68 Any information or pictures on the
lost ski areas of Minnesota would be greatly appreciated.
Please e-mail: mark@mwlsap.org
Alpenhorn*
(see Crystal
Hills) Anderson's
Hill+
(became Ski Haven, still open as
Mt.
Kato) Arctic
Park*
- See Mt.
Sitzmark Bamber
Hills (also called
Rochester Ski Hill) Barkers
Alps (also called North
Star Tow) Benton
Valley * see
Hole
in the Mountain County Park Big
Ojibway *- see
Ojibway
Ski Bowl Crystal
Hills (formerly
Alpenhorn) We weren't able to find any
definite dates, but I did put a request for memories
from a local Facebook group and was able to gather a
few details from their comments. The rope tow was in
operation sometime during the 1970s-80s. It was shut
down due to liability concerns. One person remembered
watching more than one person shoot across the highway
on their toboggan. You would lay on your tube or sled
and grab on to the rope (often with a good jerk of the
shoulders) to be towed up the hill, hoping you don't
lose your sled on the way up. One gentleman commented
that he went through a pair of gloves each
year. Sorry we couldn't be of more
help, but it looks like the people enjoyed
reminiscing! If we get any more details, we will be
sure to pass them along if you are interested.
Danelle Erickson Egan's
Resort / Egan's Hidden Valley Ski
Tow*
(see Hidden
Valley) Fond
du Lac Winter Sports Center*
- see Ojibway
Ski Bowl Gokey's
Hlil + (still open
as Buck
Hill) Hallaway
Hill Ski Area
(Hollaway) Hidden
Valley (another one - also
called Egan's Resort and Egan's Hidden Valley Ski
Tow) Hole
in the Mountain County Park
- also called Benton Valley and Lake Benton
Valley Inver
Hills Ski Hill (previously
called NorSki) Lake
Benton Valley*
- see Hole
in the Wall county Park Lester-Amity
Park Ski and Jumping Area Lookout
Mountain (Lookout
Lodge, Minnesota's Lookout Mountain) Mt.
Carmel *- See
Saint John's University Mt.
Normandale+
- still open as Hyland
Hills Mt.
Notch
- same location as the Tyrol
Ski Tow
(1949) Mt.
Rushford*
(see Rushford) Mt.
Silver (may be the
same as Two
Harbors) Mt.
Sitzmark - also called
Arctic Park Mt.
Wirth*
(see Theodore
Wirth Park) New
Brighton Rope Tow*
(probably same as TCAAP) Norski
Hill*
(later became Inver
Hills) North
Oaks
(also North Oakes) North
Star Tow*
- see Barker's
Alps Ojibway
Ski Bowl - Also called:
Big Ojibway Mountain, Fond Du Lac Ojibway Bowl, Fond du Lac
Winter Sports Center Old
Smokey Hill Ski Park
(Smoky) Pipestone*
(may be Hole
in the Mountain / Benton Valley) Potter
Ridge *
??? Rochester
Ski Hill*
- see Bamber
Hills Rock
Hill*
- see University
of Minnesota Duluth Saint
John's University (Mt.
Carmel) Ski
Haven+
- became Mount
Kato in 1977 - still
open Theodore
Wirth Park ( also called
Wirth Park, Mt. Wirth) Two
Harbors (probably
the same as Voyageur Skiway; may be the same as
Mt.
Silver) Twin
Cities Army Ammunitions Plant
(TCAAP) Tyrol
Ski Tow
- Same location as Mt.
Notch (1989) University
of Minnesota Duluth - also
called Rock Hill Val
Croix+
- became Wild
Mountain, still
open Val
Hulla ?? Villa
Park (Villa-Arctic
Park?) Voyageur
Skiway* (probably
the same as Two
Harbors and Comet
Skiways) Wirth
Park*
(see Theodore
Wirth Park) location of Crestwood
Golf and Ski location of Edina
Ski Tow location of Mt.
Florida location of Mt.
Notch and Tyrol
Ski Tow location of Mt.
Silver location of New
Brighton Rope Tow* (probably
same as TCAAP) location of Prior
lake Ski Area location of Royal
Oak location of Rushford location of Saint
Mary's College location of Silver
Slopes location of Skidahlen location of Snofun location of Snobakken
Ski Tow location of ToMo location of Two
Harbors Lester-Amity
Park Ski and Jumping Area Potter Ridge - probably Powder
Ridge Deer
River ski hill
- WORKING
ON Winter
Wonderland
- WORKING ON Lanesboro, MN and Pigeon Falls,
WI both ski jumps -
WORKING ON Winter
Haven -
WORKING ON Buck
Hill (formerly Gokey's
Hill) Elm
Creek Winter Recreation Area Hyland
Hills Ski Area (formerly
called Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area and Mt.
Normandale) Mount
Kato (formerly called
Anderson's Hill and Ski Haven) Pine
Valley Ski Area and Jump Center Wild
Mountain Ski Area
(formerly Val Croix) Minneapolis Tribune, Dec.
7, 1958, p. 52 Minneapolis Tribune,Sun, Dec 6,
1959 Trollhaugen
Troll Facebook Page Minneapolis Tribune, Dec.
17, 1961 Minneapolis Tribune, Dec.
23, 1962, p. 53 Minneapolis Star, Dec. 20,
1964, p. 62 Minneapolis Tribune, Dec.
13, 1964, p. 62
Star
Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) · Sun, Nov 13, 1966
(info.
on all resorts) Minneapolis
Star (?) Mon. Nov. 16, 1969 Minneapolis
Star, Mon. Nov. 15, 1971 Minneapolis Star, Nov. 10,
1972, p. 28
Winona Daily News, Sunday
Dec. 11, 1977 p. 25 Minneapolis Tribune, Nov.
19, 1978
Minneapolis Tribune, Nov.
9, 1980
MINNESOTA
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44.79960829618372, -93.75666082824594
43.9832790838799, -92.5052151335841
45.020158424926116, -92.79056484707569
44.93857489481974, -93.01274098186072
on 1977
Map and 1978
Map
46.589801012222956, -94.20876286969335
45.17553124458687, -93.91665690816872
44.85320416688552, -93.36473761612218
44.82641950469074, -93.48281720289502
46.889842344232925, -95.4131737480635
45.932437312935726, -95.32649707374982
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45.33100687429801, -94.66818292621268
45.09393830016789, -94.37771733834762
45.82548592773573, -94.67015794603361
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45.277262628163875, -92.88962890289501
47.45385365963821, -91.23748584915985
46.40280936250696, -94.15330308484818
45.639458946611576, -95.3809875839709
44.40090448220191, -94.70485263842096
46.54431478920005, -95.9868023657679
47.90390075492738, -91.81594447518945
44.762681062867465, -93.3428719688989
44.262440533299994, -96.30503021293637
44.801726418005515, -93.07556418992448
46.855314045405954, -92.01268887825745
44.900886676802344, -93.42760477571105
47.57774404504111, -92.54371886993975
44.89508568050969, -93.08528779855648
44.81777443225282, -93.52347366536176
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45.25569532780207, -95.0359808636332
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45.25211772605166, -95.04016986545808
"I can't find any articles or pictures of Mt. Florida. I
did talk to a family member and it was a Downhill Ski and
Toboggan Hill on the NE side of Lake Florida 1958-1960.
They had rope lift and a warming house. Because of lack
of snow in those years it never got going. Here are
pictures of where it would have been. I hope you can use
this; it is all I could Find.."
Pictures 1
2
44.51293298181389, -92.38391985240614
45.58268651659414, -94.45001853405277
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47.3172718221796, -91.26232620983713
(don't know location near Two Harbors)
47.032087482110526, -91.67394030497604
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45.061102786027476, -93.12362072221859
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45.3370618, -95.0664327
45.08630508931592, -93.08804799062293
Hill
Farm - Star Tribune
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) · Sun, Mar 12,
1950
46.66671619449173, -92.27616231348657
46.26907871089365, -96.08253202831828
44.76530444851543, -93.02055617609334
46.70727328069347, -92.46262793271465
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46.96575314420824, -93.59560220125181
46.740364310624834, -96.23787654463047
- location of village of Rollag
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May have been located at the location of the current
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46.74087052703532, -96.21721565957704
(Magelssen Bluff Park)
43.8108604953742, -91.75915642032382
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45.58358905438442, -94.379138910614
44.04481070665975, -91.6961562187784
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47.03706869162941, -94.64402828673963
44.12978895017303, -91.78938412806193 ???
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43.67421007734853, -92.0833791330755
(Town of Preston)
47.52402382559625, -96.2918849841037
44.980259815978584, -93.64265605440866
(Town of Pelican Rapids)
46.57186732360407, -96.07250713147876
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45.07949982870608, -93.14763619133926
44.84145333476944, -93.08527531731154
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44.377314597036325, -92.05765366398334
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47.13268174050001, -93.66939676386619
44.99224054568846, -93.32296560861312
47.89774014032652, -96.30999328164717
46.88144247136384, -95.54091579874222 ???
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( Town of Two Harbors)
47.03501246314212, -91.67445528911047
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45.09642504794117, -93.16324120024277
45.58268651659414, -94.45001853405277
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46.822208358145694, -92.0893055790312
47.13411678825115, -94.97764473163953
46.161611202544094, -95.73692494811777
45.00333073708185, -93.12066167378828WORKING
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47.36472982780351, -93.7616420404384
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45.61787503564166, -94.20699293699815PLANNED,
BUT NEVER DEVELOPED
STILL
OPEN (MN)
45.13928451601623, -93.43885369814781
44.84390075216751, -93.36360734735935
44.24539159886342, -92.51466760468938
19581959
1960s
1961
1962
19631964
1966
19691971
1972
1977
1978
1978St. Cloud Times,
Dec 8, 1978
1980
Skiing in the Great Lake States: the industry
and the skier [by] William A. Leuschner. 1970
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/10567
FROM: Ski Magazine, Dec., 1977
* renamed; closed
+ renamed; open
^ never opened