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1949 Fox Valley Ski Hills 1962 Mt. Wawasee, Tamarack Mountain Country
Club, Pines Peak 1952 Dubuque Ski Club Hill 1969 Blue Mound (Mont
Bleu) 1929 Grayling Winter Sports Park,1929 -
still open as Hanson Hills 1940 Gokey's Hill (now Buck Hill, still
open, and Moon Valley 1960 Hidden Valley - the original (NOT the
Hidden Valley currently operating) 1972 Devils Nest 1956 Skyline Skiway 1961 Snow Trails - still open 1938 Terry Peak - still open 1937 Rib Mountain (still open as
Granite Peak)
Fox Valley Ski Hills 1949Fox Valley Ski Hills - The Herald (Crystal Lake, Illinois) · Thu, Dec 22, 1949
Mt. Wawasee 1962Ski Resort Created Atop Elkhart County Hill - The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) · Sun, Dec 2, 1962
"Indiana's first pubic winter ski area."https://www.inkfreenews.com/2017/01/31/mount-wawasee-a-high-point-for-many/
"The first ski hill in Indiana."Tamarack Mountain Country Club 1962 - opened as a private club. Opened to the public in 1964First chairlift in IndianaNew Recreation Area Mid-West Ski Center - Angola Herald, Sept. 5, 1962 - part 1 / part 2
Private Indiana Country Club Open To Public - Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana) · Fri, Feb 7, 1964 - "Tamarack Mountain club has Indiana's only double chairlift."
New Ski Facilities - Sports Illustrated, Dec 3, 1962
? Pines Peak 1962
Owner puts Porter County ski slope up for sale, Dec. 2008 " . . . it first opened 47 years ago."
Dubuque Ski Club Hill 1952SKIING - Encyclopedia Dubuque
picture - encyclopediadubuque.org
http://www.mwlsap.org/iowa/ia.htm#dubuqueskiclub
Blue Mound (Mont Bleu) 1969http://www.mwlsap.org/kansas/ks.htm#montbleu
Grayling Winter Sports Park 1929 (still open as Hanson Hills; was also called Bear Mountain)https://hansonhills.org/our-history - ". . . first downhill ski area in Michigan and the second in the Midwest "
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#hansonhillsNot sure when the first rope tow was installed, but most people agree that the first rope tow in the United States was installed in Woodstock, Vermont in 1934.
Grand Beach Ski Club ? - The Michigan Lost Ski Areas Project suggests that the Grand Beach Ski Club had a lift served ski jump in 1922, at the Hotel Golfmore, New Buffalo / Grand Beach, MI
Email from Michigan Lost Ski Areas Project:"Grayling Winter Sports Park opened on State of Michigan land in 1929, although I don't know when the first lift (rope) was installed. It operated under 3 separate names over the years and is now operating as Hanson Hills, although there may have been a period after Bear Mountain was closed when it didn't operate.Mont Ripley opened in 1935 and has been in continuous operation since. Caberfae opened in 1936 (but didn't install their first lift until 1940). It has also been in continuous operation.
However, the first lift served skiing in Michigan was at the Grand Beach Ski Club beginning in 1922. It was adjacent to the Hotel Golfmore on the dunes over Lake Michigan. The hill had a tow and a ski jump and hosted ski jumping tournaments from 1922 through at least 1926, the last one for which I found a brochure. The hotel burned in 1939. I do not know when the ski hill closed or when the tow was removed. It may have closed before any other lift-served skiing appeared in Michigan"
BUT, The first rope tow in the United States was installed in Woodstock, Vermont in 1934.
Gokey's Hill (now Buck Hill) and Moon Valley 1940Ski Run Lift Is Being Built - The Minneapolis Star, Nov 22, 1937Gokey's Hill became Buck Hill which is still open
Hidden Valley - the original 1960 (NOT the Hidden Valley currently operating)Commercial Ski Slope Near Pacific, MO Draws Many - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) · Sun, Jan 29, 1961
Devils Nest 1972http://www.mwlsap.org/nebraska/ne.htm#devilsnest
Skyline Skiway 1956http://www.mwlsap.org/northdakota/nd.htm#skylineskiway
Snow Trails 1961 - still openhttps://www.snowtrails.com/footer-content/get-to-know-snow-trails
Terry Peak 1938 rope tow installed - still openhttps://terrypeak.com/about/
Rib Mountain 1937 (still open as Granite Peak)One of the first ski areas in the US.https://www.skigranitepeak.com/discover/discover-granite-peak/our-history
Heiliger Huegel 1938 - second rope tow in Wiscosnin https://www.hhskiclub.com/history
FROM: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2022/01/09/the-oldest-ski-area-in-every-state/2/
From the International Skiing History Association (skiinghistory.org). Membership fee required
https://www.skiinghistory.org/history/ski-resorts-years-they-were-founded?check_logged_in=1
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