Illinois

Thunder Mountain - also called Brickyard Mall / Brick Factory

• Chicago, IL - corner of Diversey Avenue and Narragansett Avenue, 2600 N Narrangansett Ave., entrance at Narragansett and Fullerton
• o: 1968 (one season); c: 1968

Winter Wonderland (at Soldier Field)

• Chicago IL
• 2 rope tows
• o: 1957 c: 1958 (one season)

 Savanna Valley     

• Savanna, IL
• 1965 - 1966 (If it opened at all)

Clinton Bark Board  - Eagle Point 

• Clinton, IA - N of Clinton on route 67 and Deer Creek Rd., Eagle Point Park
  
• o: 1969   c: 1970 ?? - maybe only one season

Birchwood Farm Lodge

• Harbor Springs, MI - northwest Michigan - 2 mi N, OR 3 mi W, of Harbor Springs on M-131, now M-119
• o: 1961 ? c: 1962  most likely only one season. no mention of skiing after spring 1962

Bloomfield Hills Country Club

• Bloomfield Hills, MI - near Detroit - 350 W Long Lake Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI
• o: 1943
• may have only lasted one season; no mention of it could be found in 1944

Grandview Orchards

• Fenton, MI
• 1961-1962
  

Lost Lake Ski Park   

• Lincoln, MI
• 1950
  

Mt. Judah

• Pontiac, MI
• 1946 - 1947
  

MTU-Soo Ski Area (MTU Sault Branch Hill) ???

• Sault Saint Marie, MI
• 1965 - 1966 ???

Peek-A-Boo Hill

• Hessel / Cedarville, MI - Upper Peninsula - 35 mi from straits bridge, midway between Hessel and Cedarville, just off M-134
• o: 1958-1959  one season (if it ever opened) 

Woodbridge Ski Area

• Lewiston, MI
• 1956 - 1957

Missouri

Shepherd Mountain Ski Resort

• Ironton, MO - east central Missouri
• o: 1983   c: 1984  one season 

Ohio

Shady Spring Ski Trails   

• Carroll, OH - 1 mile W, overlooking Old Teays River Valley, 7 mi. N of Lancaster on state route 33,  N and E facing slopes
  
• Thank you to Brad Derflinger for informing me of this lost si area
  
• o: 1964    c: 1964 - Only One Season

Wisconsin

Amnicon Ski Area   

• Superior, WI - northwest Wisconsin - 12 mi. E on highway 13, one mi. past the old saw mill (windmill?)
  
• o; 1962; c: 1963? ONE SEASON?

Skyview Ski Basin     

• Mazomanie, WI - south central wisconsin, 2 blocks off Hwy 14
• o: Sat., Dec. 26,1959;  c: 1960: one season ??

Sunny Acres Ranch   (Sunny Acres) 

• Minong, WI - northwest Wisconsin
• o: 1957 c: 1958 (apparently only one season)

 Ski Trail / Trail Farms LTD     

• Westboro, WI - north central Wisconsin; - 4 mi. E of Westboro - [this is very near to Trail Farm LTD (near Camp Forest Springs )
• o: 1961; c: 1962 : ??  appears in ski reports for 1961-1962 season; no mention in 1960 or 1963

 

 

 

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ONE SEASON SKI HILLS of the MIDWEST

They went out of business after only one season

ILLINOIS

Thunder Mountain - (Brickyard Mall / Brick Factory) - Chicago, IL - 1968

Winter Wonderland (at Soldier Field) - Chicago, IL - 1958

Savanna Valley - Savanna, IL - 1966 (If it opened at all)

IOWA

Clinton Bark Board  - Eagle Point  - Clinton IA - 1969

MICHIGAN

Birchwood Farm Lodge - Harbor Springs, MI - 1962

Bloomfield Hills Country Club - Bloomfield Hills, MI - 1943

Grandview Orchards - Fenton, MI - 1962

Lost Lake Ski Park  - Lincoln, MI - 1950 

Mt. Judah - Pontiac, MI 1947

MTU-Soo Ski Area (MTU Sault Branch Hill) ??? - Sault Saint Marie, MI - 1966

Peek-A-Boo Hill - Hessel / Cedarville, MI - 1959

Woodbridge Ski Area - Lewiston, MI - 1957

MINNESOTA

Snofun - Inver Grove Heights- 1953

Villa Park (Villa-Arctic Park?) - Roseville, MN - 1969 (closed due to fire)

MISSOURI

Shepherd Mountain Ski Resort - Ironton, MO - 1984

OHIO

Shady Spring Ski Trails  - Carroll, OH - 1964 

WISCONSIN

Amnicon Ski Area  - Superior, WI - 1963 

Skyview Ski Basin -  Mazomanie, WI - 1960    

Sunny Acres Ranch   (Sunny Acres) - Minong, WI - 1958

 Ski Trail / Trail Farms LTD - Westboro, WI - 1962    

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