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Abandoned ski centers

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freestyler540
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I have took a sudden interest in abandoned ski center. If you know any in your region, or have pics of one post them here.
I know a couple:
http://matt.wandel.ca/candy_mountain/
http://www.vivelaneige.com/galerie/displayimage.php?album=142&pos=4


Jan 20 2008 4:59PM
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skitoggrob
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yeah its kinda intresting

in central new york there is mystic mountain, they went out about 20 years ago, then there is some other one near there
Jan 20 2008 5:02PM
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martin.
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scotch valley in upstate NY

it shut down like 10 years ago. Sucks, because its only 15 mins from my house, and the nearest mountain after that is another hour.

and we drive by it every time we go skiing
Jan 20 2008 5:07PM
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martin.
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its for sale

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.loopnet.com/Attachments/4/D/F/4DF2FF70-2EB8-4AD4-AD43-1ACEC435F76E_tn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loopnet.com/New-York/Jefferson/%3FLinkCode%3D18400&h=75&w=100&sz=7&hl=en&start=11&sig2=0fb4upATAkCJnEr2Jeg0_g&um=1&tbnid=Dak2-uJvmotCtM:&tbnh=62&tbnw=82&ei=vcaTR8TdOKXQee3rxAM&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscotch%2Bvalley%2Bski%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG
Jan 20 2008 5:11PM
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CKpolicy
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im pretty sure mystic is in my little bro's gf;s back yard
Jan 20 2008 5:11PM
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Meh42
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Woa, the pictures from your first link are so sick.  I love seeing old abandoned places.
Jan 20 2008 5:14PM
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skitoggrob
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prob, i wouldnt doubt it
Jan 20 2008 5:17PM
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bucketman
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steeple chase neer rochester MN, and little swiss neer milwaukee closed this season. iv heard steeple chase is for sale. both of them are real small hills.
Jan 20 2008 5:25PM
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soup
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"candy mountain charlie."  i so wannna go there.


There is an old ski hill near collingwood, Ontario right beside beaver valley and Talisman.  itd be such a dope place to build an all extreme sports place the land is perfectly designed for it.  It was up for a sale a few years ago and me and my buddies hiked it and thought about coming back in a few years and building the best park resort ever.
Jan 20 2008 5:33PM
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dr_phil
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Mont Glen in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. It closed a few years ago, I remember skiing there while it was still open. The skiing should still be good there, the terrain is quite good, some people still hike to the top and ski down.
Jan 20 2008 6:40PM
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ValPow
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Scotland

Nearly all its places have been shut down
Jan 20 2008 6:51PM
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A_Whelan
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Newschoolers needs to buy one of these and have our own hill, it would be the craziest shit to happen in the ski industry and it would never die.
-aaron
Jan 20 2008 6:53PM
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t_rob
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NS MOUNTAIN LAB
Jan 20 2008 6:55PM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913

Go to this website for tons of information.

www.nelsap.org   


Jan 20 2008 7:50PM
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skiP.E.I.
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they look so forlorn and abandoned. There is some closed hill near Stephenville, Newfoundland, i've never seen it but I've heard people talk about it
Jan 20 2008 7:54PM
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Valind
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http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/lostresorts.html


1. Brookland Slides - Silverton

2. Cascade Village - Purgatory

3. Cedaredge - Delta

4. Cerro Summit - Montrose

5. Chipmunk Hill - Electra Lake

6. Coal Bank Pass - Purgatory

7. Columbine Lake - Purgatory

8. Cowboy Hill - Hesperus

9. Creede - Creede

10. Dallas - Dallas Divide

11. Forest Lakes - Bayfield

12. Haviland Lake - Electra Lake

13. Hesperus - Durango (reopened)

14. Holiday Hill - Glenwood Spgs

15. Ironton Park - Ouray

16. Land's End - Grand Mesa

17. Lion's Club Tow - Cedaredge

18. Lizard Head Pass - Trout Lake

19. Mamm's Peak - Rifle

20. Mancos Hill - Mancos

21. Mesa Creek - Grand Mesa

22. Mesa Lakes - Grand Mesa

23. Pagosa Springs - Pagosa Spgs

24. Rimrock - Grand Mesa

25. Stoner - Cortez

26. Tamarron - Durango

27. Town Park - Telluride

28. Wild Cat Ranch - Durango


. Apex - Central City

2. Cameron Pass - Walden

3. Cardinal - Nederland

4. Chautauqua Mesa - Boulder

5. Davis Hill - Estes Park

6. Haugen's Hill - Allenspark

7. Hidden Valley - Estes Park

8. Leydman Hill - Estes Park

9. Old Man's Mountain - Estes Park

10. Rock Creek - Lyons

11. Rogers Creek - Unknown

12. Sharktooth - Greeley

13. St. Mary's Glacier - Alice (reopening)




1. Arapahoe East - Golden

2. Duck Lake - Grant

3. Echo Lake - Evergreen

4. Fun Valley - Phillipsburg

5. Genesee Jump - Genesee

6. Geneva Basin - Grant

7. Homewood Park - Conifer

8. Inspiration Point - Denver

9. Magic Mountain - Golden

10. May D&F Store - Denver

11. Mount Lugo - Meyer Ranch

12. Mount Molehill - Conifer

13. Porcupine Gulch - Keystone

14. Squaw Pass - Evergreen

15. Sunrise Tram - Silver Plume

16. Watson's Hill - Phillipsburg



There are a lot more check out the website.

Jan 20 2008 8:02PM
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Literature
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The first thought that entered my head.

There is Marshall Mountain near Missoula, MT.
Jan 20 2008 8:29PM
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josh.
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two ane the island that i can think of forbeden plautau and mt areosmith
Jan 20 2008 8:41PM
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zackblain
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ski valley up the road from bristol  
Jan 20 2008 9:30PM
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freestyler540
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I love the vintage lifts
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Jan 20 2008 9:34PM
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EL_FINRE
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not gonna lie thats a little depressing
Jan 20 2008 9:40PM
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-dva-
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yes!  i was just looking for this.  thank you
Jan 20 2008 9:42PM
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notomatoplz
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that first one seems like it was abondoned ina hurry cause everything is still there
Jan 20 2008 9:44PM
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Jwalk
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everyone on here chip in like 50 bucks and turn it into like an all park mtn and anyone who donated money towards buying skiied free how sick would that be
Jan 20 2008 9:46PM
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mmmmm...Pie
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I've heard rumors of Steeplechase being bought by Welch Village. There's also Mount Frontenac near Red Wing, but I'm pretty sure that's a golf course now.
Jan 20 2008 10:06PM
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skithesprings
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i happened to come across one 1 mile from our cabin in PA while riding my dirtbike. its pretty crazy. its been abandoned for 50 years and everything was left like everybody just dissapeared. its incredibly spooky though because its all wood construction and past 50 feet in its dark even during the day. the strange thing is that every door in the place is held wide open and instead of cafeterias and restaurants theres like big fireplace rooms.  
Jan 20 2008 11:09PM
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Crackaghan
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haha that would freak me out so fuckin much
Jan 20 2008 11:17PM
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skithesprings
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  i google earthed it, here it is
Jan 20 2008 11:26PM
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skithesprings
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shit whered my pic go?
Jan 20 2008 11:26PM
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skithesprings
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for some reason i cant get the pic up so ill just put up the lat lon so those of you with google earth can check it out.


40° 4'20.37"N 79°13'42.55"W
Jan 20 2008 11:53PM
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bucketman
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frontenac was a golf course before too. they just got rid of the skiing.

that would be pretty cool of welch bought steeplechase. it could be a pretty nice place if it was managed right. steeplechase could be a really cool park oriented resort. i dont think welch does that great of a job with their own park tho (lack of jumps and shitty half pipe when built mainly).

Jan 21 2008 1:13PM
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Shorton
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exactly what i thought of when i saw it
Jan 21 2008 2:31PM
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skithesprings
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPONTneuaF4

Charlie! candy mountain charlie!

Jan 21 2008 2:39PM
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beardstatus
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its called old smokey
Jan 21 2008 4:18PM
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skiEER
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that site is so sick its amzing to see how many place there are so close to your house
Jan 21 2008 4:37PM
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kzittle
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theres one in between stratton and bromely too. don't know the name. we ski it on pow days and have snow mobile rides up. it's pretty fun
Jan 21 2008 4:48PM
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papasteeze
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It is a cool site for lost ski areas in the North East.  They encourage people to submit pictures or text of stuff that you know.  I thought this little tidbit on New York was amazing in itself...................


"Due to demand and the fact that I now live in New York, we at NELSAP have decided to introduce lost New York areas to the site. New York is a huge undertaking in itself--we estimate that there are approximately 350 lost areas in New York alone! "
Jan 21 2008 4:49PM
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skiEER
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yeah they have like 600 in new england  
They have added many more since the last time i looked at this site
Jan 21 2008 4:53PM
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EMK
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i honestly can't think of any ski resort in scotland that won't be turning on it's lifts tommorrow. i live here too.
Jan 21 2008 4:55PM
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puhiS
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spooky places... id be scared to ski in those abandoned hills
Jan 21 2008 4:57PM
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golf
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I live right near mystic mountain. Now people use it to mountain bike and drive their snowmobiles and atv's on. Some kid in ym school also lives at a old ski place but i dunno fi there are lifts up or anything.
Jan 21 2008 6:12PM
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Roussel
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does anyone have any experience skiing abandoned ski hills?

there are 2 near my house that i would love to hike up and ride down the powder

mont glen and mont echo in quebec.
Jan 21 2008 6:29PM
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coolhandluke
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washington:

http://www.hyak.net/lost/
Jan 21 2008 6:42PM
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Alkyy
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big tupper in New york.. I wish that place opened back up
Jan 21 2008 7:40PM
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Jwalk
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you should do that then build a big ol' booter and land in the pow
Jan 21 2008 7:45PM
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skitoggrob
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who r u talking about
Jan 21 2008 9:49PM
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mtbakerteacher
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God damn! Skiing would be so much cheaper if we had all those still! RIP Pilchuk. From what I've heard, it was a hella legit ski area.
Jan 21 2008 10:51PM
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zzyzx
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at the mountain where I work, eldora, I found this abandoned run thats closed even when there's snow. at the bottom there is tons of old lift chairs and poles and machines and busses. it's like they just put all the old junk there instead of throwing it away. the wierd part is it's right off  a well traveled run.

has anyone found anything like that at another mountain?
Jan 21 2008 10:56PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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i've heard many many rumors of tupper opening up again, which would be really sick b/c i can't stand titus being the only option under an hour from school. i wonder what the REAL story with tupper is these days?
Jan 21 2008 11:07PM
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mhealyski
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Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project.

https://www.mwlsap.org/
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