Lost Ski Areas Of Southern Vermont

by Davis Jeremy K.

• ISBN13: 9781596298712
• ISBN10: 1596298715
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-02
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Hidden amongst the hills and mountains of southern Vermont are the remnants of sixty former ski areas, their slopes returning to forest and their lifts decaying. Today, only fourteen remain open and active in southern Vermont. Though they offer some incredible skiing, most lack the intimate, local feel of these lost ski trails. Jeremy Davis, creator of the New England Lost Ski Areas Project, looks into the over-investment, local competition, weather variation, changing skier habits, insurance costs and just plain bad luck that caused these ski areas to succumb and melt back into the landscape. From the family-operated Hogback in Windham County to Clinton Gilbert's farm in Woodstock, where the very first rope two began operation in the winter of 1934, these once popular ski areas left an indelible trace on the hearts of their ski communities and the history of southern Vermont. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Lost Ski Areas of Windsor County	p. 11
The White Cupboard Ski Way and Woodstock Ski Hill	p. 13
Chester Pinnacle Ski Area	p. 20
Fun Valley Ski Area	p. 22
Mount Tom	p. 23
Springfield	p. 26
Lost Ski Areas of Rutland County	p. 27
Apple Hill Ski Area	p. 29
Birdseye Mountain Ski Area	p. 31
Green Mountain College	p. 38
High Pond	p. 44
Hyde Manor	p. 51
Jennings Family Tow	p. 54
Retreat Tow	p. 55
Shrewsbury Ski Area	p. 56
Lost Ski Areas of Bennington County	p. 57
Alex's Tow	p. 58
Dutch Hill	p. 59
Mount Aeolus	p. 72
Snow Valley	p. 73
Winhall Snow Bowl	p. 83
Lost Ski Areas of Windham County	p. 85
Burrington Hill	p. 87
Hogback	p. 90
Latchis Park	p. 106
Maple Valley	p. 107
Pine Top	p. 112
The Putney School	p. 115
Ski Bowl, Inc.	p. 117
Sugar Bush	p. 120
Hybrid Lost Ski Areas	p. 123
Carinthia	p. 124
Glebe Mountain Farm/Timber Ridge	p. 128
The Gully	p. 133
Hitching Post Farm	p. 135
Prospect Mountain	p. 136
Round Top-Bear Creek Club	p. 143
Sonnenberg/Twin Farms	p. 147
The Survivors	p. 151
Living Memorial Park	p. 152
Rockingham Recreation Rope Tow	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 157
About the Author	p. 159
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