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LOST AREAS
Barberry
Hills
Buffalo
Park / Buffalo Mountain*
- See: Raging
Buffalo
Camden
Park Rope Tow (Mt.
Camden)
- Milan IL - northeast
Illinois
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
41.42582899347047, -90.56383252935717
41°25'33.0"N 90°33'49.8"W
- Ski,
Sled, or Skate - Quad City
Times, Dec. 31, 1987, p. 48
- Hit
the slopes, ride the hills,and . .
. - Quad City Times, Jan.
12, 1989, p. 52
- Facebook
Post and Comments on Skiers
and Snowboarders of the Midwest Group -
see comment by Chad Mayerhofer
Fox
Trails Sports Area
Fox
Valley Ski Hills
Fyre
Lake
Gander
Mountain
- Spring Grove, IL - northeast
Illinois (adjacent to Wilmot
Mountain WI, which is still
open)
- v: 200 ft.; o: 1962? c:
1973
- 6 rope tows, 3 poma
lifts
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth (just south of, and
adjacent to, Wilmot Mountain Ski Area across the border
in Wisconsin)
42.49370066099, -88.19354030949593
42°29'36.6"N 88°11'36.9"W
- Ski
Conditions for Week-end -
Chicago Tribune, Feb. 23, 1962
- SKI
Magazine, Dec. 1974 - Chicago Metro
Areas (third
paragraph)
- coloradoskihistory.com
- Gander
Mountain Ski Strassheim -
Chicago Tribune, Dec. 30, 1966, p. 33
- Trail
Map / Location
Map
- The
Lost Ski Areas of Illinois
- coloradoskihistory.com -
Scroll down
- New
Ski Facilities - Sports
Illustrated, Nov. 23, 1959 - ERROR: listed under
Wisconsin
- advertisement
- GANDER
MOUNTAIN Vintage 1972 HTF LOST AREA Ski Brochure Wilmot
WISCONSIN Travel -
ebay
- skimap.org
Hidden
Valley*
(see Lost
Valley)
Holiday
Park (Holiday Park
Safari Resort)
Illiniwek
Forest Preserve
James
Park
Lincolnshire
Resort (Marriott)
Lost
Valley (originally named
Hidden Valley)
Mt.
Camden*
- see Camden
Park Rope Tow
Mt.
Hoy^
(never became active)
Mt.
Trashmore*
(see James
Park)
Pere
Marquette
Quincy
Park
- Quincy, IL - west central Ilinois
- York St.??
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ??
39.92915105215366, -91.41513467637274
39°55'44.9"N 91°24'54.5"W
- SKI Mag, Sept. '67 ??
- The
Lost Ski Areas of Illinois
- coloradoskihistory.com -
Scroll down
- "QUINCY PARK ( ?? ), [very
obscure], New lift in 1967. [Sep 67 SKI]
"
Raging
Buffalo Snowboard Park
(previously called Buffalo Park and later Buffalo Mountain
)
- Algonquin, IL - northeast
Illinois
- v: 200 ft. o: 1964-83 and
1993?-2019
- now Buffalo Park Forest Preserve,
Kane County, Illinois
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Maps / Google
Earth
42.14763991117609, -88.29385201372283
42°08'51.5"N 88°17'37.9"W
- 1992
Brochure 1 /
1992
Brochure 2
Thank you to Jon Pofahl
- Skiers
and Snowboarders of the Midwest Facebook
Group
- Transworld
Snowboarding Magazine
- SKI
Magazine, Dec. 1974 - Chicago Metro
Areas (scroll
down)
- At
Raging Buffalo, no chance of getting snow
bored - Chicago Tribune,
Feb. 7, 2003
- Ski
Conditions for Week-end -
Chicago Tribune, Feb. 23, 1962
- The
Lost Ski Areas of Illinois
- coloradoskihistory.com -
Scroll down
- skimap.org
Wagon
Wheel Resort
MWLSAP
Homepage
WORKING ON:
near
Raceway
Woods
- Carpentersville, IL - northeast
Illinois - north of Raceway Woods Forest Preserve; south
of Miller Rd.
- Skiers
and Snowboarders of the Midwest Facebook
Group - see comments by
Steve Drecoll
- "There were remnants of a rope
tow (rims/wheels from cars attached to poles) just
north of Raceway Woods on the same side of Rt 31. Not
sure if they're still there."
- "I think where the rope tow was
is the property next to Raceway south of Miller Rd
(about a mile south of Raging Buffalo), the house
there is vacant, but with all the foliage I couldn't
see the upper part of the hill. Might try another
reconnaissance at a later date."
MWLSAP
Homepage
STILL OPEN
Chestnut
Mountain Resort (formerly Chestnut Hills)
Four
Lakes
Plumtree
(also called Lake Carroll) - private
Ski
Snowstar Winter Sports Park
Snowpark at
Alpine Hills
Villa
Olivia
MWLSAP
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