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Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project
 VINTAGE VIDEOS

LOST MIDWEST SKI AREAS 

ILLINOIS

Raging Buffalo / Buffalo Park / Buffalo Mountain, Algonquin, IL

Raging Buffalo Ski park at Algonquin Illinois (7:18) Video tour of the Raging Buffalo Ski and Snowboard park at Algonquin IL. Taken on Dec 4, 2010.

Lost Ski Area: Raging Buffalo (3:01) POV of the closed ski area once known as Buffalo Park, then Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park from 1993 to 2018.

Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park (1:14) Jessica Jacobsen visits Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park to discuss all the Winter Fun that is still left in the 2010 season, as well as information on Raging Buffalo, in Algonquin, IL.

So-Gnar Mighty Midwest Snowboard Camp Tour - Raging Buffalo, IL snowboarding (3:42) Jan 6, 2012

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/illinois/il.htm#ragingbuffalo

IOWA

Fun Valley, Montezuma, IA

KCCI Television News Report, 1991 - KCCI Archive Facebook Page (1:57)
"It's not Colorado, but it'll do I guess."

Also on: KCCI Television News Report, 1991 - Ski the Midwest Facebook Group

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/iowa/ia.htm#funvalley

MICHIGAN

Apple Mountain, Freeland, MI

Great Getaways: Apple Mountain Ski & Snowboard Resort [Great Lakes Bay] 2015? (0:27)

Apple Mountain - Feb. 14, 2010, (3:40)

Rhy Chermside 2009 Season Edit, Apple Mountain (3:40)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#applemountain

Iroquois Mountain, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Five short home movies from the 1950s (?) posted on the Wheels of History Train Museum - Brimley, MI Facebook Page

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#iroquoismountainlodge

Norway Mountain, Norway, MI

Norway Mountain - Michigan - Two Runs, filmed on GoPro Hero2 - 2011 (2:06)

Norway MI ski trip 2/18/17 (7:19)

For more information on the ski area: https://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#norwaymountain

Pando Ski Center, Rockford, MI

An hour at Pando With Kyle & Jamie - 2014 (3:09)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#pandoskicenter

Petoskey Winter Sports Park, Petoskey, MI

Petoskey Winter Sports Park 2008 (4:46)

For more information on the ski area: http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#petoskey

Riverview Highlands, Riverview, MI

Riverview Highlands - circa 1990 promotional video, (0:31)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#riverviewhighlands

Sugar Loaf, Cedar, MI

Sugar Loaf Mountain Michigan Footage~1984 - (7:48)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#sugarloaf

MINNESOTA

Lookout Mountain, Virginia, MN

LookoutMt..m4v (12:22) - a lot of vintage video with audio of the ski area's history

See Minnesota's first chair lift

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/minnesota/mn.htm#lookoutmountain

Quadna Mountain, Hill City, MN

Quadna Mountain - Vintage Ski footage - maybe late 1970s, (2:57)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/minnesota/mn.htm#quadna

Sugar Hills, Grand Rapids, MN and Quadna Mountain, Hill City, MN

Sugar Hills and Quadna Mountain - Vintage Ski footage - maybe late 1970s (3:24)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/minnesota/mn.htm#sugarhills

Timberlane Ski Area, Red Lake Falls, MN

Home Movies, Mark Healy, Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project, late 1960s (4:12)

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/minnesota/mn.htm#timberlane

MISSOURI

Snow Bluff, Brighton, MO

Snow Bluff Ski Missouri Brighton, MO - advertisement, (0:29)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/missouri/mo.htm#snowbluff

NORTH DAKOTA

Twilight Hills, Huff (Mandan), ND

(Twilight Hills Snow Bowl) Reopened as Huff Hills Ski Area which closed in 2024

Twilight Hills Huff North Dakota - Twilight Hills Dedication.. early 1960's, Huff, North Dakota (3:12)

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/northdakota/nd.htm#twilighthills

 

OHIO

Clear Fork, Dellroy, OH

CLEAR FORK'S BACK 2013 (2:54)

Clear Fork Resort Butler Ohio 2015 - Video by Dji Phantom 2 Vision 2015 (1:17)

Skiing Clear Fork Ski Area February 1, 2015 One Of The Last Open Day Ever (2:17)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/ohio/oh.htm#clearfork

SOUTH DAKOTA

Deer Mountain, Lead, SD

Deer Mountain 360 Degree tour - 2017 (4:04)

The finest skiing and riding in the Black Hills! Pristine, Uncrowded FAMILY FUN! - 2012 (1:01)

For more information on the ski area: http://www.mwlsap.org/southdakota/sd.htm#deermountain

WISCONSIN

Hidden Valley Ski Area, Maribel, WI

Hidden Valley Ski Area, Maribel, WI 2010 (1:39)

For more information on this ski area see: http://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#hiddenvalley

Majestic, Fontana, WI

Skiing & Tobogganing 1963-64 (1:27)

For more information on this ski area see: http://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#majestic

Mus-Ski Mountain, Sayner, WI

Mus-Ski Mountain Ski Area 1957-1958 (5:47)

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#musskimountain

Pink Panther, De Pere, WI

Pink Panther Ski Area early 1980s (1:24)

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#pinkpanther

Skyline, Friendship, WI

Lost Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page, circa 1979 (3:24)

For more information on the ski area: https://www.mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#skyline

Snowcrest, Somerset, WI

Snowcrest 1979 Somerset WI Rossignol Nordica Mogul Competition, 1979 (5:40)

For more information on the ski area: https://mwlsap.org/wisconsin/wi.htm#snowcrest

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