Guntertown Ski Resort

Near Cumberland, Maryland

Linda Gray noticed an ad for a ski area named Guntertown in the Ski Club of Washington DC’s (50th Anniversary Collectors Edition, published in 1986.) Linda writes:

“[I noticed] on page 58 there is a 1949 ad for Guntertown Ski Resort (18 miles west of Cumberland). Claims to be the finest ski slope in the Alleghenies, 2875 feet in the sky.

A postcard from Guntertown Ski Lodge. Woody Bousquet writes: “The left margin on the left reads Guntertown, 18 miles west of Cumberland Md, Dave Gunter, Prop U.S. 40.” Photo provided by Woody Bousquet.

In 2026, Woody Bousquet provided the following scans of a brochure from Guntertown from the 1946-1947 season.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Photo by Woody Bousquet.

Reader Comments

jr rice

November 29, 2007

(At the time there were two other ski slopes in Garrett County. Both were operated as attractions for restaurants, one at Guntertown and the other at Happy Hills on U.S. 40.)
this was in about 1947

Leehiway

March 7, 2011

Hi. Ended up here while Googling Guntertown Ski Lodge for a 1940's era real photo postcard I found and am currently listing on Ebay for the next week starting tonite 3/7/11. You should be able to search Ebay to see a pic - if interested in seeing what the lodge looked like.

Woody

March 10, 2011

I bought a similar postcard less than a month ago on ebay. Interesting!