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Snow Sport Areas Ready In Wisconsin
- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Sun, Nov 20,
1949 Americana
+ - still open as
Mountain
Top at Grand Geneva, was also
called Indian Knob, Playboy Club, and Hotdog
Mountain Baldy
Mountain Ski Hill (Old
Baldy) Baird's
Creek+
- see Moon
Valley, still open as
Triangle
Sports Area Bay
View Hill
* see Williams
Bay Ski Hill Bear
Valley
* (see Pink
Panther) Big
Dipper
* - see
Echo
Valley Big
Hill Memorial Park
^ - ski jump only Birch
Haven (originally called
Suicide Hill) Birch
Park (also called Eight
Flags of Birch Park) Buffalo
Valley Inc.
* became Hiawatha
Hills Calumet
County Park (previously
called Calumet Hills, also Fox
Valley Ski Club) Crystal
Ridge+
- still open as Rock
Snowpark; renamed Crystal
Ridge 2024 Deepwood
(may be reopening as Woodwind
Park) Delafield
Lodge*
(see Velkommen) Dell
View Hotel
(Williamson's Dell View Hotel) Dellwood
Ski Area ??? -
probably Deepwood Devil's
Lake - Windy City Ski Club
* - see Windy
City Hill Echo
Valley (later called Big
Dipper) Eight
Flags of Birch Park*
- see Birch
Park Eau
Claire Winter Sports Club Ski
Hill *
- see Pinehurst The
Flats - The Kiwanis Club
of Oconto Falls Fox
Valley Ski Club * -
see Calumet County Park Gateway
Lodge -
same as King's
Gateway? Glenwood
City 57 Hills Ski Area
* - see Ski
Glen Hagen-Miner
+ probably the same as Mt.
Hardscrabble Harrison
Hills (later called Silver
Valley) Hiawatha
Hills
(Buffalo Valley Inc.) / Hiawatha Valley Highlands
of Olympia
* (See Olympia)
Hogsback
Springs Recreation Area
* (see Spur
Lake Recreation Area) Hotdog
Mountain
* (also called Indian Knob,
Playboy Mountain, Mt. Playboy, Hotdog Mountain, Americana)-
still open as Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Indian
Knob
* (also called Americana,
Playboy Mountain, Mt. Playboy, Hotdog Mountain) - still open
as Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Kettle
Moraine South Unit
(Scuppernong) King's
Gateway
- same as Gateway
Lodge? Kiwanis
Park (Kiwanis Hill) -
Ripon Lapham
Peak (Government
Hill?) Little
Swiss Valley *(see
Velkommen) Lockhaven
(also called Spooner-Shell Lake Ski Area) Machickanee
Winter Sports Area Majestic
(Majestic Hills, Majestic Ski Area, Ski Majestic) Maryhill
+
- currently open as
Ausblick
(private) located on Maryhill Rd., Sussex, WI Minocqua
Winter Park *- see
Squirrel
Hill Moon
Valley
+ (Moon Valley Ski
Club) - (still open as Triangle
Sports Area - originally at
Baird's
Creek, then moved to
Fun
Valley Ski Area) Mo-Ski-Tow
Hill
(Mosquito Hill) Mt.
Atlanta
+ - still open as
Christie
Mountain Mt.
Ole ?
Mt.
Telemark
* (see Telemark) Mt.
Tom (private) Mus-Ski
Mountain (also
called Muskellunge) Navarino
Hills (previously known as
Pues Hill) Nor-Ski
Ridge (became
Omnibus) North
Hills (North Hills Ski
Club) Norway
Basin+
(formerly Sutter's Ridge, still open as Tryol
Basin) Oak
Ridge Ski Hill (Oak
Ridge Ski Club) Old
Baldy
* - see Baldy
Mountain Olympia
(also known as Scotsland, Highlands of Olympia) Omnibus*
(see Nor-Ski
Ridge) Perkinstown
Winter Sports Park Pine
Hills County Club -
Sheboygan, WI, 4914 Superior Ave. Sheboygan, WI 53083
-3437 Pinehurst
(Pinehurst Bowl, also called Seymour Hill and ) Pink
Panther (later
called Snowburst [1978], then Bear
Valley
[1985]) Playboy
Club*
- (also called Americana, Playboy Mountain, Mt. Playboy, and
Indian Knob) still open as Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Port
Mountain +- still
open as Mt. Ashwabay Pues
Hill
* - see Navarino
Hills Rib
Mountain
+ - still open as
Granite
Peak Ripon
Kiwanis Hill
* - see Kiwanis
Park Scuppernong
* (See Kettle
Moraine South Unit) See
and Ski
* - see Lodi
See and Ski Seymour
Hill *
- see Pinehurst Signal
Mountain Ski Hill (Signal
Hill) Silver
Valley
* - see Harrison
Hills Silverbrook
Resort (Silver
Brook) Ski
Glen (also called Glenwood
City 57 Hills Ski Area) Ski
View Ridge
* (see View
Ridge) Skyline
(or Sky Line) Skyline
Ski Area
("Skolhaugen") Snowburst
* (see Pink
Panther) Snowcrest
(originally called Ski-Mac) Spooner-Shell
Lake Ski Area
* - see Lockhaven Spur
Lake Recreation Area (also
known as Hogsback Springs Recreation Area) Squirrel
Hill (became
Minocqua
Winter Park - XC xkiing) Suicide
Hill
* (see Birch
Haven) Sutter's
Ridge
+ (became Norway Basin, still
open as Tyrol
Basin) Telemark
Resort (Mt.
Telemark) The
Flats at Oconto Falls
- see Flats This park consists of a 22.4
acre natural area on a north facing hill west of the
Tamarack Preserve on Mill Road. Tower Hill has
panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. The
site slopes down to a tributary of the Fox River. The
site is currently undeveloped and closed to the pubic.
- Village
of Menominee Falls, 2011 Twin
Valley
(Hoofers' Hill) UW
Eau Claire
* (see Mt.
Ole) Velkommen
(also called Delafield Lodge, Little Swiss Valley, and
Winter Haven) View
Ridge Ski Hill
(Ski View Ridge) Viking
Valley
(Whitehall) Whitehall
* (see Viking
Valley) Willams
Bay Ski Hill / Bay View Ski Hill
(Winter Playgrounds at Williams Bay) Windy
City Hill - also called
Devil's Lake - Windy City Ski Club Winter
Haven
* - see Velkommen Wunderberg
Ski Area
+ - still open as
Sunburst Twin Springs Resort and
Campground ?? Mukwonago County
Park ?? Naga-Waukee County
Park Remove Boulder Junction, Dellwood,
Southern
Wisconsin Offer Many Spots for Those Who Like Winter
Sports - Janesville Daily
Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin) · Thu, Dec 15,
1955 location of Quit-Qui-Oc location of Chain
O' Lakes location: Elpa
Lodge Slopes location of Ferry
Hill Winter Sports Area location: Kings
Gatesway Lodge location of Machickanee
Winter Sports Area location of Mineral
Point location of Mt.
Redstone location of Oak
Ridge Ski Hill location of Ski-Mor
Ridge ----------------------------------------------- -Outdoor
Sports In Full Swing in State with Snow, Cold
Weather - The_Oshkosh_Northwestern_Sat__Dec_18__1954_manyareas.pdf Winter
Sports Areas Preparing For Big Season
- The Rhinelander Daily News
(Rhinelander, Wisconsin) · Wed, Nov 2, 1949 Going
Skiing? Make Your Reservations by This
List -
The_Rhinelander_Daily_News_23_Dec_1953 Southern
Wisconsin Gains Fame As Year Round Resort Area; Winter
Sports Boom - Janesville Daily
Gazette, Jan 9, 1948 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Racine
- McKinley Junior High School Mockesair
Lodge
(Moc-Kes-Air) - WORKING ON Niagara
- WORKING ON Osseo
Rod and Gun Club Ski Hill
- WORKING ON Moquah
Ski Hill Rd
- WORKING ON Ski Hill
near Abbey
Springs golf course
between Mt Majestic and Fontana
- WORKING ON Big
Boulder Lodge
- WORKING ON Iola
- ski jumping and xc only XXTrail
Farm LTD (near Camp Forest
Springs ) -
WORKING ON Slinger Hill
- WORKING ON Big
Boulder Lodge -
no tow 1953 - WORKING ON Long
Lake Resort, no tow 1952,
1953 - WORKING
ON Mt.
Whittlesey
- NEVER OPENED Ausblick
(Private) previously called Maryhill Blackhawk
Ski Club
(Private) Bruce
Mound Winter Sports Area Christie
Mountain Ski Area
(formerly Mt. Atlanta) Crystal
Ridge (see
Rock
Snowpark renamed Crystal Ridge
2024) Forest
Springs / Sunset Hill
(at Forest Springs) Fox
Hill Ski Area
(private) Grand Geneva + - see
Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Granite
Peak (formerly Rib
Mountain) Heiliger
Huegel Ski Club
(private) Kettlebowl
Ski Hill and Cross Country Trails Mt.
Ashwabay (previously Port
Mountain) Mountain
Top at Grand Geneva
(formerly Playboy Club, Americana, and Indian
Knob) + Rock
Snowpark (formerly
Crystral
Ridge, renamed Crystal
Ridge 2024) Sunburst
Ski Area (formerly
Wunderberg) Sunset
Hill (see
Forest
Springs) Tyrol
Basin (previously called
Sutters Ridge and Norway Basin) Winter
Park - (see
Kewaunee
County Winter Park) Woodwind
Park - formerly
Deepwood
-
Wisconsin
State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) · Sun, Dec 23,
1962 from Lost
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Chicago Tribune,
Sunday, December 01
See Lost
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for corrections
The
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) · Sat, Jan 10,
1981 The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) · 15 Dec
1985 (Note: Bull Valley in Lake Geneva was the former
Mt. Fuji. Cross
country skiing only - it did NOT have "1 T-bar, 12 rope
tows, and 12 double chairlifts")
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44.97117619860851, -92.63918613146187
45.73383865844644, -89.67992937155978
43.35721553820846, -89.80622165921609
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44.0076244248097, -90.79491926463723
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44.974758338772034, -92.74088960798069
43.08454588229854, -88.05288618075629
45.061563647331525, -91.80137204759671
45.56048915322934, -89.73062152152386
45.57431475719537, -89.71803757258317
43.60633255078956, -89.77773411841439
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43.168450935285094, -88.05643438196667
44.176573852492965, -89.78568777382196
46.46982707454181, -90.20342954285518
42.85319071208946, -88.46010998070847
"About the ski hill at Eagle: It sat on the land where
the Eagle Springs Golf Course is now, off of Cty. Hwy Lo.
It looks like the only way they could've had 100 vertical
feet was with a south-facing slope. The rail line ran
right next to it. " message from Mick Shoup
??? "possibly on the Orin Benson property N of Eagle"
from the Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum
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45.152794970135105, -88.62397655592368
location of Slinger
43.334128958557365, -88.2757852204042
Holy Hill / Heiliger
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45.227774983028986, -92.73466741791742
45.92139047971048, -89.5341817413019
43.35667529337323, -89.61170554743344
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44.86157517970577, -88.13538347241465
43.60802364958532, -88.16743326371048
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45.30916104150466, -88.04795818694498 ?
43.93389326536466, -88.9163215208977
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46.15948670660234, -89.20872749701765
46.133784 -89.199280
43.74618283689311, -88.1006569359049
45.48867474199897, -91.64026732808388
45.419633324217145, -89.44863605197693
town of Hazelhurst, WI
45.80784827751194, -89.72561061017298
44.274248368740686, -91.88003874247669
town of Eagle River, WI
45.93061467669169, -89.25761012271512
44.270024369297246, -87.76013426256581
Vintage Video: Hidden
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2010 (1:39)
44.35149375835997, -88.04917722321673
43.50396808662198, -89.97584127324804
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42.62171191893715, -88.4262207982156
42.5875867646433, -88.50589225463843
44.538815920862206, -89.20965073147954
44.521859326505464, -89.5406019566105
42.77186640663072, -87.85474989528095
42.936924798749565, -88.46342300606557
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46.159566398525534, -89.20873415658703 (Gateway
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43.83499148620276, -88.84858154314665
43.78885091440174, -91.18694193150982
44.172165821961855, -89.87687904363553
42.62764267175873, -88.59980991277443
43.04323394072358, -88.39491670195063
45.32658033640538, -89.63962347425196
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45.801114094532906, -91.90685696625324
43.31559579986112, -89.53862978288952
44.84989279687916, -88.0597307019531 ???
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42.548186079801894, -88.51200176087538
46.54749767404306, -92.13362562683179
45.50199175185563, -89.43044775717503 Jeffris,
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42.806313238588324, -90.19720884620197
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46.15624864158424, -89.35121235476335
44.510065355064306, -87.94919384820366
44.38048797693707, -88.70688100575876
42.62171191893715, -88.4262207982156
45.0590538699007, -88.1458755287606
44.79532283157041, -91.5023484529688
43.62372703223252, -90.0749091526802
43.61490623604685, -90.07965039695546
43.61128963914368, -90.08128794649846
42.655958321401805, -88.19042027388242
45.99325099793253, -89.59924058205783
44.60841897282807, -88.5858712854167
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45.83475363797414, -91.78538520370587
42.5527958681488, -88.23300578521189
45.10495993844323, -87.24575996811747
42.957064957396696, -88.83392138296104
45.79454326214343, -89.10531399361685
43.75044085388875, -87.98995845962186
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42.72115984228944, -89.0615675070257
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42.723234180073575, -88.35030137933667
45.18311246087512, -90.63638358511453
43.76138012515507, -87.76986753234345
44.852967585684326, -91.453166932542
44.39844734697483, -88.0317934243194
Blue Mound State Park
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44.87433050277016, -87.43437546530889
43.81775150276998, -88.00790675974355
43.16912472001494, -88.87106078838583
44.55629189331944, -90.59190837893082
45.81023890228899, -89.02630310419862
45.181126097374, -91.59296306150362
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45.0549560619572, -92.1616052258261
44.60699505738853, -91.67236108104771
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45.363785, -90.2295266
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43.981680221186906, -89.82035551111761
45.41807965589334, -92.64127306296048
just to the north and the west of 573 N Day
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43.167980697979736, -89.78984831148775
Mazo Bluff
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43.788880147187896, -91.18695776580418
45.09633334005895, -92.73042430423058
44.839310692431745, -92.2495014487107
Zaccard's Spring Valley Estates ???
42.63873036436741, -88.34528381307814
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45.8803413494111, -90.42055044704829 (town of Fifield,
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45.83002545485008, -89.89521883142636
46.09641333031808, -91.82617548081258
town of Minong
44.98713009190948, -89.6079548373099
44.5371224905114, -89.25052614552023
44°32'30.4"N 89°15'11.0"W
44.54179086465802, -89.25306252280392
43.14011473980715, -89.93099182802528
43.76827722071422, -88.37989079600227
43.134685290055764, -88.15758514704403
43.08448210125546, -89.58987043762329
location
- Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) ·
Sat, Jan 22, 1949
43.70364992669047, -88.04349651457382
43.085842 -89.588474
2 mi. S of 29 on K
44.89147500804447, -92.01451894415824
43.051472556380446, -88.38114558031054
44.38906452952806, -88.68779916750749
44.55736252735831, -91.38259468410145
44.412936758155425, -91.34195932657569
43.551921990916014, -90.68391651118714
44.58218871979764, -91.95308902583264
42.92464956484846, -88.02784787020776
42.58385570316734, -88.54561544625503
45.18322860431262, -89.70310990700217
43.435041100669416, -89.7203256796991
43.14997535842698, -90.08307020007581
45.23966275228089, -88.08682743145081
43.79658847388503, -89.97333514178611WORKING
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42.86084331604198, -88.38346077072768
43.05954402550562, -88.36909989963691
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42.72737108612993, -87.81000493691367
46.138955565814136, -89.33268380979497
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44.56005790483331, -91.23166447287183
46.583068889087286, -91.084779492341
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45.363785, -90.2295266
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46.30087380669028, -90.6173807419338 JUMPS
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1956Lost
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1962Minneapolis
Tribune, Dec. 23, 1962, p. 53
1962
1963
Mid-1960's
1967
Chicago Tribune,
Dec. 8, 1967
1968
1969Green Bay Press
Gazette
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1970
Green Bay Press
Gazette
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1971
Wisconsin Rapids
Daily Tribune
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1972Lost
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1974
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1977
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1981
1985
* renamed; closed
+ renamed; open
^ never opened