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Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project


Lost Ski Areas of the UP, Michigan

 | lost | never opened | still open |

Lost Ski Areas:

Al Quaal, Ishpeming, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#alquaal

Bryce's Hill (Brice's Hill), St. Ignace, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#bryceshill

Chipmunk Bluff, Marquette, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#chipmunkbluff

Danforth Ski Area (Escanaba Winter Sports Park), Escanaba, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#danforth

Duke's Ski Slope / Duke's Lake, Rudyard, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#dukes

Forest Hill Ski Resort ^- looks like ski jump only, Munising, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#foresthill

Iroquois Mountain Lodge (originally called Mission Hill Ski Resort), Sault Ste. Marie, MI (Brimley, MI)
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#iroquoismountainlodge

Lakeshore Ski Club, Sault St. Marie, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#lakeshoreskiclub

Les Cheneaux, Cedarville, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#lescheneaux

Mackinac College Ski Slope (also called: Rex Humbard College Ski Slope, Stonecliffe, Mt Humbard), Mackinac Island, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mackinac

Maple Mountain, Munising, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#maplemountain

Minneapolis Woods Ski Area, Sault Saint Marie, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#minneapoliswoods

Mt. Joy, Wakefield, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mtjoy

Mt. Kimberly, Marenisco, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mtkimberly

Mt. Mesnard - formerly Kirlin Hill, Marquette, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mtmesnard

MTU-Soo Ski Area (MTU Sault Branch Hill), Sault Saint Marie, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mtusoo

Mussatti Ski Hill, Bessemer, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#mussatti

Norway Mountain - formerly Briar Mountain , Mont Brier, and Vulcan USA, Norway, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#norwaymountain

Peek-A-Boo Hill, Hessel / Cedarville, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#peekaboo

Rockland Ski hill / Rockland Winter Sports Club, Rockland, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#rockland

Silver Mountain, St. Ignace
Still open for tubing -
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#silvermountain

Spring Valley - also called Caspian Ski Hill, Caspian, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#springvalley

Superior Hills, Marquette, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#superiorhills

Thunder Bowl, Manistique, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#thunderbowl

Never Opened:

Copper Harbor, Copper Harbor, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#copperharbor

Holiday Mountain (also called White Pine Ridge) , Bergland / White Pine, MI
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#holidaymountain

Rockland Winter Sports Club, Rockland, MI
http://mwlsap.org/michigan/mi.htm#rockland

MWLSAP Homepage

Still Open:

Adventure Mountain Mass City, MI
Facebook

Big Powderhorn Bessemer, MI,
website

Big Valley Ski and Tube, Newberry, MI
Facebook Page

Black River Basin - Snowriver Mountain Resort (formerly Blackjack - Big Snow Resort), Wakefield, MI
website

Chatham Ski Hill (also called Hiawatha Slopes), Chatham, MI
Facebook

Covington Ski Hill, L'Anse, MI
website

Crystella Ski Hill, Crystal Falls, MI
website

Gladstone Sports Park (John and Melissa Besse Sports Park), Gladstone, MI
website

Jackson Creek Summit - Snowriver Mountain Resort (formerly Indianhead Mountain - Big Snow Resort) Wakefield, MI
website

Marquette Mountain (formerly Cliff's Ridge), Marquette, MI
website

Mont Ripley, Houghton, MI
website

Mt. Bohemia, Mohawk, MI
website

Mt. Zion, Ironwood, MI
website

Pine Mountain, Iron Mountain, MI
website

Porcupine Mountain (Porkies), Ontonogan, MI
website

Sault Seal, Sault St. Marie, MI
website

Ski Brule - Iron River, MI
website

 

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1958 - Upper Peninsula

Detroit Free Press, Fri, Dec 26, 1958

1962

Detroit Free Press, Dec. 9, 1962 (from Michigan's Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page)

1963

Detroit Free Press, Dec. 8, 1963 (from Michigan's Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page)

1967

Chicago Tribune - Dec. 3, 1967

 

2008

Detroit Free Press, Sun. Nov. 2, 2008

 

 


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