Guess New England lost ski area
May 30, 2010
Let me take a wild guess: The shape of the trails remind me of the old Norwich University ski area where I went... ahem... in the early '70s. But the scenery behind it seems like Southern Vermont. Could be Snow Valley, although that didn't have another ski area across the street which is apparent from your picture... Mmmm.... Haystack?
Nope.
Clues: It's in a different New England state. It had about 1000 feet of vertical. It was open from early '60s to early '80s. I took the photo while skiing at a rare south facing ski area. There are a bunch of Nordic Ski operations nearby. There are four lift served downhill ski areas within a ten mile radius of its location including two of the oldest continually operating ski areas in the US (since the '30s).
I know it's in New Hampshire, maybe Mittersill?
The only one I can think of that would have been opened during my college days was Tyrol in New Hampshire, close to Crammore and Black Mountain. One of my best friend's parents had an inn in Redstone NH, just South of North Conway. It's now overgrown with horrible strip malls. Such a sad thing...
I was thinking around Jackson but I never heard of Tyrol. I thought Mittersill was wrong as it dates back to the '40s.
