151 Any information or assistance on the
lost ski areas of Michigan would be greatly appreciated:
mark@mwlsap.org
For more information and pictures on
most of these lost ski areas go to the Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project. or
Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas Adventure Mountain+ -
REOPENED
1/22/2021 Al
and Stevie's Ski Village*
(see Ski
Village) Alpena
Ski Slope*
(see Manning
Hill) Apple
Mountain (also called
Bintz Apple Mountain) AuSable
Ski Ranch*
- See Michaywe
Slopes Avalanche
Peak - also called Barn
Mountain Bald
Eagle Ski Hill (may also
have been called Harringbone Ridge) Bald
Mountain State Recreation Area Barn
Mountain*
- See Avalanche
Peak Bear
Mountain+
(formerly Grayling Winter Sports Park, still open as
Hanson
Hills) Big-M
Ski Area*
(see Manistee
Ski Area) Bintz
Apple Mountain*
(see Apple
Mountain) Brady's
Hills (later called
Winterskoll) Briar
Mountain*
- (See Norway
Mountain , also called Vulcan
USA) Brice's Hill* (see
Bryce's
Hill) Brule
Mountain+
(currently open as Ski
Brule) Bryce's
Hill (Brice's
Hill) Buck
Hills+
- still open as Crystal
Mountain Caspian
Ski Hill
* - see Spring
Valley Circle
TNT Ski Area and Campground
(previously called Jack Pine Valley) Cliff's
Ridge+
- currently operating as Marquette
Mountain Cole
Creek*
- see Fonro Ski
Resort Danforth
Ski Area (Escanaba
Winter Sports Park) Duke's
Ski Slope / Duke's Lake
East
Bay+ (probably
Mt.
Holiday - still
open Elberta
Mountan Winter Sports Park Escanaba
Winter Sports Park*
(see Danforth
Ski Area) Eskar
Hills (Esker?) - may also
be Middleville
Ski Resort Flint
Parks and Recreation
???? Fonro
Ski Resort - later called
Cole Creek Forest
Hill Ski Resort
^- looks like ski jump only Fulton
Lake Snow Bowl*
Probably Snow
Bowl Grand
Haven Ski Bowl+
- currently operating as Mulligan's
Hollow Grand
Valley State College Ski Hill Grayling
Winter Sports Park+
- (see Bear
Mountain, still open as
Hanson
Hills) Harbor
Highlands Ski Resort+
- (Boyne Highlands) currently open as
The
Highlands Harringbone
Ridge*
- see Bald
Eagle Ski Hill Hidden
Valley*
- see Ostego Ski
Club - Still open Hilton
Shanty Creek*
- see Shanty
Creek - Still open Holiday
Hills+
- currently open as Mt.
Holiday Holiday
Mountain^
- NEVER OPENED (also called White Pine Ridge)
Houghton
Lake*
(see Snow
Bowl) Hu-Lu
Heights (Hulu
Heights Winter Sports Area) Irish
Hills Sports Park
- renamed Shamrock
Valley in
1979 Iroquois
Mountain Lodge (originally
called Mission Hill Ski Resort) Jack
Pine Valley*
- see Circle
TNT Kandahar
(formerly Summit Ski Club / Summit Ski Area) Kirlin
Hill*
- see Mt
Mesnard Lake
Valley Resort
(Lake Valley Ski Area) Lansing
Ski Club / Lansing Ski Area Little
Switzerland Ski Area+
- currently operating as Swiss
Valley Lookout
Hills Ski Park / Lookout Inn Ludington
Ski Area
(earlier called Riverton Ski Area) Ludington
State Park -
tow? Mackinac
College Ski Slope (also
called: Rex Humbard College Ski Slope, Stonecliffe, Mt
Humbard) Manistee
Ski Area (also called
Big-M Ski Area and Udell Hills) Manning
Ski Hill
/ Alpena Ski Slope Michaywe
Slopes (formerly called
AuSable Ski Ranch) Middleville
Ski Resort (may also be
Eskar
Hills) Miles
Kimmerly Recreation Area Mission
Hill Ski Resort *- see
Iroquois
Mountain Lodge Mont
Brier * - see
Norway
Mountain Mott
Mountain (later called
Silver Ridge, maybe Black Mountain, maybe also called Jasper
Ski Resort) Mt.
Humbard *- See
Mackinac
College Ski Slope Mt.
Mesnard - formerly Kirlin
Hill MTU-Soo
Ski Area
(MTU Sault Branch Hill) Muskegon
State Park / Muskegon Winter Sports
Complex Norway
Mountain - formerly Briar
Mountain , Mont Brier, and Vulcan USA Ortonville
State Recreation Area Pando
Ski Center (also called
Pando Park) Pinnacles
(The)*
- later called Tyrolean Pioneer
Hills Winter Sports Park Prospect
Hill - also called
Valley Farm Rex
Humbard College Ski Slope*
- See Mackinac
College Ski Slope Riverton
Ski Area * - see
Ludington
Ski Area Royal
Valley*
(later called Ski
World) Shamrock
Valley * (Shamrock
Valley Sports Park) - see Irish
Hills Sports Park Silver
Ridge Resort*
(See Mott
Mountain) Silverbell
Village Ski Area (Silver
Bell Village) Ski-A-Way
+ - see Petoskey
Winter Sports Park
- still open Ski
Homestead+
- now part of Ski
Brule (still open) Ski
Village (also called
Waters Ski Club, Waters Ski Village; Al and Stevie's Ski
Village) Ski
World (formerly called
Royal Valley) Skyline
Ski Area (also Sky
Line) Snow
Bowl (Houghton Lake
Snow Bowl) Spring
Valley - also
called Caspian
Ski Hill Stonecliffe*
- See Mackinac
College Ski Slope Summit
Ski Area
/ Summit
Ski Club *
- See Kandahar Sylvan
Resort / Sylvan Knob)
+ - still operating as
Treetops Tyrolean
(Tyrolean Hills; previously called Pinnacles Ski
Resort) Udell
Hills*
- see Manistee
Ski Area Valley
Farm*
- probably the same as Prospect
Hills Vulcan
U.S.A.* - became Briar Mt
and later Norway
Mountain Walloon
Hills Ski Area +-
currently home to Challenge
Mountain Waters
Ski Club / Waters Ski
Village*
see Ski
Village Whiskey
Creek
(Whiskey Creek Recreations Inc.) Winterskoll*
(see Brady's
Hills) Copper
Harbor- NEVER OPENED
Deertrack
Village Resort
- NO TOW INSTALLED Mark, We don't have any record of skiing
or a rope tow at Deertrack Village, although we have
records of it operating as a summer resort. If you would
like to continue looking, we have the original local
newspapers, the Mining Journal, available for
research. Please let me know if you have any
other questions. Beth Gruber, Research Librarian Holiday
Mountain^
- NEVER OPENED (also called White Pine Ridge and Tower
Hill)) Michigan
State University Ski Hill
- NEVER OPENED Rapid
River Ski Park -
NEVER OPENED Rouge
Park - NEVER
OPENED St. Ignace - NEVER
OPENED George N. Brady Scout
Reservation Snowshoe
Mountain
- this is Snow Kensington
Park
(Kensington Metropolitan Park) Pontiac
Lake Recreation Area
- probably Kandahar Whiteface
/ could be Vanderbilt
Ski Club https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/comprehensive-guide-ski-resorts-michigan Adventure
Mountain - REOPENED
1/22/2021 Black
River Basin - Snowriver
Mountain Resort (formerly Blackjack - Big Snow
Resort Boyne
Highlands (see
The
Highlands) Challenge
Mountain - formerly
Walloon
Hills Chatham
Ski Hill (also
called Hiawatha Slopes) Gladstone
Sports Park (John
and Melissa Besse Sports Park) The
Highlands (The Highlands
at Harbor Springs) -formerly Boyne Highlands, Harbor
Highlands)
Jackson
Creek Summit -
Snowriver Mountain Resort (formerly Indianhead Mountain -
Big Snow Resort John
and Melissa Besse Sports Park
(see Gladstone
Sports Park) Marquette
Mountain (formerly Cliff's
Ridge) Mt
Holiday Ski Area - formerly
Holiday Hills Mt.
McSauba (0
maps) Mulligan's
Hollow Ski Bowl - formerly
Grand Haven Ski Bowl Ostego
Ski Club (formerly Hidden
Valley) Petoskey
Winter Sports Park
- still open Ski
Brule - combined with Ski
Homestead Swiss
Valley Ski Lodge - formerly
Little Switzerland Ski area Detroit Free Press,
December 27, 1957
Detroit Free Press, Fri,
Dec 26, 1958 Detroit Free Press, Fri.
Jan. 6, 1961 PDF (Full Newspaper Page
with additional articles): From Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas Detroit Free Press, Dec.
9, 1962 (from Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page)
Detroit Free Press, Dec.
8, 1963 (from Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page)
Traverse City Record
Eagle, Sat. Dec. 24, 1966
Lansing
State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 8,
1972 (jpg)
Lansing
State Journal, Nov 21, 1974 Detroit
Free Press, Sun. Nov. 2, 2008
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AREAS
46.51344489889344, -87.65742742406405
42.52070980408868, -85.83976594750811
43.47103188019098, -84.10615946954218
45.200932938884534, -85.01329067378019
.44.980436627250256, -85.6553594533718
42.81677854688713, -83.44886745796744
42.73351613768423, -83.24349877772525
42.32401126114511, -83.76413635616584
44.41652968379094, -86.1438383637095
42.2457131755908, -85.15295133942756
43.77818300228541, -85.4822924623467 ?
45.447736934119575, -85.04889836322104
42.99058650333433, -82.54735776847451
(ORV Scramble Area)
45.52354935074471, -84.26153102287523
43.41659977564081, -85.3395173472206
45.13026897832382, -85.62924303145537
44.90637320828968, -85.6444371086563
44.39889545670828, -85.66703427139511
42.97284986115553, -85.12321534653276
45.88800676713442, -84.83381150786825
43.60350048516589, -85.32332271604817
42.75877850586179, -86.20149474533282 ??
44.8710445218036, -85.91157569763061
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42.38206798009341, -84.02156835353757
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precise location.
46.53160403958828, -87.40370062346679
44.69000007195243, -86.2077539737136
44.74350844734249, -85.63804701749605
43.1134158, -82.6094346
45.78377175069546, -87.12511554357995
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44.25842146309585, -85.39260997381864
42.90379813800781, -83.16946410270884
46.26767644720776, -84.47006324970684
42.319664301126075, -85.46269789251302
44.623595566965946, -86.2348457176085 ??
42.710633,-85.450705
43.00105162286215, -83.69807168694372
44.843568966625725, -84.0028005053398
46.428333, -86.661667
42.52375988533557, -83.3070632680364
42.52378264479435, -83.30706135994181
43.52214649427194, -85.03986428548357
45.00779693743922, -84.62783788339644
44.987550909833196, -85.22726777076502
42.68267238872396, -86.18673382777045
42.985817218795184, -85.56256478829886
42.722184762373075, -84.58704687830158
42.97095690708187, -85.88141849026533
42.80346407627476, -83.728577861621 Fenton,
MI
44.6117782627895, -83.32454621482518
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45.43696530161488, -84.61976691561782
42.64792724473108, -83.54415203155497
46.67728936607125, -89.57777441451798
Bergland Lookout Tower
May have been togaggon only
42.84645766424668, -85.90720567468112
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precise location.
2 ski runs, 6 toboggan runs, 1,600 ft. Rope tows.
Toboggans furnished. Skating rink. Lighted. Warming house
with snack bar.
44.29231266303245, -84.394141939756
42.998795009850625, -85.70205923559818 ??
42.05459669798184, -84.15580460118701
Irish Hills Golf Course
46.4788825444636, -84.68576536255595
42.260295096225306, -85.60692321534454
42.4093960485167, -85.6233635457187
location very uncertain
42.749060364369235, -83.72996059525204
44.3586355596595, -83.96660786089949
44.734384909673935, -84.92773684976085
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precise location.
just W of Park Lake Road and E of Walnut Hills Country
Club, from M78, N on Park Lake Rd., turn left (E) on Lake
Lansing Rd., then right (N) on Dawn Ave.
42.75906573266573, -84.45075736085018
43.40836713788471, -83.31384025345925
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44.91211870053845, -85.97193052318823
Cedarville, MI (location in town unknown)
43.0016236113479, -82.56072832022454
44.85318997703171, -83.41806266254041
44.77851011051117, -83.43395307379751
44.25244360295593, -85.65649471799956
44.82828370588436, -84.49530584815476
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43.85802097711126, -86.32045284964036
exact location unknown
44.03524668528141, -86.50150985264065
45.85935666372349, -84.64586803142514
44.14949643321327, -85.32433092067318
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43.94515211101894, -84.78710621937249
44.192496762534795, -86.06653572142206
46.40263605235407, -86.65286045360538
44.94289659337609, -85.32455115503485
44.22484488590362, -85.4035730587775
44.94890347955744, -84.65438969710418
44.852149691727774, -85.88270983893166
44.85303201946514, -85.88295660526319
46.47548317039301, -84.34454387910314
44.64379268163872, -84.14898611905042
44.39185517635129, -85.22757267724369
3 (2) mi N of Lakeview on Lincoln Road in Montcalm
County, about 1/2 mi S of the north county line about a
quarter mi S of 1 Mile Rd
43.47338027942229, -85.27508889799282
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43.81473942872674, -84.87732542697059
42.88822404259885, -83.32029303629933
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44.83461801639617, -84.77776264143834
45.23478972059165, -84.53175253117409
42.826021248240615, -83.21462578665032
46.479461097078335, -89.92258330183695Mt. Judah
42.710952786359435, -83.29854791368838
46.44964819892898, -89.56622220183797
44.90589459607966, -85.04044854232937
44.75456962648377, -83.54530713276235
46.51231204525539, -87.39012719285249
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45.35649783857975, -84.22585156285595
Town of Onaway
46.493734767584925, -84.36738967806242
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43.25525290973666, -86.34977034689292
46.48591044013235, -90.02085500589538
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43.471433165236924, -85.77499430268635
45.78948449792947, -87.86985300259192
42.667997093811636, -83.20838667712125 (Oakland
University)
44.30767457916458, -84.29740433315047
42.888077584369064, -83.39548502095003
44.63745811544724, -84.47130375847951
43.08465607747579, -85.46832061867059
43.143309508628576, -84.16793794452742 (Town of
Oakley)
46.016937203985925, -84.39625858358114
43.93489898089074, -86.45040297087652
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42.41185282911924, -83.96557187240374
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precise location.
45.058176710729946, -85.15973682730085 (Town of Pleasant
Valley)
44.49408112854483, -84.6651977771053
42.037214816653325, -84.26217392188698
42.46179667941771, -83.59345257649372
Riverbank Golf Club on 10 Mile Rd
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42.165456946493904, -83.20955321097271
45.0284959755538, -84.65034171211322
42.9387461253392, -85.32480119913768
42.05459669798184, -84.15580460118701
44.92989153347762, -84.2413401190504
45.88970901455041, -84.82988267375161
44.376803860637324, -83.60139343216012
42.7066781859162, -83.23373942287914
44.85253405407691, -84.71247036397233
10 miles S of Gaylord, MI
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41.85731666255082, -86.37204800518991
44.57237964281783, -84.69094283068907
44.27120661646534, -84.8344911420198
44.95928884245676, -84.70883684988343
46.06710421815174, -88.6381888121597
44.91040819461757, -85.81595087828579
46.532365164763256, -87.41405787384574
42.6316430098441, -83.55302176930942
46.12579873420444, -86.4688285352615
45.19368931777486, -84.81904459525204
44.82395529328923, -85.707178
44.7562208028676, -83.54355595380072
44.54482647979579, -84.13523355353617 ?
45.08475951321116, -84.46798635581932
45.13671495146807, -84.60991127310892
42.43774112513666, -82.87750719566803
45.2551485894063, -84.9409010314502
45.23712430744713, -84.87992624764755
44.19252236042725, -86.06651012838189
42.28765250431768, -85.61554578106893
44.962114696210286, -84.28076587378999
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precise location.PLANNED,
BUT NEVER DEVELOPED
47.46727037247839, -87.89825945344474
John M. Longyear Research Library
Marquette Regional History Center
145 W. Spring St.
Marquette, MI 49855
906-226-3571
46.67728936607125, -89.57777441451798
Bergland Lookout Tower
WORKING ON:
46.73117168437322, -89.18087520315464
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42.53961995983245, -83.64410895843343
42.58287665586037, -83.25271178252467
STILL
OPEN (MI)
46.77147146725384, -89.08952092750754
46.3352800 -85.5222200
1953Detroit Free
Press, Feb. 6, 1953
1956
Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
- omissions noted
1957
1958
- Upper Peninsula
1961
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/map1961plusDetroit_Free_Press_Fri__Jan_6__1961_.pdf
1961
1962
1963
1966
1967
Chicago Tribune -
Dec. 3, 1967
1969
The Ludington
Daily News, Jan 14, 1969
1970Traverse City
Record Eagle,Jan. 22 ,1970
1972
1974
2007
Ski Magazine Spring 1974, The VEEP SKEES
Sault Sainte Marie - Winter 1966
The Big Six - Lansing_State_Journal_Sun__Nov_28__1965_bigsix
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