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James Park - Evanston, IL, 1973 - 1982

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Mt. Hoy - Warrenville, IL, NEVER OPENED

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Salem Township Landfill - Salem, MI, NEVER OPENED

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Brookings Ski Hill, Brookings, SD, NEVER OPENED

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Mt. Trashmore, Cedar Rapids, IA - NEVER OPENED

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The movie was wrong!  Most of us have seen the movie Aspen Extreme whereTJ and Dexter discuss how Mt. Brighton was built on a garbage dump.  Actually, Mt. Brighton was built on excess dirt from the construction of local highways and not on garbage.

Riverview Highlands

James Park and Mt. Hoy





Crystal Ridge, Franklin, WI

Salem Township Landfill

Brookings Ski Hill, Brookings, SD

 Mt. Trashmore, Cedar Rapids, IA 

 

 

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MIDWEST SKI HILLS BUILT ON GARBAGE

Riverview Highlands - Riverview, MI, near Detroit, 1981 - 1997

James Park - Evanston, IL, 1973 - 1982

Crystal Ridge - Franklin, WI , 1987 - present

The movie was wrong!  Most of us have seen the movie Aspen Extreme where TJ and Dexter discuss how Mt. Brighton was built on a garbage dump.  Actually, Mt. Brighton was built on excess dirt from the construction of local highways and not on garbage.