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Dan's Lost Ski Area Explorations

Last Update: 11/27/11 -Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl, CA added -Sky Trails Ski Area, OR added -Tomahawk Ski Bowl, OR added. Many ski hills throughout New England have had to close over the years for various reasons (small size, insurance rates, increased competition, lack of interest, etc.) Visiting and exploring abandoned ski areas has always been hobby of mine, and this list chronicles all of the various abandoned (or "lost") ski areas of New England (and beyond!) that I have visited over the years, as well as info about what's left (if anything). Those I have explored have been given an orange marker and star ratings (more stars = easier to explore, lots of lift/building remains, etc). Some areas I have attempted to explore but were either on private property, not viewable from a public road, or just lost to time completely. These are denoted with grey markers. Others still that I have explored have reopened in various states since my visits and have been marked in lime green. This is by no means a complete list of New England's abandoned ski areas. For more info on these and many other lost ski areas of New England (and elsewhere), visit http://www.nelsap.org. Enjoy, and happy hunting!

: Bondville Tow

March 2010
Not even sure if this one ever really existed in general, but there is a NELSAP entry for it. Did some hiking around the backside of the Norse House Ski shop (where the lift supposedly was) and found nothing, though the slope and tree growth were accurate for a potential lost ski area.
Bondville Tow

: Thunderhead

Massachusetts
Spring 2007, January 2008
Trails: All have been lost at this point. A few slivers remain near the true summit of the hill above the newly constructed road, but all others below that have been converted into lots.
Lifts: All gone as well, unless there was an old car rim/telephone pole up near the true summit.
Facilities: Gone. Not sure what was even there to begin with.
Accessibility: For many years after the ski area's closure, the hill and surrounding area were home to a large gravel pit. However, in the early 2000's, it was closed and converted into a super luxury golf course. Also, a road was constructed to the summit of the hill, and many lots were plotted, although very few actually have houses on them at this point.
Thunderhead

: Evergreen Valley

Maine
June 2007
Trails: VERY difficult to tell where they were. Almost entirely grown in.
Lifts: All gone. A few concrete base pads remain near the lodge.
Facilities: The old, fairly ornate base lodge still stands, although it looks like it could use some TLC. Looks like it's still used as a function hall occasionally.
Accessibility: A bit difficult to find if you dont know exactly where it is. We actually drove around this place about 3 times before we realized we were right there! Everything is just too grown in to actually explore though.
Evergreen Valley

: Forest Acres

Massachusetts
January 2008
Trails: The area's main slope is still relatively clear and looks like it could still be used as a decent sledding hill.
Lifts: The ropetow liftline is still distinguishable, and supposedly an old counterweight/bullwheel remains at the summit. Didn't explore or hike it because of rain/slush. Liftline trail also looks like it's still usable as a sledding chute, and a pretty ballsy one at that.
Facilities: None really. It was run by the condo complex it is located in. I guess the place's clubhouse served as a base lodge/rental place?
Accessibility: Right in the middle of the condo complex of the same name. Still looks like it is used by residents as a sled hill to this day.
Forest Acres

: Cardigan Mountain School Pinnacle

New Hampshire
July 2007
Trails: Still very clear, obvious, and skiable!
Lifts: The T-bar that once served this area had been removed at this point (was still standing as of 2002 though). Only remains of it were a crumbled down lift shack. Supposedly parts from it and a former T-bar from Bradford were sent to Northeast Slopes in East Corinth, VT to be installed there.
Facilities: Nonexistent.
Accessibility: Easily accessible. Just park at the gate and walk right in. Skiable too! (though there didn't appear to be much more than a few hundred feet of vertical...)
Cardigan Mountain School Pinnacle

: Brownell Mountain

Vermont
Trails: Nothing visible left. It's all gone back to nature.
Lifts: Supposedly an old VW bug that drove the ropetow is still sitting rotting in the woods.
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: On posted land. Not worth it as there doesn't appear to be much left to see anyway.
Brownell Mountain

: Groveland Ski Area

Massachusetts
Fall 2002
Trails: The area's two main trails are still somewhat clear and visible, but now basically just connect two backyards.
Lifts: Nothing left.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Because of the development in the area, there's nothing really left to see here except the shells of the two former trails. They're definitely on private property too, so there's nothing really worth seeing.
Groveland Ski Area

: F. Duncan Case Tow

Vermont
January 2008
Trails: VERY SMALL open slope is now someone's lawn.
Lifts: Just a few old sheds that looked like they could've once been used as a ropetow mechanism.
Facilities: None to speak of. It was a private homeowners backyard project.
Accessibility: Again, someone's backyard now, though it's not like there's much to see anyway.
F. Duncan Case Tow

: Proctor Tow

Vermont
May 2008
Trails: Rapidly growing in. The one main trail that was visible didn't seem that long or steep to begin with either.
Lifts: Strange and different looking ropetow apparatus attached to various trees along the liftline.
Facilities: Skating rink and rec center looking building still stand at the base of the ski slope.
Accessibility: Looks to be a public recreation area nowadays. Slope is quite overgrown though and looks difficult to hike. I only viewed it from Olympus Road.
Proctor Tow

: Snow Pond/Kibby Slopes

New Hampshire
July 2008
Trails: None really visible at all from the base.
Lifts: One single ropetow tower remains near the base, right underneath the powerline swath. Had a very nice classy chrome hubcap on it.
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: This former ski area sits on what is apparently public land (lots of snomobile signs around). Being right underneath a powerline swath is kind of strange though. I'm sure it wasn't there when this place operated.
Snow Pond/Kibby Slopes

: Waterbury Village Area

Vermont
Trails: Still discernable based on the early successional tree species that have taken over the former slopes.
Lifts: Most likely removed when I-89 was constructed.
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: All but impossible. The ski trails were cut off from the ski area base on Intervale Avenue once I-89 was constructed. Now the only way to see it is when passing by on the interstate.
Waterbury Village Area

: Barre Skyline

Vermont
February 2007:
Trails: Still slightly visible for just a few moments passing by on route 62.
Lifts: Unknown.
Facilities: Base lodge now turned into private home/garage.
Accessibility: Appears to now be entirely on private property/in someone's backyard.
Barre Skyline

: Hartwell Hill Ski Area

Massachusetts
September 2008
The area is now too forested to see anything from the road, and the former base lodge now appears to be a private home. An old rusty sign hanger appears next to the road that must have, at one time, held a sign for the ski area. Former parking lot adjacent to the road now overgrown with tall grasses.
Hartwell Hill Ski Area

: Spicket Hill

New Hampshire
September 2008
Did a quick drivearound of the area, as well as up a road leading to a new development on Spicket Hill. Details of the ski area's location are difficult to distinguish (although it is known that it faced south). Some tree variation was discernible, but it's highly doubtful anything is left.
Spicket Hill

: Snow's Hill at Eastman

This area is in the highly private Eastman development. Supposedly a chairlift remains, but the area is heavily posted and seemed quite averse to unwelcome guests, so I did not enter and do not recommend visiting this area.
Snow's Hill at Eastman

: Intervale Ski Area

New Hampshire
June 2008
Located at the end of a private driveway. Not really much to see anyway since everything's pretty much been removed and all the trails have gone back to nature.
Intervale Ski Area

: Spruce Mountain Tow

New Hampshire
New growth has made spotting this area from Carter Notch Road impossible, and the road leading up to it is private.
Spruce Mountain Tow

: Warner Ski Area 1

New Hampshire
This is another ski area that had the unfortunate fate of being shut down to make way for a highway. Because the ski area is now bisected by route 89, it is almost impossible to hike and explore the hillside area where this ski area once stood (around mile marker 19). This is an approximation of where this ski area once was. Differentiation in tree vegetation on the hillside is a sign of the potential location, and is more easily viewed from route 103 than route 89.
Warner Ski Area 1

: Bart's Retreat Tow

Vermont
May 2008
This long lost area was once located at the end of (or somewhere on) Bart's Hill Road. The last stretch of this road is private, and may have housed the base of the ski area, but there was also a nice looking old Bavarian style building at the beginning of the road with what looked like an old parking lot in front of it that also could have served as the base of a ski area.
Bart's Retreat Tow

: Little Prospect

Vermont
September 2008/December 2010
Trails: None really to speak of. All quite uniform forest at this point.
Lifts: There appeared to be a little bit of a man-made looking depression in the hillside that could have definitely been a spot for the ropetow liftline.
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: It's all woods now, and may be posted (can't remember if I saw signs or not). Doesn't appear to be much left there, if this is this correct location.
Little Prospect

: Lincoln Tow

Vermont
I BELIEVE this is the location of the ski tow. Originally I had thought that it was by the baseball field behind the fire department, but after doing several drive-bys I'm pretty sure that this is/was the tow's location. Currently, a river runs between the base and River Road, making this area difficult to access (if it is in fact the correct location).
Lincoln Tow

: Pinnacle Skiways

Vermont
This area, which is briefly visible from Route 89 southbound just north of Randolph, is at the end of a long, private road. Unfortunate, since the area is supposedly pretty much intact. However, we must respect the property owners and not trespass.
Pinnacle Skiways

: Rochester Tow

Vermont
I THINK that this is the location of the former Rochester ski tow. This ski area was more well known for it's jump than anything else, and the crotch in between these two mountains looks as if it fits the description of the area. Difficult to access though, and it's doubtful anything is left anyway.
Rochester Tow

: Tucker Hill Lodge Tow

Vermont
November 2008
I spent a few brief moments driving around the lodge (it was pouring rain) to look and see if I could see any signs of a ski tow. There were a few possible locations for a tow on the property, but it last ran in the 40s or 50s and therefore wouldn't likely have many remnants today.
Tucker Hill Lodge Tow

: Warren Outing Club

Vermont
This very old (1930's) ski area was closed down after WWII and became a gravel pit, meaning all remnants of the area are now lost.
Warren Outing Club

: White River Junction Tow

Vermont
Yet another ski area that was a victim of the construction of route 89. If you use your imagination, you can make out a little bit of a difference in the vegitation/topography where the ski area used to be, and if you have eagle eyes, you can see what appears to be some kind of metalwork up near the top of the hill behind some houses that MAY have had to do with the ski area.
White River Junction Tow

: Holderness

July 2008
Tried to drive by the base of the area, but, once again, it's down a private driveway and nothing was visible from the public roads.
Holderness

: Bristol Ski Tow

Vermont
Area appears to be now in someone's backyard, and nothing is either visible on aerial imagery or from Mountain Street.
Bristol Ski Tow

: Hinesburg Tow

Vermont
On a private road. Looks to be growing in on the aerial imagery. Unknown if there is a tow left.
Hinesburg Tow

: Burnham Hollow Tow

Vermont
May 2008
This is a very general idea of where the ski area once could have been. According to NELSAP, ski tow remains are in the area, but a fairly careful combing of the area (from the road) turned up no visible remnants.
Burnham Hollow Tow

: Candy Mountain

New Hampshire
This is an approximation of where this area once was. While nothing is visible from the road (it's all private homes and backyards now), this ski area was probably located just off of route 16, several miles east of Moose Mountain.
Candy Mountain

: New Hampton School

New Hampshire
Attempt to go find the ski area but it is located at the end of a very long, private road. Unable to see anything from the intersection of Gordon Hill Road and Route 132/Main St.
New Hampton School

: Chapman Hill

Vermont
July 2008
Trails: Still kept very clear.
Lifts: The ski area's single ropetow still stands entirely intact, rope and all.
Facilities: None, really.
Accessibility: This area supposedly operated sporadically, but I believe is now considered NELSAP. Also, on posted property.
Chapman Hill

: Hillside Ski Slopes

Vermont
I ran into a lady who's family owned the ski area at Bolton one day, and found out that the ski area was located on Lake Road, but didn't get any more specifics. This is just one of several locations along the road that could have housed the ski area.
Hillside Ski Slopes

: Topsfield Ski Tow

Massachusetts
March 2009
The base area of this former ski area is in an area marked as part of the "Essex Country Greenway," but from the road it appeared to be someone's private property. The second entrance to this ski area was a hiking trail that began at the intersection of Cross and Hill street, but this now has many new looking NO TRESSPASSING! signs and gates blocking it. Nothing really viewable from Garden Street either unfortunately.
Topsfield Ski Tow

: Iron Mountain

California
Note: Because of sprawling and extensive nature of this lost ski area, I've elected to only put a the bare essential information on this location. This ski area has it's own dedicated and separate communitywalk page because of it's size and breadth. The link to it is above.

Summer 2009
Trails: Because of the harsh High Sierra Mountain environment, new growth on the trails has been EXRTREMELY SLOW to non-existent (the ski area last operated in 1995). It seriously could pass as an open ski area, which kind of takes away from the whole mystique of it being an ABANDONED ski area.
Lifts: The mountain had 5 working lifts in its heyday (in a very odd layout), and all are now in various stages of removal. Lift #1 (Timber Lift) still stands in its entirety, complete with all chairs still attached. Lift #2 (Little Rabbit Lift) has no chairs, but the towers and cable are still (mostly) attached. Lift #3 (Wildcat Lift) was in a separate area from the rest of the mountain and appeared to be intact from a distance (minus chairs). Lift #4 (Eagle's Nest Lift) Had a few towers near the top removed, but the summit drive bullwheel still stood along with a few more towers farther down the EXTREMELY STEEP liftline). Lift #5 (Bruin Lift) had its summit drive and towers still standing, but the cable was gone and the chairs were piled up on the ground near the summit. In addition to these, several other lifts sit in pieces in the parking lot. They were purchased in the 1990s but never installed, or re-sold. All standing and sitting lifts appear to be Riblets, though a few could have been "frankelifts."
Facilities: This was quite a built-up resort, complete with an on-site Inn. The main lodge, aforementioned Inn, rental building, maintenance shack, and other various resort buildings ALL still stand in great disrepair, with almost all of them being accessible via broken windows or just wide open doors. Despite what you'd think, much of the interiors of these buildings did NOT have a dated look; many appeared to be updated during the 1990's. Plain white sheetrock walls and ceilings abound, though one room (rental shop obviously) was filled with a TON of early 90s rear-entry rental boots. Certain areas (much of the Inn, and some bedrooms high up on the third floor of the lodge) did appear to be a bit more dated.
Accessibility: All of this excitement is completely open and un-posted. It's right at the intersection of route 88 and the Mormon Emigrant Trail (entrances are on the Mormon side). As mentioned earlier, there's been little to no new growth on any of the trails so its easy to explore this sprawling resort, but just beware of insects as bees completely OWN this place at certain times of the year!
Iron Mountain

: Judgement Ridge

This ski area is now located on a Private development road, but all traces of the former ski area are presumed lost at this point anyway.
Judgement Ridge

: Hurricane Hill

April 2010
(Note:) I visited this area at dusk and therefore this analysis isn't as complete as it could be (and then proceeded to hit a deer on the way back to the highway. Fun....)
Trails: The former ski slope remains clear to this day as grazing land for horses.
Lifts: Nothing really visible, as darkness was falling. Presumed removed.
Facilities: Not really any. Supposedly the barn across the street was somewhat associated with the ski area. Also, night skiing lights are rumored to still be hung on some trees adjacent to the slope.
Accessibility: Someone's private farm now. One of those that's best to just take pictures from the road.
Hurricane Hill

: Hardwick Tow/Cannon Mountain

April 2010
Not really much to see here. It's quite overgrown now and runs between two private backyards, making it inaccessible.
Hardwick Tow/Cannon Mountain

: Berry Hill

April 2010
Although I'm sure it is possible to bushwhack to this area, it looks that any direct route to it would require going over private property. Nothing visible from Berry Road itself. Exercise caution or scope things out well in advance if you want to go after this one.
Berry Hill

: Mitchell Hill

April 2010
Although it LOOKS like this one is just off the road, it's almost entirely surrounded by private residences. Not sure if there's anything left to see anyway besides a few cuts in the trees.
Mitchell Hill

: Burnt Meadow Mountain

December 2010
This abandoned ski area is surrounded almost entirely by posted land. The road leading up to the base area is a private driveway now, and there are many private lots being developed along Dugway Road at this point. You can just barely make out the former ski trails passing by on route 160. Supposedly there is a rare Stadeli T-bar still standing entirely intact.
Burnt Meadow Mountain

: Glidden's Tow

August 2011
Trails: One wide open slope. Still maintained as a field today.
Lifts: None visible from the road. Could have been farther in though. Presumed removed.
Facilities: House still remains on the property. Appears to be a private residence (as it was when the tow was operating still).
Accessibility: Appears to be someone's private property now, from what I could gather from driving by. Difficult to see what was on the slope because of the row of trees growing on the side of the road.
Glidden's Tow

: Snow's Mountain

This "retired ski area" (as local bike trail maps call it) was closed for skiing in the late 1990's due to size and lack of interest (being right next to the much larger Waterville Valley Ski Area), however the mountain's double chair still operates today for lift served mountain biking. I attempted to go mountain biking there in August of 2011, but the lift had shut down early that day due to rain. Most of the trails from this smaller (500' vertical) remain maintained for the mountain bike operation, but the narrower woods trails on the north side of the ski area appear to have fallen victim to a housing development. Although I didn't ride it, from what I could gather from the trail map it appeared that there weren't too many true downhill runs here (it was a small ski area after all), though it does look like an excellent starting point for Waterville's extensive cross-country mountain bike trails. For a more "authentic" downhill experience, I'd probably recommend Highland Mountain (itself a former/reopened lost ski area!)
Snow's Mountain

: Sky Trail Ski Area

I found very little information online about this ski area, only that it's "12 miles south of Ashland." I'm presuming it was located near the I-5 corridor, and this is the only location that distance away that looks even remotely like a ski area. It probably isn't the correct location though.
Sky Trail Ski Area

: Universite de Montreal

Quebec
September 2008
Trails: Seemed like there was lots more new growth since my previous visit, but maybe that was because it was fall and not early spring? New growth along the liftline appears to be almost 100% sumac.
Lifts: Still keeps rusting away...
Facilities: Same as before. Light posts getting rustier and rustier.
Accessibility: Same as before. More hikers and mountain bikers out this day. Plus we got to watch a football game at the stadium from the ski slopes! (Well, whatever action was happening in the endzone anyway...)

April 2007
Trails: Still fairly clear for the most part. It would definitely be possible to pick your way down. The main slope was quite steep. Solid blue square (maybe even black diamond) material.
Lifts: Many of the area's Hall T-bar towers still stand proudly (but rusty). More growth is happening around them than on the ski trails themselves. Return bullwheel and base drive have been removed. The liftline actually runs right down into the endzone of the University of Montreal's football field!
Facilities: No physical buildings left. Several light posts for night skiing still stood along the liftline however. Most facilities (if there were any in the first place) were probably removed when the football stadium was constructed. It does take up A LOT of space near the ski area's base.
Accessibility: Hiking trails from the Mt. Royal cemetery lead to the top of the ski area, and single track trails criss cross the old ski area as well.
Universite de Montreal

: Parc du Mont Royal

Quebec
April 2007, September 2008
Trails: The former ski slope is still wide open and maintained as a sledding hill today, which suits it better anyway. Vertical can't have been more than 100'!
Lifts: The T-bar that used to serve this slope was removed sometime in the early 2000's, and only the concrete pad that the summit bullwheel used to sit on remains.
Facilities: A boarded up concession stand and first aid room sit in the woods near the base. Unsure if they're still used for the sledding hill today. A nice large and modern visitor center building is located opposite "Lac aux Castors."
Accessibility: Located in the Mont Royal area of Montreal, the former ski slope is still used today as a recreational area for all to enjoy.
Parc du Mont Royal

: Brickyard Mountain

New Hampshire
August 2011
Trails: Just about completely grown in at this point, from what I could see from Lakeside Ave.
Lifts: Still don't know, but I'd presume all elements have been removed at this point with all the construction that's gone on within the past few years.
Facilities: Anything ski area related presumed lost at this point.
Accessibility: A new road into the old ski area has been constructed, with a LARGE gatehouse at the entrance. A new paved road that leads down to Lakeside Ave could provide access, but I didn't hike it at the time. Looks like the new homes have been built right on the old trails.

Summer 2006
Trails: Continued growth makes distinguishing where trails were more difficult with each passing year.
Lifts: Still unknown.
Facilities: Same, although ski area sign converted into ad for new luxury condos to be built on the site of the former ski area, which will likely wipe out any and all remains of the ski area.
Accessibility: The road was opened and accessible at this point in time, though it was a bit of a confusing maze that didn't really seem to lead anywhere.

August 2004
Trails: Most easily visible from out on the lake. Still definitely discernible but new growth is charging forward at a steady pace to fill them in.
Lifts: Still unknown.
Facilities: Unknown. Presumed same.
Accessibility: I didn't actually physically visit the property in this entry, but was actually on a boat out on the lake, which provides the best views of the ski area. Must have been a great lake view from the ski area itself!

Summer 2002
Trails: Nothing visible from the road, but former ski trails are DEFINITELY visible from the lake, although they are growing in fairly quickly.
Lifts: Unknown. Maybe a ropetow tower or two left. A chairlift that was supposedly there is likely removed.
Facilities: I believe the ski area was connected to (or associated with) an adjacent hotel, which still stands, but looks to be in questionable condition. The old sign for the ski area still stood along the roadside however.
Accessibility: The road was blocked off at this point.
Brickyard Mountain

: Moose Mountain

New Hampshire
Lots happening at this soon-to-be-reopened lost ski area. It reopened for various non-lift served winter activities for '09/'10 (snow tubing, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, etc). Lift-served skiing is an unknown at this point due to permitting issues (and the fact that you'd probably have to share the slopes with snowmobiles!)

December 2010
Trails: Looking pretty good with snow on them. Most of the old ski trails still in rough shape, but the slope that was graded for snowtubing looks all ready to go.
Lifts: Mostly the same. Chairlift and Western T-bar still mostly standing at this point. Upon further inspection, looks like the summit return bullwheel for the Eastern Slope T-bar was left in place.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Same.

April 2010
Trails: Same as previous visits. Hiked around western slope and the new cut between the chairlift line and the eastern slope (I'm still unsure what the point of that was).
Lifts: It looks as if the chairlift's days are officially numbered. The base bullwheel/drive has been removed from its barn, and the entrance to it has been boarded up and a typical door has been installed in its stead. Looks as if its just being used as a shed now. The drive and first portal tower have been moved over to the boneyard (where I also found the T's and base drive for the now also removed western slope T-bar!). Other than that, all other towers still stand, and, to my surprise, a few mangled chairs still remain on the line either wrapped around towers or drooping on the ground! Also spent some time exploring the still standing western edge T-bar. Unsure why this one was left up, it was/is easily in the roughest shape of any of the mountain's 3 lifts. Probably just haven't gotten around to removing it yet.
Facilities: Same. Looks like they've elevated part of the parking lot in the tubing area for a longer runout.
Accesibility: Same. Not a soul was there when I stopped by.

November 2009
Trails: The trail that has received the most attention during Moose's resurrection has been the T-bar 1 slope (the slope on the left if you were looking up the mountain). The lower half has been meticulously smoothed out, even moreso than you'd see at a regular operational ski area, and it looks like this area will probably be used for snowtubing initially. The only other major trail modification was a large swath of clearcut between this slope and the chairlift liftline. No idea what that's all about.
Lifts: T-bar 1 has been fully removed at this point to make way for the snowtubing operation. A brand spanking new handle tow was being installed the day I stopped by, most likely for tubing. Unlike the T-bar, this lift runs straight up the middle of the slope instead of along the side, and terminates about halfway up the slope, just before it gets slightly steeper. About half a dozen telephone poles have been newly installed alongside it, most likely for lights for night tubing. The main chairlift still stands, but for how much longer I'm not sure. The cable had been removed in some spots and was drooping off of towers near the summit, leading me to believe that this lift's days are numbered. The other T-bar on the right side of the mountain remained untouched for now, but if any sort of new development were to occur on this side of the mountain it would have to be removed as it's WELL past it's operational state.
Facilities: The Moose Mountain Lodge is still looking fresh and new.
Accessibility: Still OK for hiking at this point. It will be interesting to see what activities are allowed there this winter, especially regarding snowmobiles, as a trail runs straight across the base area.

December 2008, February/March 2009
Trail Skiability: The chair liftline, and two T-bar slopes had been cleared back to their original specifications, and will most definitely be skiable with enough snowcover. Other smaller trails did not appear to have received the same treatment, but it was difficult to tell from the base area.
Lifts: The clearing of the slopes has resulted in all three classic lifts (1 double chair, 2 t-bars) to be visible once again. The chair lift looks as if it is being revitalized based on the renovation the base barn has received. The two T-bars (one Mueller, one a Doppelmayr I think) looked to be in much rougher shape and will probably need to be replaced.
Facilities: The base lodge has either been torn down or renovated, as a brand spankin' new looking lodge (named the "Moose Mountain Lodge") is now in its place.
Accessibility: The road is open and graded as any typical ski area parking lot now, though I'm not really sure what exactly is happening.

July 2006
Trails: Same, new growth continues making progress on old slopes.
Lifts: Same.
Facilities: Presumed same.
Accessibility: Presumed same.

July 2004
Trails: Fairly clear and discernible, but definitely going back to nature at this point.
Lifts: Old lattice tower Mueller double still stands proudly, minus chairs. Unknown how much of the old T-bar remains as well.
Facilities: Run down looking lodge apparently now a private residence, evidenced by the fact that someone was just sitting chilling on the deck when we stopped by. Old maintenance shacks were also located around the base area in dilapidated states.
Accessibility: Assumed to be on private property, seeing as someone's living in the base lodge.
Moose Mountain

: The Highlands

New Hampshire
Although this area is still closed to skiing, downhill lift served mountain biking has been offered on the old ski trails since 2006. They even renovated the ski area's old summit triple chair and retrofitted it to fit mountain bikes! Unsure if downhill skiing offerings are in the works for the future. In the meantime, check out the mountain's current website here.

July 2008/November 2010
Trails: The former main ski slope has been converted into an AWESOME looking downhill mountain biking run, complete with large banked corners. More bike trails exist in the woods and along the former ski trails.
Lifts: The triple chair now spins once again. An small old abandoned poma or T-bar from an unknown manufacturer sits dormant near the base area.
Facilities: The base lodge has been heavily renovated and restored for the downhill mountain biking operation.
Accessibility: It's open to the public for downhill mountain biking on the weekends during the warmer months. Unsure about how OK it would be to hike it/check it out during the week...

February 2005
Trails: Growing in, but not that quickly.
Lifts: Triple chair still there and visible from the parking lot, rusting away into the new growth.
Facilities: Base lodge quite dilapidated looking and posted.
Accessibility: Area appeared to be posted, so I only observed the area from the parking lot.
The Highlands

: Brandy Brow

Massachusetts
Spring 2006:
Trails: Nothing left. They are either fully grown in or were obliterated completely by the exit 52 onramp when 495 was constructed.
Lifts: Probably removed when houses went in in this area, though rumor has it that a few ropetow towers are stacked up near the top of the hill somewhere...
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Difficult. This ski area was in operation before route 495 was built. The interstate split "Lover's Lane" in two. The Plaistow side is still open, and has a few houses on it, but the Haverhill side is no more. Gone completely back to nature. The NELSAP entry states the ski area was on the southeastern side of the hill, which is where the exit 52 onramp is now.
Brandy Brow

: Jericho Hill

Massachusetts
June 2007
Trails: Main slope still kept perfectly clear. Smaller perimeter trails left to go back to nature. Looks like it'd be an EPIC sledding hill.
Lifts: T-bar and ropetow now removed, though a few concrete counterweights and twisted metal from the T-bar remain in the woods at the summit, as does the car frame and motor for the ropetow.
Facilities: The base lodge has now been turned into a recreation center for the town of Marlborough.
Accessibility: The hill itself is perfectly accessible and open to the public for hiking, dog walking, etc., with a nice new parking lot for the rec. center at the base.
Jericho Hill

: Maple Valley

Vermont
December 2010
Trails: Looks like some work has been done to the lower slopes near the base area of the mountain. And by work done, I mean they mowed them.
Lifts: Strangely enough, the three major lifts still standing (the two chairs and the T-bar) have received fresh paint jobs on their base teriminals, first towers, and carriers within reach from the ground. Don't know if this was done to spruce the place up for a potential seller or what, because the rest of the lifts further up the line remain rusty as ever.
Facilities: Same, although the sign for "General Timber Corp." was no longer anywhere on the property.
Accessibility: A single, new-ish looking posted sign was stapled to a telephone pole near the South Chair. Not so sure what's going on here.

March 2010
Trails: Still clear, and more usable during winter when the taller grasses die down and are covered with snow. Some smaller "old-field invader" pine trees starting to grown in on the sunnier slopes near the bottom.
Lifts: The weather has NOT been kind to Maple Valley's lifts the past few years. The north chair has become EXTREMELY rusty since I last visited; the haul rope is now a bright shade of, well, rust, as are most of the chairs. I'm sure the South Chair has fared no better but I couldn't really tell from the parking lot.
Facilities: The ski area was once listed as for sale for $1.5 million, but that for sale website has now been removed. The lights were on on the top floor of the main lodge, and a sign for "General Timber Corp." was put up over the sign for the parking lot.
Accessibility: Presumably the same. No posted signs anywhere, and I'm sure that timber corp is only renting part of the lodge and not the entire ski area, though that may not bode well for it reopening anytime soon...

September 2007
Trails: Same as previous visit, although taller grasses and saplings are starting to make their presence known along the narrower liftlines.
Lifts: Same as previous visit. Rusting away into oblivion.
Facilities: Same, a little bit more vandalism noticed than on my previous visit.
Accessibility: Same, although it was pouring rain that day and I didn't hike/explore as much as I would have liked.

February 2005
Trails: All still very clear and distinguishable. Mountain was only closed for 4 years at that point and regrowth seemed to be going fairly slowly (though it was winter). All trails still definitely skiable.
Lifts: All of the mountains original lifts (2 Hall doubles and a Hall T-bar) still stand, albeit in rough and rusty shape.
Facilities: The lodge and other buildings were just as they were when the mountain went under. Everything's completely untouched.
Accessibility: The mountain is for sale, the land is unposted, and its definitely still skaible with enough snow cover if you want to hike it.
Maple Valley

: Gilbert's Hill

Vermont
July 2005, 2007
Trails: Still as they were 70 years ago: Rolling hills and pasture land, with scattered tree islands breaking things up.
Lifts: The ropetow installed on this hill was the first ski lift EVER installed in this country, and it still stands today (minus the rope) as a testament to the era. I have heard that it still may run occasionally during re-enactments.
Facilities: None...really.
Accessibility: Although at first glance the land appears to be private, the current owners are aware of the historical significance of the hill and allow hike up/ski down skiing. Best access to the skiing is probably via Gully Road.
Gilbert's Hill

: Moab Mining Tram

Utah
May 2009
Trails: Same. They don't exist.
Lifts: No changes. The main gondola is quite new looking but vandalism has taken its toll, with broken windows and random graffiti on the walls.
Facilities: It was basically just the lift and parking lot at this location.
Accessibility: No no trespassing signs around, its just sitting there.

May 2006
Trails: None! It's not a ski area!
Lifts: The Doppelmayr gondola still has a few cabins and the work car on the line. A few more cabins look vandalized on the ground next to the base station. Supposedly, this was build in the late 90's/early 2000's and never actually operated or opened to the public.
Facilities: Looks to just a lift to nowhere with no other real infrastructure around it. Nice views probably exist near the top though, and the colors make it blend in nicely with the red rocks.
Accessibility: Didn't really stop to explore, but it's right next to the road and there didn't appear to be anything stopping one from exploring.
Moab Mining Tram

: Haystack

Vermont
Reopening Rumors: Grand plans were put in place to turn Haystack into a super-exclusive "country club" ski area when it was sold in 2005, but these have mostly fallen through as interest waned and the economy faltered. During the 2009/2010 ski season, rumor was that the lifts ran BRIEFLY for residents of Wilmington and potential real estate investors, but as of this writing any plans for this area are still on hold.

September 2007
Trails: All still very clear and solid, which is to be expected since it'd only been closed for 2 years at that point.
Lifts: Same as trails. Area only closed down 2 years prior, and everything was basically turn-key.
Facilities: Base lodge looks to have been recently renovated and cleaned up a bit.
Accessibility: That super nice gatehouse was unmanned, and it looked as if little to no construction had happened for some time.
Haystack

: Iron Mountain Slope

New Hampshire
February 2010
Trails: Same as previous visit. They're so grown in at this point that nothing is really visible above the base area.
Lifts: Walked the entire liftline and discovered that all of the lift remains, save for the rope itself. Top shack still remains at the top of the slope, but is partially collapsed. All mechanical components still there, although very rusty.
Facilities: Same. The Iron Mountain House is still burned down and the Red Fox is still there (and quite good!)
Accessibility: In the winter, it was a little easier to bushwhack through the brush to the top.

November 2007
Trails: Everything has pretty much grown in with the rest of the forest at this point. A few trace elements of trails exist near the very bottom of the hill.
Lifts: All of the ropetow's towers still stand in the woods, with car rims still attached. Looks like it was run by a GMC truck, based on the fact that there was an engine hood of one in the woods near the tow. A few floodlights and telephone poles remain too.
Facilities: The Iron Mountain House, which ran the slope up until the '70s, burned down in 2000. Went into it prior to the fire and, man, was that place CREEPY. Entire hotel was demolished a few years after the fire and the property now houses the excellent Red Fox Pub/Restaurant.
Accessibility: The former slope/lift base is located on the edge of overflow parking for the Red Fox. The lift runs practically into the parking lot, though some bushwhacking is required to get farther up the line.
Iron Mountain Slope

: Underhill Ski Bowl

Vermont
January 2008
Trails: Wide open bowl of former ski area still seems pretty skiable, if it were public property. AMAZING views of Mt. Mansfield from the summit.
Lifts: Only a few concrete bases remain for the ski area's Stabil-Disc lift (just like the ones at Birdseye). The pulley's for a ropetow are still standing silently by the summit alongside Stevensville road however.
Facilities: None from where I could see.
Accessibility: The entire ski area is now private property and posted, but very nice views of the old ski area exist from Stevensville Road.
Underhill Ski Bowl

: High Pond Mountain

Vermont
February 2008
Trail Skiability: The same, only the snowcover really showed just how skiable that one maintained trail still is. Someone had hiked up the liftline and taken a few turns on it.
Lifts: No change. T-bar still sitting there all intact. Didn't test it to see if it still ran this time though.
Facilities: Same as last visit.
Accessibility: Same as last visit.

October 2007
Trail Skiability: Mostly grown in, although definitely still discernible. One seems still almost perfectly clear, almost to the point as if it was still being maintained by someone.
Lifts: The main T-bar still stands ENTIRELY intact. Still runs too apparently. I jokingly pushed the power button to see what would happen, and the lift motor actually started! A smaller ropetow shack still stands next to the main T-bar as well, but no towers or rope anywhere to be found.
Facilities: The small-ish "Alpine Restaurant" lodge still stands entirely intact, even inside it looks as if no one touched anything the day they closed up shop. Same goes for the "Lift Terminal" building, as well as the former ski patrol hut. Almost everything is as it was the day they closed. Pretty rare find for a lost ski area nowadays.
Accessibility: In a very beautiful but rural valley deep in the middle of nowhere. Have to take a few one lane dirt roads to get there, but its quite worth it just for the beauty of its location.
High Pond Mountain

: Hyde Manor Tow

Vermont
February 2008
Ski area was run by the manor, which stands abandoned today and is one of the CREEPIEST and most haunted looking old hotels I have ever seen. Unfortunately, but understandably, posted. Family that owns the building still supposedly lives on the property, and visitors are most definitely NOT welcome.
Hyde Manor Tow

: Monteau/Swiftwater Valley

New Hampshire
February 2008
Trails: The beginner ropetow slope is still kept perfectly clear, and I actually skied two runs on it on this trip! Nothing all that difficult (900' long, 160' vertical according to NELSAP). Upper mountain trails left to grow back to nature.
Lifts: The summit double chair was removed in the early 90's, but the ropetow on the beginner slope remains entirely intact, complete with old, musty rope still hung onto some of the towers and a large sketchy drive house at the top.
Facilities: Base lodge converted into very nice looking public hall. Old maintenance shacks now look to be used for storage.
Accessibility: It's now all public recreation land, open to all possible uses. Hence, me skiing it that day!
Monteau/Swiftwater Valley

: Crotched Mountain (East)

New Hampshire
April 2008
Trails: A bit more distinguishable with the snowpack. RAPIDLY going back to nature. Trees from the former edges of the ski trails/liftlines rapidly taking over the slopes.
Lifts: Same. Lower T-bar only one that remains.
Facilities: Lodge had been broken into. Looked like it was an old ski school building.
Accessibility: Same. Exercise caution and don't stick around longer than you have to.

June & October 2007
Trails: Difficult to distinguish because of new growth. Lower T-bar slope that is separate from the main area still obvious though.
Lifts: Upper lift and T-bar removed, probably sometime around when Crotched West reopened. The only lift still standing is the Lower T-bar, which stood entirely intact (minus T's).
Facilities: Old boarded up base lodge still stands, growing into the weeds.
Accessibility: Located on a "residents and guests only" road, so caution is reccomended. ATV trails do run through the old ski area though.
Crotched Mountain (East)

: Chelsea Fish & Game Tow

Vermont
April 2008
Trails: The old ski slope is still wide open and maintained as an (apparant) sledding hill.
Lifts: Quite a few ropetow towers still remain leading up the side of the slope. Base drive is gone though.
Facilities: Although the ski area does not operate anymore, the Chelsea Fish and Game Club still appears to be quite active, with many archery and shooting ranges abutting the old ski slope.
Accessibility: Appears to be still skiable and sleddable (so long as you want to hike it). Right along the roadside.
Chelsea Fish & Game Tow

: Warner Ski Area 2

May 2008
Trails: Main slope still fairly clear, and probably skiable if there was enough snowcover. Mostly just tall grasses at this point.
Lifts: The ski area's lone ropetow still stands, with the rope even still attached to the pulleys on some towers. The summit drive house was crumbling and looking rather unsafe. No base bullwheel found, although the frame was still there, as was the "cattle herding" fencing.
Facilities: The base lodge is long gone, although two outhouse toilets still stand "proudly".
Accessibility: Appears to be on public land. I'd venture to guess that the area remains in use today as a good sledding hill.
Warner Ski Area 2

: French's Ledges

New Hampshire
May 2008
Trails: No visible signs of ANYTHING resembling a trail left at this ski area.
Lifts: The homeade platter pull lift still stands (mostly), with the summit engine building still intact in it's entirety. The cable is strewn about the ground in random places, as are parts to the bullwheel.
Facilities: None whatsoever.
Accessibility: Although hiking trails run directly to the former ski area (which is now on conservation land), they are in BAD shape, with many downed trees, stumps, and washouts blocking several sections.
French's Ledges

: Brake Hill

Massachusetts
April 2008:
Trails: Absolutely nothing still stands that would be recognizable as a ski trail/slope. The forest is pretty uniform at this point.
Lifts: Several ropetow pulley car rims were scattered along the hillside, but in a very non-linear fashion. The base drive for the lift still stood, albeit falling apart quite badly. The motor was still in there, rusting away. The return bullwheel at the summit still had yellow paint on it, but was now incorporated into some very interesting and complex treehouses near the summit of the hill.
Facilities: The former base lodge (or part of it anyway) is now a pizzeria near the old base area.
Accessibility: You'd never know this place was here if you didn't know about it beforehand, and access to the former ski tow remnants is quite difficult. Lots of bushwhacking required.
Brake Hill

: Birdseye Mountain

Vermont
Reopening Rumors: When I visited this area in May of 2008, there was A LOT of construction happening! The entire west facing slope looked as if it was being cleared out and graded. I'm unsure of the nature of the clearing, but it was definitely on the former ski trails. Some of the night skiing lights on trees in that area looked almost new. Stay on the lookout for more news in the future.

May 2008
Trails: As mentioned above, the west facing slope was in the process of being cleared while I was there. However, most of the slopes on the upper half of the mountain have now just about fully "gone back to nature."
Lifts: North facing slope stabil-disc lift towers and return bullwheel still standing, although VERY rusty. No sign of the cable or discs. Upper T-bar LONG gone, just concrete base pads left. West facing slope disc lift should still be there, but didn't explore because of construction.
Facilities: Only explored the mid-mountain area, so I'm not sure what's really left down at the base.
Accessibility: Hiked into area via legit ATV trail underneath the powerline that bisects the old area. The gated/posted road to the base was unlocked on this day because of the work being conducted.

October 2007:
Trails: Nothing visible from road.
Lifts: Unknown.
Facilities: Unknown.
Accessibility: Drove by on Route 4A. Base area road gated and posted.
Birdseye Mountain

: Snow Valley

Vermont
Reopening Rumors: The mountain was purchased in 2004 with the intent of being reopened as a private area, with several of the main trails having been cleared already. A used T-bar was intended to serve these main slopes. The lodge had been gutted as well, but no other renovations had been made. I'm sure money is an issue at this point and am unsure about the exact future of this area's operation.

May 2008
Trails: Some of the main trails near the base lodge have been cleared, others are quite grown in almost to the point of complete disappearance.
Lifts: A classic detachable pomalift and double chairlift remain intact, but both are in HORRIBLY rusty and inoperable condition. The double chair is COMPLETELY in the woods at this point, with most chairs still on the line (quite a sight!)
Facilities: The base lodge has been gutted (see reopening news), but has stood in that state for several years now. An large, unstable looking pumphouse still "stands" as well about halfway between the lodge and double chair.
Accessibility: Although the area is wide open and not gated at all, and I didn't come across any posted signs, it is supposedly on private property. Visit at your own risk, or not at all if there is work being done, although it doesn't look like anything's happened for several years at this point.
Snow Valley

: Timber Ridge

Vermont
Although all lifts have been removed from this area, the owner of the property has maintained the ski trails and they are currently in use for friends and family, and an occasional snowboarding competition. More info can be found here: http://www.nelsap.org/vt/timberridge.html

May 2008
Trails: Remarkably clear, resembling those of an open area (see above).
Lifts: All have been removed, but the base shack for the chairlift and T-bar still stand today as storage sheds.
Facilities: Main lodge has been renovated into a VERY nice looking private home.
Accessibility: This ski area was once incorporated with adjacent Magic Mountain, and connector trails still exist near the summits of the two areas. The trails are still definitely skiable, but I'm not sure how down the property's owner is with people skiing it these days, especially since it now operates semi-privately as a non-lift served area.
Timber Ridge

: Dick's Tow

Vermont
May 2008
Trails: Lots of newer growth, but with a little imagination it isn't too tough to discern where the slope was.
Lifts: Nothing REALLY was left of the lift, but there was a stone/concrete foundation at the base of the area that could have served as a base platform for a ropetow. Strange metal frame right next to this as well (though other info indicates this could have been some kind of furnace).
Facilities: Nothing really at all, aside from the foundation/metalwork.
Accessibility: There is an old, overgrown strip of pavement that runs just inside a large corner on route 4 just east of the Killington access road. The slope/foundation/metal are in the woods just inside this corner. This is the PROBABLE location of the old ski area. Not confirmed for sure, but it does a good job of impersonating one.
Dick's Tow

: Frontenac

New Hampshire
July 2008
Trails: Still mostly visible, but definitely going back to nature. Some of the upper trails have been slightly parcelized by a new housing development's road constructed near the summit.
Lifts: The main (and crazy steep) T-bar was removed several years ago and now operates at a private area in Moretown, VT. The small beginner ropetow near the base lodge still stands almost entirely intact. An engine room and several motors remain near the summit area, left over from lifts that most likely predated the T-bar.
Facilities: The nice looking "gingerbread house" lodge still stands, and appears to now be a private home. A few dilapidated shacks remain near the base as well.
Accessibility: The old base area is now basically just someone's driveway, but at the time of this visit, the summit of the area was very easily accessible because of the new housing development road that was built. However, the development of lots in this area will most surely remove all traces of the ski operation soon, and the trails will be left to go back to nature, ala Thunderhead.
Frontenac

: Pinnacle Park Skiland

Vermont
July 2008
Trails: Wide open fan-shaped bowl that used to be the slopes is still clear, only being taken over by taller grasses at this point. Vertical didn't seem all that good, nor very consistent.
Lifts: Long gone. It was supposedly moved to the Waterbury Village area upon this location's closure.
Facilities: Nonexistent.
Accessibility: The base of the old ski area is now a private road, but good views of the bowl still exist from Perry Hill Road, which runs along the summit.
Pinnacle Park Skiland

: Rockhouse Mountain Farm

New Hampshire
August 2008
Trails: Open slope that used to be a ski slope now has been converted into an orchard/vineyard/farm field.
Lifts: The ropetow that ran where the orchard is now looks to have been completely removed. Supposedly another tow ran on the other side of the road, but it was behind some buildings and nothing was visible from the road.
Facilities: Farm buildings look to be a private residence and still working farm today.
Accessibility: Looks to be a working farm, and there's not anything left to really see anyway. Best to just drive by.
Rockhouse Mountain Farm

: Ski-W/Stark's Hill

Maine
August 2008
Trails: Still distinguishable, but new growth is definitely making hiking more and more difficult.
Lifts: Found a collapsed wooden structure at the top of the ropetow slope that probably housed the ropetow's motor. Summit T-bar still standing almost entirely, minus base and summit return terminals though. Lift appears to be mostly homemade, aside from a Mueller portal tower near the base. Also found a homemade T-hanger growing into a tree halfway up the line (which was EXTREMELY grown in, by the way).
Facilities: All gone. Lodge burned down in the 70's, which consequently killed the ski area.
Accessibility: The ski area is located down Quarry Road, just off of Haley Town Road, which is just off of Route 302. The road is unpaved and narrow, but drivable (as mentioned, there is a single house down near the end of the maintained section of road. Looks to be more hiking trails on the hill unrelated to the ski area.
Ski-W/Stark's Hill

: Weiwal's

Massachusetts
April 2009
Trails: Look about the same as they do on the NELSAP page/my previous visit. More visible from the road since the trees haven't leafed out yet. Looks like the ski area is now VERY close to some newly constructed houses at the top of the hill that I didn't see when I was there last time.
Lifts: The lack of foliage made it a bit easier to see through the trees this time, and I'm going to have to assume that the ropetow is now gone. It may actually have run right where the new houses are now.
Facilities: Same (aka none).
Accessibility: Didn't actually get out and hike around this time (though the likeliness that I would've been attacked by bees wouldn't have been as great!) because the lack of foliage made things more clear from the road. Unsure about who owns this property now with the new houses, but it's not really worth it anyway as it doesn't appear there's anything left.

September 2008
Trails: Getting to be quite a bit overgrown at this point, but with a little imagination, you could make out where the ski slope once was.
Lifts: I didn't find it on this trip, but supposedly the area's ropetow still stands.
Facilities: None to speak of.
Accessibility: Actually quite difficult. The area is right along route 119/225, but because of new growth it is kind of difficult to get to. Found this out the hard way when I accidentally stepped on some kind of bee's nest and got stung about half a dozen times on my legs. THAT put an end to that trip pretty quick!
Weiwal's

: Skyfields

Massachusetts
September 2008
Trails: Main slopes still kept clear and maintained as yards/horse pastures? Smaller trails in the woods near the summit probably gone back to nature at this point.
Lifts: No remains found.
Facilities: A barn/stable type building sits about halfway up the slopes, which may have at one time been related to the ski area.
Accessibility: Residential development has really parcelized this ski area, and the only really good place to see anything (not that there's much to see) is from the barn/stable about halfway up Skyfield Drive.
Skyfields

: Big Bear/Musket Mountain

New Hampshire
September 2008:
Trails: Still discernible, but quickly growing back in.
Lifts: Found a few concrete bases and "cattle herding gates" near the base. No other real lift remains that I could find.
Facilities: Old base lodge renovated into a very nice function hall.
Accessibility:Trails starting from the base have some very excellent (and interesting) art on them, intended to be a sort of "art/sculpture walk" that winds its way around the former ski area.
Big Bear/Musket Mountain

: Apple Hill

Vermont
May 2008:
Trails: The summit (upside down mountain) was still clear, albeit growing taller grasses. Trails leading down the hill were still visible via the vegetative differences in the trees.
Lifts: No lift remnants found, but there was an old power box near where the lift supposedly terminated.
Facilities: This ski area was connected to the (very nice) Mountain Top Inn. All skiing facilities were likely located within the inn.
Accessibility: Although it's right next to the inn's property, it is posted. Best to view from the road (not much to see anyway).
Apple Hill

: Big Red

Massachusetts
July 2008:
Trails: Grown in with taller grasses, but probably still skiable in the winter. Definitely had a good pitch to them. Rumored to have been more difficult than Bradford.
Lifts: Several old towers with car rims still attached from the area's only lift (ropetow) near summit, although drive house now removed and nothing but a concrete base pad. More towers most likely exist further down the lift line.
Facilities: None that I could really see.
Accessibility: This ski area is located behind the ball fields at Page School in West Newbury. Best bet is to go on the weekend/summer, or basically when school is out.
Big Red

: Hampstead Ski Club (Morris Hill)

Trails: The main tow liftline is still kept clear and maintained today (although it was pretty overgrown with taller grasses during this visit), but was not very wide by ski slope standards, if in fact this was the only slope which was offered. Smaller side trails still existed also in the woods on the south side of the hill.
Lifts: Two of the intermediary ropetow towers still stood, near the edge of the woods. Motor and return bullwheel long gone.
Facilities: None existed when the ski area was in operation, even less there now.
Accessibility: A very nice private home stands at the former ski area summit now, but un-posted trails lead down to the slope from the adjacent cemetery.
Skiability: Still possible, and supposedly, according the NELSAP page, still done.
Hampstead Ski Club (Morris Hill)

: Raymond Tow

New Hampshire
December 2008
Trails: None left to speak of. Only remaining remnant of the ski area was a clearing between the church parking lot and route 107/27. Construction of the church basically wiped out the entire hill.
Lifts: Nothing left, although there was an interesting wooden structure on top of a boulder near the powerline cut that may have had something to do with a ski tow?
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: You can park in the church parking lot and walk around, but there really isn't much of anything left to see.
Raymond Tow

: Atlantic Forest/Locke's Ski Tow

Massachusetts
December 2008
Trails Explored most of them quite extensively. The upper sections of the main mountain just below the summit of the lifts is now where the new homes are. Below those however, it's still pretty obvious where the trails were. The northern edge of the ski area is growing in MUCH more quickly with birches and alders than the southern edge (a row of pines sectionalizes the area).
Lifts: Initially, I had thought that once the two pomas were removed when the houses went in all was lost, and although those classic lifts are MOSTLY gone, a few scattered pieces remain. The bullwheel and counterweight structure for the fixed-grip poma that ran up the southern edge of the ski area are still sitting just barely in the woods next to the field at the summit. One concrete base pad for one of that poma's tower still stands just above the lawns of the new condos. The detachable poma, which ran up the northern slope, was more compltely removed (no signs of any towers, engines, or bullwheels), but the rusty cable was still running up and down the slope just next to the pines. Also was able to find one single concrete base pad for this lift heavily overgrown with grasses and shrubbery. In addition to these two pomas, I guess there also was a ropetow that ran up the far northern edge of the ski area for a ways. I was able to find four towers (including the base one) for this lift right on the edge of the property. No motors or rope though.
Facilities: Although all of the former ski-related buildings have been demolished to make way for houses, MANY floodlights for night skiing still remain on the hill, particularly the slope on the northern edge of the hill. Snowmaking pipes also run up and down the edge of this trail.
Accessibility: The cookie-cutter condos that were constructed at the summit are on a private road, but many hiking trails are in the area, one of which leads straight to the summit of the hill. Growth along the edge of the old ski area has been slow, with little to no new sapling growth, making it quite easy to walk through the forest. The ski trails themselves, however, are a different story. EXTREMELY tight new growth makes it tough to get through them.

April 2008:
Trails: Still visible, although the hill was really just one main open slope for the most part.
Lifts: All gone.
Facilities: Single remaining base shack torn down, new house being constructed in its place.
Accessibility: New road appears to be constructed heading straight up the old ski trails.

Summer 2007:
Trails: No changes
Lifts: Both pomas now entirely removed, as housing development takes over more of the hill.
Facilities: Same single shack still stands at base.
Accessibility: New road near summit makes it easer to drive where the ski area once stood.

Summer 2003:
Trails: Still very clear and discernable, albeit slightly overgrown.
Lifts: 2 blue and orange Poma lifts (1 detachable, 1 not) still standing.
Facilities: Several boarded up old ski lodge-like buildings near the base area.
Accessibility: Base area/buildings posted, but new road being constructed near the summit for a new housing development.

Pre-2003
This is one of several ski areas that really cemented my interest in abandoned ski areas. This was the first ski area my dad ever skied at in the late '70's, and he often joked about how he had issues trying to ride the detachable poma lift, embarrassing himself in front of my mom (whom he was only dating at the time).
Atlantic Forest/Locke's Ski Tow

: Amesbury Sports Park

Massachusetts
The hill that the current Amesbury Sports Park operates on was actually home to THREE distinct and separate ski/snowboard operations at different points in time. The first was as a ski slope called "Lone Tree Hill" in the 1940s, a typical ropetow area. The second was during the first few years of Amesbury Sports Park's existence in the early 1990s, when a small (ahead of its time?) terrain park was operated for several years on the eastern edge of the property, with uphill transportation provided by a handle tow that ran parallel to an identical tow used to for the snowtubing operation. The terrain park operation ceased after only a few years, most likely based on the slope's double fall line and lack of pitch. The area where the park once was was left to regrow (and erode away), as the park focused instead on snowtubing (and Go Karting, and mini golf, and being a driving range, and soccer fields, and just about every other recreational activity imaginable). For the 2009/2010 season, a terrain park was added right in the middle of the snowtubing operation, which to me qualifies it as a lift served ski area. However, it's uncertain if this will continue for the 2010/2011 ski season as no mention of the terrain park has been mentioned on ASP's website. However, this is the kind of place which tries a multitude of new things every so often then moves on to something new and different.
Amesbury Sports Park

: Epping Tow

New Hampshire
December 2008
Trails: Main slope still kept wide open (either that or nothing's just growing there).
Lifts: No signs of anything.
Facilities: Maybe one of the trailers in the area could have been related to the ski area at one point, but nothing really stuck out.
Accessibility: Located in a trailer park. The hill now appears to be used to collect old beaten up trucks and other random detritus.
Skiability: It's supposedly still used as a sledding hill, so that means its still skiable as well.
Epping Tow

: Stanton Slopes

New Hampshire
October 2008
I spent a good deal of time trying to find this elusive area, bushwhacking around the old overgrown trails near this marker, but was unable to find any sign of a ski lift. I may have been in the wrong location, and the ski tow may have been removed with all the recent development, but it is definitely in this area on this road...
Stanton Slopes

: Boston Hills

Massachusetts
March 2009
Trails: It's still pretty obvious where they were, but there were TONS of vines, pricker bushes, and invasive bamboo shrubs covering the old ski trails, making hiking them difficult. Looked like one single ATV type trail running straight up the main slope that would make things more manageable, but it becomes quite brushy again nearer the summit.
Lifts: The Hall double chair was mostly removed during the 1990s, but several concrete footings for the lift towers remain, along with the concrete pads for the base drive and summit return bullwheel. The top lift operators shack and the wooden shell for the unloading ramp also still stand, deep in the undergrowth. Most of the towers for a ropetow that ran parallel to the chair also still exist on the hill, including the return car rim bullwheel still attached to a post at the top. A strange looking old bent car frame was also discarded in the woods just to the right of the ropetow.
Facilities: The base lodge housed an archery shop for some time after the ski area closed, but this folded as well sometime ago. The lodge and large Boston Hills ski area sign were demolished sometime within the past year, and now nothing remains but a concrete foundation and the wooden base for the sign.
Accessibility: While this area was most definitely posted at one time, the land must have been sold because I didn't see ANY during this visit. This must have happened when the base lodge was torn down. Lots of "No Parking" signs along route 114 next to the ski area, but the parking lot for the ski area was wide open and I don't think the signs applied to it. A hiking/biking trail runs past the summit (and kind of disappears once it hits the ski trails), not sure where that originates. I'm assuming its now public property because of this, though just beware of the many thorns that now occupy the old ski trails.

Spring 2003:
Trails: Still very clear and recognizable.
Lifts: Supposedly all removed. Nothing was visible from the road.
Facilities: Boarded up base lodge housed an archery shop at one point, but that looks pretty much abandoned too. The ski area sign still stands on the roadside.
Accessibility: LOTS of posted signs near the ski area base. Hiking trails do supposedly exist in the area though.
Boston Hills

: Oak Hill

New Hampshire
October 2008
Trails: All trails are kept fairly clear, and are still definitely skiable.
Lifts: The only lift (a J-bar) has long since been removed. it is rumored that the J-bar built here was the first one ever constructed in the country.
Facilities: A small shack that looks as if it could have served as a lift hut remains at the base of the trails. A small lodge remains as well, but looks like it's used for storage nowadays. There is also a natural ski jump just to the north of the ski trails that looks as if it's still in use.
Accessibility: The entire area is open to the public as a recreation area, and has NUMEROUS hiking/cross-country skiing trails that traverse the old ski area. Dartmouth looks like it uses the area quite a bit for sporting events.
Oak Hill

: Priest's/Groton Hills

Massachusetts
September 2008
Trails: All were quite uniform and straight. Newer growth and tree vegetation denoted where they used to be.
Lifts: Unknown.
Facilities: Unknown.
Accessibility: Signage in the area indicated that this was conservation land, but I couldn't find a trailhead or parking. It seemed like one big cul-de-sac with lots of private driveways to me.
Priest's/Groton Hills

: South Burlington Tow

Vermont
February 2008
Trails: The one main slope has completely grown in, and is now uniform with the rest of the forest. Looked like it was VERY short, definitely under 100' of vertical.
Lifts: Six charred posts, a flywheel, and random telephone pole at the summit of the hill are the only remains of the ski area's ropetow. The liftline depression, however, is easily visible from route 89 in the winter, just north of exit 14W.
Facilities: None.
Accessibility: Located within UVM's Centennial Woods. Hiking trails run right past the old ski area.
South Burlington Tow

: Hamilton Ski Slopes

Massachusetts
March 2009
The former ski area has been absorbed into what appears to be someone's HUGE estate. The ski area itself is located on the driveway to this place but that's obviously private now. It's viewable briefly through the trees along Moulton Street, but would be difficult to access otherwise. Best bet is to let this one (sadly) pass by.
Family History: My grandfather briefly worked at this ski area as a liftie during the 1960's when my dad's family lived in Hamilton!
Hamilton Ski Slopes

: Temple Mountain

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: Exploring this area before the summer growth occurs made a HUGE difference. Spent most of my time on the main slopes around the quad chair liftline, some of which were quite steep and rocky.
Lifts: Same as last time, though I did find some concrete pads for a lift (I THINK the "Main T-bar") that appeared to go straight up a rocky ledge. It may have been the quad chair though, as the trails in this area were a bit confusing.
Facilities: Same. All gone.
Accessibility: Newer looking hiking/ATV trails criss-cross the main trails now, unsure whether or not they were there before the land became a state reservation a few years ago. They made hiking the main face area a lot easier though.

September 2008
Trails: Regrowth continues at a fairly rapid rate.
Lifts: What a difference a year makes! All of them are now GONE. Only lift remnants now are concrete bas pads for the quad chair as well as the concrete structure for the quad's return bullwheel.
Facilities: All gone, aside from a renovated maintenance shack that's now used by the state parks.
Accessibility: Temple is now officially a state reservation park, complete with legit State of New Hampshire Wooden State Park sign!

June 2007
Trails: Although the ski area had only been closed since 2001, regrowth at this area has been FAST. Trails were still distinguishable, but many were unhikable because saplings and grasses were growing so quickly.
Lifts: Both of the ski area's chairlifts have been sold (one of which I believe went to Nashoba Valley). One T-bar on the far western slopes remains fully intact, minus T's of course. An old bullwheel from another T-bar remains near the summit of the mountain. Also at the summit were the remains of the unloading ramp and shack for the quad chairlift.
Facilities: Most of the ski area's buildings were torn down not long after the area went under. A few scattered night skiing lights were attached to trees in various places though.
Accessibility: On public land, and old work roads are easily hikeable today. Nice views of the surrounding area from the summit.
Temple Mountain

: Woody Glen

New Hampshire
October 2007
Trails: Still kept quite clear and now are mostly used as fields for horses.
Lifts: The area's main T-bar still stands entirely intact (minus T's). This lift came from the Tyrol ski area in Jackson.
Facilities: What appears to have been a small ski patrol hut still stands at the top of the ski area (upside down mountain). The old base lodge is now a private home.
Accessibility: The ski area appears to be on private property at this point, judging by the amount of electric fencing setup on the slopes for the horses.
Woody Glen

: Blanchard Hill

Massachusetts
April 2009
Trails: Grown in, but the entire ski area is still pretty much visible from Sky Top Road. The new growth contrasted with the old growth gives it away as a lost ski area.
Lifts: Unknown, probably all removed when the housing development went in. Maybe something left at the top of the hill but I have no idea how you'd get up there without trespassing.
Facilities: All torn down when the houses went in.
Accessibility: Since it's in a housing development, I'm going to assume that it's on private property (though all the yards in the area seem to stop before they hit the remains of the ski trails). Still, not sure how you'd be able to get to the ski area itself, or if there's really anything worth checking out up there.
Blanchard Hill

: Stratham Hill

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: This place really only had one open slope (which is totally grown in today), though part of the summit area where the ski area once was is still maintained as a field.
Lifts: Nothing left. You have to look REALLY close to tell that there was once a ropetow here. There is a depression about 25' long dug into the hillside near the top where the ropetow used to run, along with a conspicuously level area at the top (where the bus that used to power the tow once stood), and an area at the base that looked to have been graded a REALLY long time ago as well. All of these areas are now fully grown in. A few old telephone poles and wooden structures sat on the ground in a makeshift "boneyard" in the back end of the park, but unsure if these had anything to do with the ropetow.
Facilities: Nothing related to the ski area, though it is a nice recreation/park now.
Accessibility: The ski area was located in Stratham Hill Park, which is still used today as a REALLY nice, well, park. Great hiking trails in the area, baseball fields and playgrounds at the base, and a firetower at the top with great views of the Great Bay and the surrounding area. Not much to see NELSAP-wise, but otherwise just a cool place to go hang out.
Stratham Hill

: Indian Mound

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: Same as previous.
Lifts: I had originally thought that there was nothing left, but closer inspection this time revealed at LEAST one ropetow car rim attached to a telephone pole near the base. Unsure if there were any more as you can't see much of the hill from the angle of the road.
Facilities: Same. Former lodge/shed quite weathered looking but still structurally sound.
Accesibility: Still private.

April 2008/Summer 2003
Trails: Very small (and short) open slope still maintained today as someone's lawn.
Lifts: Nothing left.
Facilities: One small shack that could have been for the ropetow or been used as a warming hut still stands at the bottom of the hill, but is very small and has been converted into a shed.
Accessibility: This is now someone's lawn, and therefore private property. Nothing to really see anyway.
Indian Mound

: Amherst-Bedford Ski Area at Bragdon Farm

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: Overgrown, but the saplings are small enough so you can tell what was there.
Lifts: Nothing appeared to be left, at least from my vantage point on route 101.
Facilities: Didn't seem like there was much there when the place was running, and nothing is left there now.
Accessibility: Supposedly the ski area itself is on public conservation land (parking for the Bragdon Farm Conservation land hiking trails was about 1/4 mile west on 101), but the large, clear field that the ski area runs into was listed as private or "only for authorized guests."
Amherst-Bedford Ski Area at Bragdon Farm

: Amherst Ski Club (Mt. Vernon)

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: Very hard to see much from the road, as this area is a very thick, deep, pine forest now, but I could definitely see a graded out flat trail/road winding down the side to the former base area. This must have been from one of the former woods trails.
Lifts: Nothing visible from the road. Woods too thick.
Facilities: Nothing.
Accessibility: Although the land wasn't posted, or near what appeared to be ANYONE'S home, getting to this area would prove to be a bit difficult. Even in this ski area's heyday, there was parking for a max of maybe 10 cars along the side of Brook Road, which today is a narrow 1.5 lane dirt road. You'd have to park at least 1/4 to 1/2 a mile away to find a place where the road is wide enough to park safely. The brook that separates the road and ski area might be a bit of a challenge to cross too. What seemed more interesting was the abandoned looking (posted) railroad museum about 1/2 of a mile down the road from the old ski area.
Amherst Ski Club (Mt. Vernon)

: Echo Summit

California
June 2009
Trails: Overgrown in places with some taller shrubs, but some trails (especially near the bottom) still skiable with enough snow probably.
Lifts: Supposedly, the mountain's 2 main chairs were removed and sent to Iron Mountain (these are likely the 2 Riblets sitting in the parking lot there). Also found what appeared to be a concrete base pad near the bottom, along a single round metal base for a lift of some kind nearer the top of the ski trails. In addition, also found a small bullwheel in that area, along with some smaller sheaves and twisted metal and cable that appears to have been from some kind of surface lift. This was roughly in a linear fashion to the concrete base pad thing. The metal tower pad appeared to go up a strange steep double fall line to nowhere.
Facilities: Boarded up lodge still sits at the base area, though this MAY be used for snowplay in the winters.
Accessibility: The area today is used as a "snow-play" area, which I assume means its for sledding and, probably, "earn your turns" skiing. The area is gated during the summers, but parking for several hiking trails (Pacific Crest Trail, Tahoe Rim Trail) is just outside of this gate, and those trails criss-cross the old ski area.
Echo Summit

: Wildwood Valley

Vermont
October 2009
Trails: Still discernible a little bit, but definitely going back to nature. Still, the harsh environment of the Northeast Kingdom makes new growth a little bit slower.
Lifts: The T-bar is still most likely in place, though was difficult to see from the woods.
Facilities: The base lodge apparently burned down some time ago, but a private home and shed that may or may not have been associated with the ski area still sits on the property today. An old, faded, and out-of-commission propane tank sat in a field across the street from the ski area and was most likely associated with the ski area.
Accessibility: Despite the ruralness of the area, both sides of Toad Pond Road are heavily posted for the entire length of the road, including the area where the ski area was. Not recommended for exploring as its basically sitting in someone's backyard now.
Wildwood Valley

: Oak Lee Ski Lodge

February 2010
According to NELSAP the Oak Lee Ski Lodge operated a tow on its property during the post WWII ski boom. This lodge is now the Shannon Door Pub. Stopped by to try and do some recon but no remains were found, and the only possible location for the tow would have been where the golf course now is.
Oak Lee Ski Lodge

: Johnson State College Slope

This ski slope appears to be active today as an apparently private walk up/ski down terrain park for those associated with the college (probably for insurance reasons). I list it here because it appears that it was at one point lift served, and although no lift are in use (or appear to remain) now, its use is still sanctioned by the college.
Johnson State College Slope

: Jeffersonville Tow

April 2010
Trails: Kind of difficult to tell what was there originally. Patches of what looks to be (somewhat) recent clearing and a powerline swath kind of throw things off a little bit.
Lifts: None to speak of that were visible from 108.
Facilities: What was likely the base lodge has now been converted into a very nice looking private home, complete with its own private bridge over the creek.
Accessibility: Because of the creek and private driveway, looks to be one you can only speculate on from the road.
Jeffersonville Tow

: Ossipee Mountainview Slopes

April 2010
This former ski area is now home to the Carroll County Police Shooting Range. As expected with a name like that, no trespassing signs abound. Unfortunately, not too much to see from the road either, as this is a long gone ski area.
Ossipee Mountainview Slopes

: Pinkham Notch

April 2010
Trails: In the winter anyway, it's still definitely possible to tell where this ski area once was. The slopes aren't as overgrown as you'd think (probably because of the harsher notch environment).
Lifts: None to speak of.
Facilities: A very ski lodge-esque private house sat right at the base of the area. I'm 90% certain this was probably the base lodge for the ski area. It was for sale when I visited, and looked like it might have been uninhabited.
Accessibility: A hiking trail (I believe its called the Huntman Trail) actually runs right through the base of the ski area and up the old liftline!
Pinkham Notch

: Dundee

April 2010
Trails: Quite grown in. Difficult to tell where anything was.
Lifts: Did find the frame to what was likely a ropetow discarded into the woods on the other side of Dundee Mountain Road. Where the ski area was, however, was a lot of piled up junk that may or may not have had to do with the ski area.
Facilities: What was likely the base lodge is now a private home.
Accessibility: Hard to say exactly where the legal property lines are on this one. The base of the area looks to lie just beyond the base lodge turned home's backyard. Exercise caution, view from the road, or go higher up Dundee Mountain Road.
Dundee

: Thorn Mountain

New Hampshire
This historic ski area is COMPLETELY grown in, having closed in the 1950's. Again, another unfortunate area where the base is located on a private road, although there really doesn't seem like there'd be much left to see anyway. However, if you drive down Juniper Road, off of Tin Mine Road, you're basically driving at top of the old ski trails, though you'd never know it as the tree growth is entirely uniform at this point.
Thorn Mountain

: White's Mountain

July 2010
Trails: Same as previous visit.
Lifts: I climbed the mountain via the former liftline, and, while the lift has been almost completely removed, there are a few remnants to be found. About halfway up is a large, collapsed wooden frame, which I originally thought may have been a midway unloading station (the hill gets quite steep just beyond this point), but during my descent, I found another one of these wooden frames nearer the bottom of the liftline. This means that the lift was either a low-to-the-ground wooden single chair similar to the one at Thorn Mountain in NH. Either that, or it was a more "modern" metal chair that just happened to have two midway unload stations.
Facilities: Same as previous visit, though that new Forest Service building they're constructing is coming along nicely.
Accessibility: Same as previous visit. It's on public Forest Service land and completely hikeable (though I'd avoid the construction at the base as a courtesy/safety precaution). The hike up the liftline is also quite steep, especially near the top so wear good hiking boots. An OHV trail leads directly to the top of the ski area as well, if you have a vehicle capable of those kinds of roads.

May 2010
Trails: Grown in somewhat, but still mostly discernible. Unsure how long this place has been closed for, but I do know that this was the FIRST ski area to open up in the Lake Tahoe Basin!
Lifts: Found a large concrete pad for a lift near the bottom of the slope, but didn't explore that extensively farther up.
Facilities: A few old, decrepit Forest Service buildings were literally torn down a week before I explored here. Most likely, they were associated with this ski area before they were used by the Forest Service.
Accessibility: Hiking trails criss-cross the old ski area, which appears to be entirely on public Forest Service land.
White's Mountain

: South Tahoe High School Ski Area

June 2010
Trails: Mostly grown in, but some lines still discernible through the growth.
Lifts: Some sort of abandoned surface lift still stands somewhat. All towers still stand along the line, some missing crossarms and/or sheave trains. The top return bullwheel counterweight support still stands, but the bullwheel itself lies on the ground.
Facilities: What looks to have been a small lodge still stands at the bottom and looks like it's been renovated and now serves as some sort of outdoor adventure center?
Accessibility: I actually found this place COMPLETELY randomly while doing layout GPS work on the Forest Service land just above the lift. A mountain biking trail runs through the old ski area farther down the liftline, but lots of NO TRESPASSING signs nearer the bottom of the lift closer to where that outdoor/adventure school place was. Unsure if it's owned by the high school or someone else. This one DEFINITELY needs to be investigated further.
South Tahoe High School Ski Area

: Ski Tannenbaum

July 2010
Trails: It appears that this ski area had only one main slope, which the lift ran up, with a few quick side trails that elbowed around near the summit then cut back in less than halfway down this "upside down" area's ski slope.
Lifts: The summit drive terminal for some kind of lift still remains, as do the concrete footings and a tipped over operator shack at the base. Sadly, I do not know what kind of lift it was. The bullwheel/engine could either be from a large surface lift, or small chairlift. To add to the mystery, I found both pomalift platter discs, AND the frames of what appear to be old double chairs near this summit terminal.
Facilities: Several small storage shed and one larger warming hut/small lodge still stands, carved into a hillside. LOTS and LOTS of cool old 70's stuff from the ski area is just laying around the summit area, including awesome lamps, arcade games, and random pieces from the cafeteria.
Accessibility: During this trip, the parking lot was blocked with "no tresspassing" signs hanging on the gates, and it looks like this is where the Nevada DOT stores some of their snow removal equipment for the summer. I'm thinking that only applies to the parking lot however, as the bottom half of the ski area appears to fall within the boundary of the Galena Creek Park, and, aside from some faded old signs on several old shed buildings, there are no signs denoting private property.
Ski Tannenbaum

: Edelweiss

October 2010
Trails: Fairly well grown in at this point, especially near the bottom of the old ski area. The top is more open and, I'm presuming because of the elevation, regeneration has been much slower there. A stream runs across the base area now, which was most likely here when the ski area operated as well.
Lifts: No remnants found, though if you use your imagination you can see where it looked like a lift ran, straight up the middle of the old ski area.
Facilities: The area is now known as "Camp Sacramento," and there's lots of seasonal use cottages and lodge-like buildings adjacent to the old slope. I'm pretty sure these had something to do with the ski operation.
Accessibility: A road on the east side of the property is now private, and the Camp Sacramento Area was gated off when I (briefly) visited as well. That stream crossing through the base area really messes things up for going straight up the slope unfortunately.
Edelweiss

: Bijou Ski Park

November 2010
Trails: Seemed to be still relatively clear, though the trees became a bit thicker where the slope steepens a bit.
Lifts: No remnants found. It's a relatively residential/"built up" area, and since the lift here was only a ropetow I'm sure most remnants are gone by now.
Facilities: None to speak of.
Accessibility: No no trespassing signs around, though there were a few discouraging snowplay in the area. Unsure of who owns the area or if it's parcelized or what. I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I lived maybe half a mile away from this place for two years and never once bothered to go check it out until one of my last days there in the summer of 2010, and even then it was a pretty rushed trip so I didn't get nearly as much dirt on the place as I would've liked.
Bijou Ski Park

: Whaleback

Whaleback was closed for four ski seasons from 2001-2005 (which is relatively short in NELSAP years!) When the hill reopened in 2005, there was a shift in focus towards year-round "freestyle" training and terrain parks, though Whaleback remains an old-school, gritty (and, depending on conditions, quite intimidating) ski hill that skis much bigger and more challengingly than its 700' drop would suggest. Photos included here were taken during the ski area's time on the NELSAP list.
Whaleback

: Snow Hill

December 2010
Trails: From the aerial view, grown in quite a bit. As I headed back to the highway I looked back at the mountain from a farther distance and could see practically no signs of former trails.
Lifts: The main lift (a T-bar) was removed and sold when the ski area closed. Supposedly a smaller baby ropetow still stands mostly intact?
Facilities: The main base lodge, which looks as if it doubled as a private residence perhaps, is still complete but in great disrepair. Looks like its been abandoned since the mountain went under.
Accessibility: The area around the perimeter of the base lodge is posted, and difficult to access anyway since its basically right on a route 2 exit ramp (no idea where this place's parking lot was). Unsure about the posted-ness of the rest of the ski area, as I only stopped by briefly on the way to Mohawk Mountain.
Snow Hill

: Crystal Notch

December 2010
Trails: None visible to speak of. The clearing/field along the road made it difficult to tell where anything was.
Lifts: Unknown. One of the ski area's three ropetows was moved half a mile up the street and still operates privately today. That means that the two other tows could potentially be up on the hill somewhere...
Facilities: The former base lodge is now a nice looking wood home.
Accessibility: Nothing was posted, but it is obvious that the field is maintained by those living in the former base lodge. What appeared to be an ATV trail just north of the field though could be an access point?
Crystal Notch

: Mohawk Mountain

Massachusetts
December 2010
Trails: Heavily grown in at this point. However, a major hike around the old ski area showed that many of them were still discernible as long as you knew where you were looking.
Lifts: The only lift still standing was the main T-bar. All towers still standing (save the return bullwheel at the top which had collapsed). The haul rope was mostly running along the ground along the liftline with it even reaching up into the sheaves in some places. Despite in-depth searching, no other lift remnants found.
Facilities: The base lodge-turned-auto body place has no more signage on it indicating its an established business, but there were a good half dozen cars in the parking lot. Maybe its just a private home now.
Accessibility: Going with the assumption that the base area is on private land (though I saw no posted signs the entire time I was there). I ended up bushwhacking up to the mountain from cemetery road and then hit some established hiking/ATV trails that appeared to lead from the house/farm at the top of Roberts Road. These trails lead straight to the top of the old ski area.

September 2007
Trails: None left visible from the road at all.
Lifts: New growth makes the T-bar no longer visible from the road.
Facilities: The auto body place that once inhabited the base lodge looks a bit abandoned at this point.
Accessibility: Still unknown. Didn't stop to explore more fully.

Fall 2000, 2001, 2006
Trails: None really visible from the road.
Lifts: Only thing you can see from the road is a few old T-bar towers in the shape of "7"s disappearing into the woods.
Facilities: Base lodge appears to have been converted into some kind of auto body specialty type shop.
Accessibility: Not sure if the land is owned by the body shop, but we never stopped to find out.
Mohawk Mountain

: Mt. Tom

Vermont
December 2010
Trails: Same as previous visit. Still kept very clear. TONS of sledders on the hill on the day I passed by.
Lifts: Same. All gone.
Facilities: Same as previous visit.
Accessibility: Judging by the number of sledders on the hill, I'd think its safe to say it's usable by the general public.

Summer 2007
Trails: Still kept quite clear and clean, with all of the little tree islands remaining that were so typical of the early Woodstock ski areas.
Lifts: Gone completely.
Facilities: What appears to have been the base lodge converted into a nice home/small business.
Accessibility: Unknown. Looks like it's probably private property but there's really not much that you can't see from the road anyway.
Mt. Tom

: Tyrol

New Hampshire
This is perhaps one of the most elusive lost ski areas out there. The "base" of the area is actually about halfway up the slopes, and is now someone's private driveway/road. Unfortunately, the mountain is angled such that you can never really fully see it from public roads, only quick glimpses here and there. The best view (albeit a bit of a distance away) is from nearby Black Mountain ski area. Unsure of what remains for lifts, although this area's T-bar was most definitely moved to Woody Glen in the 1980's.
Tyrol

: Oxbow Mountain

Vermont
Reopening Rumors: I happened to ride up a lift at Bolton Valley once in March 2008 with the owner of the property's daughter, who says that her dad's trying to get the lift running again but the motor was shot. I think he'll need to do more than fix the motor to get the place running again, and wouldn't expect anything in the near future, but hey, take it for what its worth.

January 2008
Trails: VERY grown in still. You'd never be able to tell any were here.
Lifts: Explored the summit of the old ski area via a VAST snowmobile trail that runs right past the unload terminal for the T-bar. In actuality, it wasn't JUST a T-bar. There were actually several platter pull sticks attached to it as well! Looks to have been a bit of a "frankenlift."
Facilities: At the summit? Nothing.
Accessibility: As mentioned, a VAST snowmobile trail runs right past the summit of the old ski area, and remains the best way to explore the old area. Please respect the property owner's privacy and do not trespass at the base.

Pre-2008 Visit
Trails: Look to be pretty much all grown in, except for lower portions of the slopes which appear to have been maintained as part of the property owner's lawn.
Lifts: An old rusty Hall T-bar stands DEEP in the woods. T's appear to still be attached.
Facilities: The base lodge has now been converted into a private home.
Accessibility: Inaccessible, seeing as it's sitting in someone's backyard now. Just going by what I see from the road.
Oxbow Mountain

: Methuen/Merrmiack Valley Ski Area

Massachusetts
March 2009
Trail Skiability: Typical growth of a ski area that closed during the 1980s. Definitely lots of new growth, but you could tell that something USED to be here. It's probably skiable, but you'd REALLY have to be careful and pick your way down slowly.
Lifts: Both T-bars have since been removed, but most of the remains of a smaller ropetow still exist.
Facilities: Only the concrete base pad for the lodge remains, the victim of fire, but it looks as if it was pretty good sized for a smaller ski area.
Accessibility: On conservation land, and hiking trails exist on and around the former ski trails. Former ski area parking lot still used by hikers, but it was still gated for the winter at this point. Had to park in front of it (with not much room to spare from the road). Only took a few quick photos from the very base while there.
Methuen/Merrmiack Valley Ski Area

: Mt. Whittier

New Hampshire
August/December 2008, April 2010
Trails: Growth on trails continues to making the forest more uniform sadly.
Lifts: Explore the "skier's loading station" of the gondola more extensively, to try and figure out just how exactly the detachable system on this gondola worked. Looks to have been some kind of split rail system where attendants would push gondola's back on the line after they were detached, similar to Wildcat's old gondola. During the December trip, we ran into two locals who thought we were stealing the tin roof off of the skier loading station! Apparently there's been a problem with that lately.
Facilities: Lots of other random crap floating around the skier's loading station. Some of it related to the ski area, but mostly just discarded junk.
Accessibility: Various trails and paths lead to this area from Newman Drew Road. During the December trip, we asked the locals we ran into if they knew who owned the land, but they had no clue.

June 2008
Trails: Same as previous visit, new growth on trails seems to be accelerating.
Lifts: Explored the gondola summit of the ski area via an ATV/ski/logging trail that leads to the summit from Gilman Valley Road. The old gondi barn still stands in decent shape, but appears to have been subject to quite a bit of anti-Massachusetts but pro Phish and Dropkick Murphy's vandalism.
Facilities: We found an old truck in the woods behind this building, which we assume may have been a work truck for the ski area?
Accessibility: As mentioned, the summit of the ski area was accessed via a logging/atv/ski trail that began on Gilman Valley Road. Unsure who owns it though...

Summer 2002
Trails: Still pretty distinguishable, but they're steadily growing in.
Lifts: Pretty much all still stand in some fashion. Whittier Slope T-bar still stands, albeit in VERY rough shape. The skeletons of the former Fannie Hill beginner ropetows stand as well. I also briefly explored the area by the "skier's loading station" of the gondola but didn't stick around too long to really explore anything.
Facilities: Much of the area around the route 25 base area is now gated off. The sad remains of a waterslide and bumper boats near the Fanny Hill T-bar are rapidly decomposing into oblivion. The base lodge looks almost like it'd been cut in half, and was posted. Strange looking plastic alpine slide ride detritus was located by the skier's loading station for the gondola as well. Strange "Mt. Madness" signs around the main base area indicate there is some kind of outdoor recreational activity going on there...
Accessibility: Chain-link fencing surrounds much of the base area indicates that that area is private property. Accessibility to other parts of the ski area is unknown.

Pre-2002
Trails: Still distinguishable with younger trees and saplings taking over the trails.
Lifts: The former Mt. Whittier gondola passed over route 16, and still stands strongly and proudly to this day (the gondolas have all been taken off, of course). One of the towers even stands in a McDonald's parking lot that took over the base area!
Facilities: The former base area for the gondola has been converted into a very nice looking gift shop called "Tramway Artisans." Several old restored gondola carriages sit on the lawn outside of the building.
Accessibility: I have been driving past Mt. Whittier on the way to North Conway with my family for as long as I can remember, and because it's such an "in your face" area, with the gondola crossing route 16 and all, it's probably the one ski area more than any other that kick started my fascination with abandoned ski areas.
Mt. Whittier

: Sea View

Massachusetts
March 2009
Trails: Several of the old ski trails have been (somewhat) cleared for hiking, but most slopes were left to grow in and go back to nature. Imagination can pick out where a few likely were though.
Lifts:Same as previous visit. Concrete pad at the top of the T-bar is the only major remnant. This lift's liftline however is still perfectly clear and maintained as a hiking trail, and was delineated from the main ski trails by a row of old growth pine trees that still stand in the forest today. Also found a few discarded ropetow car rims in the woods along the liftline.
Facilities: Still none, but I did happen to find a square area of pavement that may have been a lift building's foundation. Main lift buildings were probably taken over by the machine shop near the base. Entire base area still a clear field/sandpit.
Accessibility: Same as previous visit. Completely open to the public. Archery hunting is permitted though so wear bright colors during hunting season.

Spring 2003
Trails: Have to use your imagination. They're grown in for the most part. A little bit more visible on the satellite imagery.
Lifts: All gone. Only remains I could find was the concrete pad for the T-bar at the top of the trails.
Facilities: Nothing left. All torn down.
Accessibility: Fairly easy. Hiking trails in the area that criss cross the area.
Sea View

: Chalet Hill

Massachusetts
April 2009
Note: This was the 100th different NELSAP area that I visited! Hooray for milestones!

Trails: Basically nonexistent at this point. This was a VERY old ski area (1930's) and any trails cut since then have long since grown back. The former slopes are now basically impassible with all the brush that has grown in on them.
Lifts: The ski area's ropetow has some remnants scattered on the ground. I was only able to explore where the base drive was because of the new growth on the trails. Very large (and thick) pulley wheel on the ground next to where the motor house was, as well as a few scattered metal pieces that I'm sure had something to do with the operation of the tow.
Facilities: There is a large barn that is now on private property next to the base of the ski area that may once have had something to do with the skiing operation.
Accessibility: The ski area is now located on Fish and Game land, so it is open to the public (wear bright colors though as hunting is permitted in this area). There is a parking area for the reserve about 1/4 of a mile south of the ski area on Dunstable road, but access to the ski area from here (as I found out) was difficult, and I had to cross multiple streams and brooks which were swelling with spring runoff at this point. Probably easier to park on the side of the road near the intersection with Blodgett Street or across from the superfund site, but space is limited.
Chalet Hill

: Indian Head

Massachusetts
April 2009
Trails: Still wide open and clear. This was mostly one BIG open slope with a few tree islands dotted here and there to make things interesting. Looks like it's still maintained as there has been very little regrowth, aside from a patch on far skier's left that has been left to regrow. MANY night skiing lights still setup on poles and ropetow towers across the slope.
Lifts: Didn't see any signs of the ski area's T-bars, but on skier's right there are definitely some towers with car rims still attached.
Facilities: The barn that served as a base lodge is still standing, not sure what it's used for nowadays (at one time it was an American Leigon hall). Another small dilapidated shack remains near the base as well that may have served as...something.
Accessibility: The entire area is now heavily posted, but you can see pretty much everything there is to see from Dow street anyway.
Indian Head

: Uncanoonuc Mountain

New Hampshire
April 2009
Trails: Various hiking trails that criss-crossed the Uncanoonuc Mountains were used as ski trails as well starting in the 1930's, when skiing really began taking off in New England. Several of these trails wound back to the incline railroad base and I'm sure are still used as hiking trails to this day.
Lifts: An incline electric railroad installed in 1905 began carrying skiers up the mountain in the 1930's (and skiers would ski down the mountain's already cut hiking trails, as mentioned earlier). Although not a traditional ski lift, the utilization of the railroad makes this one of the first lift served ski areas in the country. Although most elements of the railroad have been removed, Various pieces of the rail bed are still scattered alongside the former rail line, which is now also a hiking trail. Telephone poles that fed power to the summit and the train still run up along the trail as well.
Facilities: Numerous abandoned structures and twisted metal exist along the mountainside, as this mountain was once a very popular tourist destination in the early 20th century.
Accessibility: As mentioned, many hiking trails exist in the Uncanoonuc Mountains, and the old rail line has been converted into a "rail trail". Strangely enough, at the summit are several private residential houses, which seemed VERY out of place amongst the nature and cell phone/TV towers that have sprung up at the summit. Did NOT expect to reach the summit only to find a bunch of people working in their backyards!

April 2008
Trails: Nothing really left to see/discern at all from the base.
Lifts: Supposedly, various remnants from the funicular railroad exist along the former incline railroad's line (which I believe is now a hiking trail).
Facilities: None from where I was, although a few of the old funicular cars have been incorporated into homes/camps near the base of the mountain. That was pretty cool.
Accessibility: As mentioned, hiking trails do exist along the old rail line.
Uncanoonuc Mountain

: "Ringer Chair": Sky Tavern/Mt. Rose Transfer Lift

Although not a ski area itself, the remnants of a transfer lift that connected the Sky Tavern ski area and the East Bowl of Mt. Rose (which, during the time of the lift's operation, was simply called the "Slide Bowl") can be seen at this point. I'm almost certain that this is the only remnant of this lift, though there is a building at Sky Tavern that is in line with the liftline that looks like it could be a converted lift barn. This lone tower was most likely left as a conversation piece intentionally.
"Ringer Chair": Sky Tavern/Mt. Rose Transfer Lift

: Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl

November 2011
Trails: Just as they were since, well, Shasta's last eruption I suppose. This area was once billed as the "World's Largest Ski Bowl".
Lifts: The reason that the Ski Bowl went under was because of frequent avalanches that would damage the lifts. There might be some old footings up there under the snow, but good luck finding them.
Facilities: The portion of the road leading up to where the main lodge is/was was closed for the winter at this point, so I didn't get a chance to see if it's still up there.
Accessibility: The last few miles of the road were closed during my visit, but during the summer it's possible to reach the end of the road where the ski bowl proper began.
Skiability: Shasta is home to some of the country's most epic backcountry skiing, and the old ski bowl is still skied regularly to this day. However, avalanches are still a constant danger so make sure to carry a beacon, take some avi classes, and BE PREPARED.
Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl

: Tomahawk Ski Bowl

November 2011
Trails: Still definitely skiable with enough snow. Some of them appear to have been re-graded by the access roads leading to the cell phone tower at the top.
Lifts: No remnants to speak of. Don't even know if this place had any in the first place, though some flatter spots at the base and summit could have served as locations for the bullwheels I suppose. The cell phone tower at the top is likely right where the lift terminated if there was one.
Facilities: No remnants to speak of. Though there were remnants of pavement along the beaten-up road to the base area, and it's pretty easy to tell where the parking area once was.
Accessibility: The ski area now appears to be entirely on Forest Service land, meaning it's open and explorable.
Skiability: With enough snow, I'm sure it's possible to get some turns in.
Tomahawk Ski Bowl

: Twin Tows

New Hampshire
**April 2009**
Trails: Same. Clear/open pasture that looks like its either mowed on a regular basis, or just really polluted and stunts grass growth.
Lifts: Nothing left. Look to have been gone for a while.
Facilities: Large barn/storage building at the base of the slope that's still in use today may or may not have had anything to do with the ski area.
Accessibility: Now private and posted land (looks like its owned by some kind of utility company), but not much to see anyway.

**September 2008**
Trails: Still a remarkably clear open field/pasture.
Lifts: The "twin tows" are now, apparently, no longer.
Facilities: Not really...any. A few barns near the base.
Accessibility: Looks to be private property, but you can see the whole place from the road at the base anyway.
Twin Tows

: Truckee Hilltop Ski Area

California
Note: This is a very historic ski area, and was, debatably, the first lift served ski area in the US. This ski area hosted nordic jumping events starting in the late 1800s and installed a "toboggan lift" for uphill skier transport in 1910!

**July 2010**
Trails: The (relatively flat) lower 1/3rd or so of the ski area looks to be somewhat maintained as a meadow, with a few trails criss-crossing the former ski slope and a few tree islands that all have their lower limbs removed. From there on up however, it's quite grown in. The general surrounding forest seems to be quite well maintained though, and recreation/OHV trails abound around the former ski area.
Lifts: The detachable poma still stands, though the cable has come off the towers in several places. Three random poma sticks still stand very close together about halfway up the liftline. Also found a smaller ropetow that went a short ways up the open meadow/slope (though this may have been part of that original 1910 toboggan lift?! Don't know...)
Facilities: Same as previous visit: A bunch of random boarded up buildings at the base, with that one Cottonwood restaurant still doing business in the former "ski pavillion."
Accesibility: Actually drove up one of the OHV trails that starts in the ski area/restaurant's parking lot (thanks to FINALLY having a 4wd vehicle), which got me about 1/3 of the way up the ski area. As mentioned before, lots of recreational trails in the area to get around. Also, the summit of the lift runs pretty much to Skyline Ct.

**May 2009**
Trails: Fairly grown in, but still definitely discernible. Main trails clearer than narrower side trails/liftline.
Lifts: One main detachable pomalift still stands, minus poma sticks, rusting away.
Facilities: The long, one-story base lodge still stands today; dilapidated, boarded up, and posted. What was once the ski "pavilion" was converted into a restaurant in the 1940s and remains in use today as the Cottonwood Restaurant. Several posted small-ish and abandoned looking cabins sit across the parking lot from the ski area and restaurant as well. A small sawmill that once once owned by the owners of the ski area as well also sits posted and abandoned (looking) a bit farther down Rue Hilltop as well.
Accessibility: The ski areas parking lot is now used by the restaurant. As mentioned, the lodge and cabins are now posted, but there weren't any posted signs visible on the ski slopes themselves, and what appeared to be a 4x4 or hiking trail ran up the hill at the end of Rue Hilltop as well. Will have to investigate that one further...
Truckee Hilltop Ski Area

: Teneriffe Ski Area

**April 2010**
Trails: The growth in this area is typical of that of an old ski area, although most of the new growth has been lowbush. It's actually a really pretty area.
Lifts: Supposedly, there were two different ski areas on Teneriffe Mountain, and only one had a lift. I scoured this area pretty good looking for any signs, but only could come up with some possible liftline locations and no actual evidence.
Accessibility: An old, very rutted out ATV trail off of Teneriffe Road leads right to the base of this area.
Teneriffe Ski Area

: King Ridge

New Hampshire
**March 2009** (Skied it!)
Trails: Almost all of them are in PERFECT shape. I skied/hiked across many of them and you'd NEVER have guessed that the place had been abandoned for almost 15 years at that point. Only exceptions were a few trails that faced route 89, which saw a little bit of sapling growth and, in the case of the "Mad Hatter" trail, a row of pine trees that had decided to grow ACROSS about half of the trail at one random point. I'm wondering if someone maintains these trails...
Lifts: All were sold when the mountain closed in 1995, and the only real physical remnant of them I could find was the concrete summit return bullwheel for the King Ridge triple. However, many of the lift shacks do still stand, many of which have messages left in them by staff who sounded very sad that their mountain had to close. It was actually pretty touching. Also found what MAY have been ropetow rope in one of them.
Facilities: Aside from the lift shacks, many various snowmaking sheds dot the property as well, though the motors from them had been removed. The summit area (where the lodges and stuff were) is now all private and I'd assume that the base lodge has been converted into a private home as well. Several classic, wooden outhouses (complete with moon window cut out of the door) dot the ski slopes as well.
Accessibility: The road that leads to the summit (upside down mountain) is now private and loaded with super expensive and BIG homes. However, almost all of the ski trails are on public property and, since they haven't grown in much, are skiable! Parking is available at the end of the Mountainside cul-de-sac off of Hominy Pot Road, and there is also a pullout parking lot for hiking trails a bit farther down the road than that as well.

**September 2007**
Trails: Same as previous visit. Regrowth has been AMAZINGLY slow. I almost wonder if someone is maintaining them.
Lifts: Same as previous visit. All appear to be gone.
Facilities: FINALLY found a physical remain on this visit! Found a small pumphouse/maintenance shack near the bottom of an old ski trail.
Accessibility: The road leading to the summit ("base" area) is now private, but there are hiking trails all around the base of the old ski area off of Hominy Pot Road, which is what I explored on this visit. Didn't have time to go too far though as it was getting dark out.

**Summer 2005**
Trails: All still perfectly clear. Amazing for having been closed for 10 years at that point.
Lifts: All appear to have been removed.
Facilities: A quick drive by the summit (this was an upside down mountain) saw lots of, um, lots being developed. Didn't see anything resembling a lodge left.
Accessibility: As mentioned, lots of construction was happening in this area at the time, with lots being developed along the road for private homes. Many posted signs springing up along roadside. Other signage indicated that this road would soon become private once completed.
King Ridge

: Mt. Eustis

New Hampshire
**June 2007**
Trails: One single open slope still fairly clear and probably still skiable with enough snowcover.
Lifts: Only one single ropetow tower remains about 1/4 of the way up the slope, tipping over.
Facilities: TINY concrete base lodge still stands, but in sorry shape, with parts of the walls blown out and graffiti covering an otherwise very nice looking mural painted on the wall.
Accessibility: Appear to be a good number of biking trails in the area (though they seemed a bit overgrown on this visit).
Mt. Eustis

: Benjamin Hill

Massachusetts
**April 2009**
Trails: The main ropetow slope near the lodge was re-cleared for sledding several years ago, and now is as it was when the ski area was operational. From the top of the hill, it appeared that several former ski trails heading skier's right had been converted into hiking trails, though I didn't explore these. The T-bar liftline is also now a narrow hiking trail.
Lifts: The main twin ropetow that ran up the slope in front of the lodge is still standing almost in its entirety (minus rope). Base frame is now rotted and unstable looking though, and the top towers looked as if they had been burned at some point. A smaller beginner ropetow that served what seemed like ZERO vertical also still had one tower standing, along with the wooden frame for its motor at the top of the slope. The classic Hall T-bar return bullwheel at the top still stands intact, rusting away. The 3 towers leading back towards the base were all thrown into the woods along the liftline and were missing crossarms and sheave trains. The base drive for the T-bar is still standing rusting away into the woods.
Facilities: The original base lodge has been torn down and converted into a really nice looking small recreation center, complete with an in-ground swimming pool. A tennis court turned skate part also exists next to the parking lot. This place also has what appears to be one of the most EPIC looking playgrounds I've ever seen.
Accessibility: The entire area is open to the public today for all of the aforementioned activities. This is a GREAT place to go if you want to start to get into NELSAP-ing.
Benjamin Hill

: Mt. Agamenticus

Maine
Reopening Rumors: In spring of 2010, a York resident and winter sports enthusiast submitted a proposal to reopen the beginner/ropetow slope of Mt. A to skiing and sledding, with a new (apparantly solar?) powered ropetow. Link to a newspaper article here: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100426-NEWS-4260334

**January 2010**
Trails: Still growing in as the years progress. Just about all of the mountain's recreation trails were open and accessible for winter hiking, snowshoeing, XC skiing, and, since this was a downhill ski area, downhill skiing too I'd imagine (if you want to hike it).
Lifts: Actually something new to write about liftwise: Someone has removed the cable from the T-bar, which was the most "intact" lift left on the mountain. The counterweight at the bottom of the lift had been removed as well. Ohterwise, the lift towers and two bullwheels remained, although the tension on the base wheel had been altered dramatically to allow for removal of the cable. This actually had a somewhat interesting side effect, as the tree that had been growing INTO the bullwheel the past many years now still stands with a giant bullwheel shaped wound in it. Also noticed some crowd control fencing that still remains at the bottom of the T-bar. Must have just been hidden by the foliage all this time. Additionally, the beginner ropetow has been completely removed. The slope that this lift served had been sectioned off as a revegitation area in recent years so it makes sense that it was finally completely removed.
Facilities: Same. The lodge looked to have been used recently for some sort of conservation corps meeting. Interesting "A" shape built into the stones in the fireplace.
Accessibility: This was my first winter visit to Mt. Aggie. I was somewhat surprised to find the road to the summit opened and plowed, but it was, so if you're looking for some good outdoor winter recreation, head on over and enjoy it!

**June 2005/July 2006/May 2008**
Trails: Some former ski trails near the old ropetow are now roped off for revegetation purposes.
Lifts: A very nice new observation deck had been constructed sometime in 2005 around the former charilift's concrete bullwheel structure. Otherwise, no changes.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Same.

**June 2004**
Trails: You can still tell pretty clearly where they were, as many are maintained as recreational trails.
Lifts: The Practice slope T-bar remains entirely intact, minus T's. The chairlift has been entirely removed, but all the concrete base pads remain, including the summit bullwheel return pad, which now serves as a history board. A few ropetow towers remain near the summit as well.
Facilities: The old "base lodge" (another upside down mountain this was) remains in use today as a function hall, as well as a private home. A firetower also exists but is not open to the public.
Accessibility: The area today is completely open to the public, with loads of multi use trails winding their way around the mountain. Excellent views exist from the summit of both the White Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.

Mt. Agamenticus

: Mt. Watatic

Massachusetts
**June 2006**
Trails: Almost all of them still clear and distinguishable, but taller grasses are definitely making their presence known at this point. A hiking trail/work road now runs across the trails about 4/5 of the way up the mountain.
Lifts: Only remains of the chairlift appear to be the concrete pad for the base drive, and a few concrete pads poured into the rock at the summit. A smaller T-bar still supposedly exists in the woods but I didn't find it on this trip.
Facilities: Old base lodge now torn down and just a concrete pad. A maintenance shack still exists near the snowmaking pond, as does a fallen lattice T'bar tower. Very creepy graffiti all over it.
Accessibility: Mountain is now public land and visits are encouraged. AMAZING views of Mass. and Southern NH from the summit.
Mt. Watatic

: Hogback

Vermont
**September 2007, September/October 2008/December 2010**
Trails: Most fairly well grown in at this point, aside from the ones with hiking trails facing route 9. Outlines still visible on most recent satellite imagery though.
Lifts: All 4 original T-bars still stand in some fashion, none with T's though. Sketchy bridge that Alpenglo T-bar passed over still stands as well, though in horribly sketchy shape. Beware should you try to cross it...
Facilities: Like the T-bars, almost all of Hogback's original buildings are still standing in some fashion. The Alpenglo restaurant (on Route 9) still stands, although abandoned looking, with someone apparantly cleaning out the basement. The upstairs looked like it used to house an insurance company office or something. The buildings at the bottom of the ski area still stand entirely intact as well, with all of the T's from one of the T-bars stored inside the SMALL cafeteria/warming hut. Many of the T-bar control buildings also still stand.
Accessibility: This has to be one of the most accessible lost ski areas out there. Hiking and biking trails criss-cross the old ski area extensively, and a firetower at the summit offers AMAZING views of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Mass. This may be one of the best lost ski areas to explore out there.

**Winter 1997**
(Brief drive-by on the way home from Mt. Snow).
Hogback

: Mittersill

New Hampshire
After Mittersill's closure in the 1980's, the Franconia Ski Club continued to minimally maintain the former ski trails for backcountry skiing. A quick hike over the saddle from near the top of Cannon would allow anyone who was willing to take the risk to ski the former trails at Mittersill, which, I can attest to, was a truly fun and surreal experience, as almost all of the old lifts and buildings were left standing. However, during the early 2000's, Cannon began leasing the state owned land that Mittersill is on, began clearing the trails on their own, and are installing a new double chair along the former chairlift line that is to be operational in January 2011. For a more detailed history and updates on the project, see Cannon's Mittersill website here. For more videos of the old lift removal and new lift installation, click here.

**November 2010**
Trails: The most obviously changed trail at Mittersill is the liftline, which has been significantly widened and more comprehensively cleared. Other old trails appear to have been touched up slightly.
Lifts: The old Mittersill double has been completely removed at this point, and work is underway to get the new lift up and running for its scheduled January 2011 opening date. As of this visit, all of the new towers appear to be in, with work going on to get the base drive and bullwheel installed, and finally get the haul rope on and chairs installed. The old T-bar on the western edge of the property has not been touched at this point and hopefully will remain as a relic of Mittersill's past.
Facilities: Same as before. It'll be interesting to see if the ancient looking Mittersill Inn recieves any attention or upgrades since, with the new double going in, Cannon could now advertise itself as having "lift served slopeside lodging".
Accessibility: At this point, the area around the new double chair is a construction zone so obviously don't be wandering around there at this time. The rest of the mountain still seems like a go though.

**August 2008**
Trails: Same. Continued growth, particularly around the chairlift towers.
Lifts: Decided to explore more on the T-bar side of the mountain this trip, and actually found a few old wooden T-bar towers in the woods of the mountain's ORIGINAL T-bar! Quite a cool find.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Same.

**June 2007**
Trails: Continued growth.
Lifts: T-bar drive that was located in a field fairly close to the Mittersill Resort had been removed at this point. No changes to the chair.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Same.

**August 2005**
Trails: Continued tree growth.
Lifts: Same. A bit more vandalism/graffiti in chairlift shack though.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: Same.

**February 2003/2005**
Trails: Skied them! It was epic. They weren't overly difficult, but the all-natural snow and frequent sapling/bramble made the skiing much more interesting...and awesome! Last run of the day in 2003 was the former T-bar liftline, which was quite narrow and difficult.
Lifts: Got to explore the unloading areas of the T-bar and chairlift. Old unload area for chair seems pretty unsafe and deteriorated. All lift control shacks remain for the T-bar and chair higher up on the mountain as well. The cable had derailed from the chairlift in spots, and the T-bar's cable was strewn on the ground.
Facilities: Same.
Accessibility: The summit of Mittersill is a short hike up from the Taft Slalom trail, and cut through trails lead back to Cannon near the base area. No patrol though...partner up and ski at your own risk!

**Winter 2002**
Trails: Still kept quite clear. Look to still be skiable.
Lifts: Summit Hall double chair still stands in it's entirety minus chairs. A smaller T-bar remains entirely intact as well only minus T's. Hangers for the T-bar are stacked up in the base barn for the double.
Facilities: The Mittersill Resort/Inn still stands and runs, though it seems a bit out of place located on an abandoned ski area.
Accessibility: Completely explorable, and probably still skiable.
Mittersill

: Otis Mountain

This was your typical small locals only T-bar/ropetow ski area that hit hard time during the 1980's and closed down sometime in that same decade. However, the smaller ropetow slope was reopened in 1995 and the hill focuses heavily on terrain park features now. This appears to be a very primitive operation though as there didn't even appear to be a base lodge or shack or anything there, aside from two VERY sketchy looking outhouses, complete with shower curtains for doors! On the abandoned side of the hill, the summit/main T-bar, a classic Hall, was not reopened with the ropetow slope and is now badly weathered. The slopes it serves appear to be almost completely grown in as well.
Otis Mountain

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