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Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project


Lost Ski Areas Near Chicago, Illinois

Chicagoland Areas Ready -
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Fri, Oct 29, 1965

ILLINOIS

Barberry Hills, Fox River Grove, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#barberryhills

Fox Trails Sports Area, Cary, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#foxtrails

Fox Valley Ski Hills, Cary, IL
https://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#foxvalley

Gander Mountain, Spring Grove, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#gandermountain

Holiday Park, Ingleside, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#holidaypark

James Park, Evanston, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#jamespark

Lincolnshire Resort (Marriott), Lincolnshire, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#lincolnshire

Lost Valley, (originally named Hidden Valley), Spring Grove IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#lostvalley

Plumtree (also called Lake Carroll) - private, Lanark, IL (Lake Carroll)
http://mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#plumtree

 Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (previously called Buffalo Park and later Buffalo Mountain ), Algonquin, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#ragingbuffalo

Terrapin Ridge Ski Area, Elizabeth, Illinois
https://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#terrapinridge

Thunder Mountain, - also called Brickyard Mall / Brick Factory, Chicago, IL
http://mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#thunder

Wagon Wheel Resort, Rockton, IL
http://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#wagonwheel

Winter Wonderland, (at Soldier Field), Chicago IL
http://mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#winterwonderland

STILL OPEN

Chestnut Mountain Resort, Galena, IL
website

Four Lakes, Lisle, IL
website

Villa Olivia, Bartlett, IL
website

 

INDIANA

Pines Peak Family Ski Area, (The Pines), Valparaiso, IN
http://www.mwlsap.org/indiana/in.htm#pinespeak

Ski Valley, LaPorte, IN
http://www.mwlsap.org/indiana/in.htm#skivalley

Bendix Woods, New Carlisle, IN
http://www.mwlsap.org/indiana/in.htm#bendixwoods

 

MICHIGAN

Echo Valley, Kalamazoo - MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#echovalley

Schussaway, Lowell, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#schussaway

STILL OPEN

Bittersweet, Otsego, MI
website

Swiss Valley, Jones, MI
website

Timber Ridge, Goble, MI
website

WISCONSIN

Holiday Hill, Lake Geneva, WI
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https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#holidayhill

Interlaken Resort, Lake Geneva, WI
https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#interlaken

Lake Lawn Hotel / Ski Farm, Delavan, WI
https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#lakelawn

Majestic, Fontana, WI
https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#majestic

Mt. Fuji, Lake Geneva, WI
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https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#mtfuji

New Munster Ski Hill, New Munster, WI
https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#newmunster

Williams Bay / Bay View, Williams Bay, WI
https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#williamsbay

Mt. Tom, (private), Burlington, WI
http://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#mttom

Paradise Valley Ski Resort, Burlington, WI
http://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#paradisevalley

STILL OPEN

Wilmot Mountain, Wilmot, WI
website

Mountaintop at Grand Geneva, Lake Geneva, WI (also called Indian Knob / Playboy Club / Hotdog Mt..)
website

Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
website

 

Chicago Tribune, Jan. 8, 1965


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