DCSki Historical Archive

Lost Ski Areas of the Mid-Atlantic

Preserving the places where generations learned, raced, worked, and skied.

Since 1997, DCSki has been piecing together the stories of 127 ski areas that once dotted the Mid-Atlantic. Some disappeared decades ago, leaving behind little more than an overgrown slope, rusting lift equipment, an old photograph, or memories passed down by the people who skied and worked there.

As the years pass, those memories become increasingly precious. With help from readers, former employees, and local residents, DCSki is preserving photographs, stories, and forgotten details while there are still people who remember them — keeping a small but important part of the region’s skiing history from fading away.

Archival photographs from DCSki Lost Ski Areas
A few places to explore

From the Archive

A rotating selection of profiles with richer historical descriptions.

New Germany State Park, MD

Savage River State Forest Ski Resort

Opened in western Maryland in 1940, New Germany State Park and Savage River State Forest Ski Resort featured a rope-towed beginner course, an 800-foot-vertical downhill trail, and cross-country skiing. It hosted an early landmark race in 1941 before closing around 1960, leaving few obvious traces in the forest.

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Tannersville, PA

The Big Pocono Ski Area

The Big Pocono Ski Area operated near present-day Camelback in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, beginning around 1950. Its weekend-only rope tow served steep terrain with no snowmaking or lodge before a 1955 flood swept away the base facilities; remnants of the tow and its truck still survive in the woods.

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Moreland Gap, VA

Mountain Run

Mountain Run was a short-lived ski area in Moreland Gap near Mount Jackson, Virginia, opening around 1970 with a double chairlift, J-bar, and rope tow. Its modest slopes were part of a grander vacation-resort plan that collapsed, leaving abandoned lift infrastructure and former trails gradually reclaimed by pine forest.

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Harman, WV

Tory Mountain

Tory Mountain was a planned ski resort near Harman, West Virginia, whose early-1980s development stalled before completion. Hikers and telemarkers later found wide, steep slopes with abundant natural snow and more than 1,000 feet of proposed vertical, while brochures and renderings preserved the dream of the unfinished resort.

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Approximate locations. Exact coordinates are unknown for many former ski areas. DCSki stores an approximate location based on the city or community associated with each profile; markers should not be interpreted as the precise former ski-area site.
127 approximate locations plotted.
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Maryland

12 areas

Pennsylvania

77 areas

New Jersey

11 areas

Virginia

8 areas

West Virginia

13 areas

North Carolina

6 areas
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For lost ski areas in New England, DCSki also recommends the independent New England Lost Ski Areas Project (NELSAP).

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