LOST AREAS

  Black Mountaine * - see Lonesome Pines

Lakewood Village

• Catlettsburg, KY - northeast Kentucky
• v: about 400 ft ?, o: ~1978, c: ~1984, rope tows
• Google Maps / Google Earth
  38.34708708526015, -82.65417525450286
• Lost Ski Areas - SkiTalk.com - scroll down to post by Sal Tuscany
• Lakewood Village Catlettsburg, Ky - skisoutheast.com
• A little further west - post by GGNagy on DCSki.com forum
• Kentucky's First Ski Resort - abannondoned online.net

Lonesome Pines Ski Area

• Big Black Mountain - southeast Kentucky
• v: 250 ft. o: 1972
• Google Maps / Google Earth
  36.914329851268704, -82.89378292495516
• First ski slope in state due to open on Harlan Mountain in about two weeks - The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Tue, Jan 11, 1972 "The First ski area in Kentucky."
• Lone Ski Area to Open - Lexington Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) · Thu, Dec 14, 1972
• Warm Weather Hurts Ski Area in Kentucky - The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Mon, Mar 12, 1973
• Skiing in Old Kentucky - Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan) · Fri, May 11, 1973 
• Thank you to Eric Maddox

Ski Butler (also called General Butler)

• Carrollton, KY (General Butler State Park) - north central Kentucky (between Cincinnati and Louisville)
• v: 300 ft (600 ft.?), o: 1982, c: 1996 or 1997
• In 1990: 4 rope tows 2 chairlifts
• Google Maps / Google Earth
  38.67366740508059, -85.16261078144298
• Resort opens up winter ski world in Kentucky park - The Evansville Courier (Evansville, Indiana) · Fri, Jan 22, 1982
• SKI Magazine, Feb. 1982 (link)
• The Abandoned Kentucky Ski Resort that Still Has Something to Offer
• Going Downhill Fast: 12 Abandoned Ski Resorts - weburbanist.com
• skimap.org

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PLANNED, BUT NEVER DEVELOPED:

Jenny Wiley State Park - NEVER OPENED

• Resort opens up winter ski world in Kentucky park - The Evansville Courier (Evansville, Indiana) · Fri, Jan 22, 1982
• Commision Authorizes Sale Of Bonds to Finance Resort - The Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) · Sat, Oct 10, 1981

Pine Mountain - NEVER OPENED

• Resort opens up winter ski world in Kentucky park - The Evansville Courier (Evansville, Indiana) · Fri, Jan 22, 1982
• Greater use of state bonds is proposed - The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky) · Fri, Jan 8, 1982

STILL OPEN

There are currently no ski areas operating in Kenrucky.

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1972

The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb 1972