005 7:01PM
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davixxx
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smokey in cape breton had some steeps.. there used to be a kick ass terrain park in great village too, complete with GT sno-racer mini park
Dec 13 2005 10:10PM
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LeBlanc
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^is smokey closed?

I passed by it this summer doing the cabbot trail, it seemed pretty big
Dec 14 2005 8:58AM
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DMacD
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Moncton Sucks... Go Freddytown
Dec 14 2005 10:33PM
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makr0
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Well this thread really wasn't about moncton being better, BUT Monctons a shit hole I lived there for 3 years and I hated it. My wife is from there and she hates that shithole too.
Dec 15 2005 11:44AM
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mk2
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didnt the guy who used to own martock buy smoky?
Dec 15 2005 12:21PM
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Whitehead
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If your refering to Mr. Obrian then no he didnt, he moved out west. I know smokey used to be owned by the government but now its owned by a group out of ingonish, although due to finacial reasons i dont know if they will be opening this year. I took a trip up there two years ago, there was no park but its a pretty cool hill.
Dec 15 2005 3:18PM
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Karmaskier
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Hows the hill at RCS?
Dec 15 2005 5:07PM
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Gloryhound
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Smokey had a fundraiser concert for help build a park with classified i remember
Dec 16 2005 4:13PM
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makr0
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The RCS hill is Way back in the woods off one of the hiing trails. it's steep (as far as a remember), last time I was there was in 1994. It was kinda fun because there was a lot of snow that year and know one had been on it. it's no longer than the bunny hill at poley.
Dec 19 2005 10:21AM
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Marketman
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There was a Ski Hill in Bloomfield off the Guthrie Road which had a rope tow. A group of volunteers from Hampton ran it. Driving back from Poley I could see the one ski run in the distance. Closed early ‘70’s.

There was another ski hill on the Pickwauket Road in Hampton on the Hoyt Farm. I found the old engine for that rope tow on my hikes. Closed in the late ‘60’s.

Hammond River in Quispam had a small hill with a rope tow. They had small hand painted signs on the highway. “Ski Hammond River” Closed around ‘75.

Don’t forget about the t-bar at Rockwood Park in Saint John. Small lodge and Ski Patrol. My wife learned to ski there. Closed 70’s.

Mount Douglas in Welsford. I actually night skied there in ‘74. Soldiers were there from Gagetown doing winter training wiping out all over the place. Closed soon after.
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