97 Any information or assistance on the
lost ski areas of Wisconsin would be greatly appreciatedt:
mark@mwlsap.org For more information and pictures on
most of these lost ski areas go to the Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
and search. What a great resource! Americana+
- still open as Mountain
Top at Grand Geneva, was also
called Playboy Club and Indian Knob Baldy
Mountain Ski Hill (Old
Baldy) Baird's
Creek+
- still open as Triangle
Recreation Area Bear
Valley*
(see Pink
Panther) Big
Dipper*
- see Echo
Valley Birch
Haven (originally called
Suicide Hill) Birch
Park (also called Eight
Flags of Birch Park) Boulder
Junction - probably
Mus-Ski
Mountain Calumet
County Park (previously
called Calumet Hills) Crystal
Ridge+
- still open as Rock
Snowpark Deepwood
(re-opening as Woodwind
Park) Delafield
Lodge*
(see Velkommen) Dellwood
Ski Area ??? - may
be Deepwood Devil's
Lake - Windy City Ski Club*
- see Windy
City Hill Echo
Valley (later called Big
Dipper) Eight
Flags of Birch Park*
- see Birch
Park Eau
Claire Winter Sports Club Ski
Hill -
see Pinehurst The
Flats - The Kiwanis Club
of Oconto Falls Glenwood
City 57 Hills Ski Area*
- see Ski
Glen Harrison
Hills (later called Silver
Valley) Highlands
of Olympia*
(See Olympia)
Hogsback
Springs Recreation Area*
(see Spur Lake
Recreation Area) Indian
Knob*
(also called Americana, Playboy Mountain, Mt. Playboy) -
still open as Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Kiwanis
Park (Kiwanis Hill) -
Ripon Lapham
Peak (Government
Hill?) Little
Swiss Valley *(see
Velkommen) Lockhaven
(also called Spooner-Shell Lake Ski Area) Machickanee
Winter Sports Area Majestic
(Majestic Hills, Majestic Ski Area, Ski Majestic) Maryhill+
- currently open as
Ausblick
(private) located on Maryhill Rd., Sussex, WI Minocqua
Winter Park *- see
Squirrel
Hill Mt.
Atlanta+
- still open as Christie
Mountain Mt.
Ole ?
Mt.
Telemark*
(see Telemark) Mt.
Tom (private) Mus-Ski
Mountain (also
called Muskellunge) Navarino
Hills (previously known as
Pues Hill) Nor-Ski
Ridge (became
Omnibus) North
Hills (North Hills Ski
Club) Norway
Basin+
(formerly Sutter's Ridge, still open as Tryol
Basin) Oak
Ridge Ski Hill (Oak
Ridge Ski Club) Old
Baldy*
- see Baldy
Mountain Olympia
(also known as Scotsland, Highlands of Olympia) Omnibus*
(see Nor-Ski
Ridge) Perkinstown
Winter Sports Park Pinehurst
(Pinehurst Bowl) Pink
Panther (later
Snowburst [1978], then Bear Valley
[1985]) Playboy
Club*
- (also called Americana, Playboy Mountain, Mt. Playboy, and
Indian Knob) still open as Mountaintop
at Grand Geneva Port
Mountain +- still open as
Mt. Ashwabay Pues
Hill
*- see Navarino
Hills Rib
Mountain+
- still open as Granite
Peak Ripon
Kiwanis Hill*
- see Kiwanis
Park See
and Ski
- see Lodi
See and Ski Seymour
Hill - see
Pinehurst Signal
Mountain Ski Hill (Signal
Hill) Silver
Valley*
- see Harrison
Hills Silverbrook
Resort (Silver
Brook) Ski
Glen (also called Glenwood
City 57 Hills Ski Area) Skyline
(or Sky Line) Snowburst*
(see Pink
Panther) Snowcrest
(originally called Ski-Mac) Spooner-Shell
Lake Ski Area*
- see Lockhaven Spur
Lake Recreation Area (also
known as Hogsback Springs Recreation Area) Squirrel
Hill (became
Minocqua Winter Park) Suicide
Hill*
(see Birch
Haven) Sutter's
Ridge+
(became Norway Basin, still open as Tyrol
Basin) Telemark
Resort (Mt.
Telemark) UW
Eau Claire* (see
Mt.
Ole) Velkommen
(also called Delafield Lodge, Little Swiss Valley, and
Winter Haven) Willams
Bay Ski Hill / Bay View Ski Hill
(Winter Playgrounds at Williams Bay) Windy
City Hill - also called
Devil's Lake - Windy City Ski Club Winter
Haven*
- see Velkommen Wunderberg
Ski Area+
- still open as Sunburst Trail Farm LTD (Camp Forest Springs
??) From: Outdoor
Sports in full Swing in State With Snow, Cold
Weather - The Oshkosh
Northwestern, Dec. 18, 1954 From 1956 map: From Janesville Daily Gazette 1948 Ausblick
(Private) previously called Maryhill Bruce Mound
Winter Sports Area Christie
Mountain Ski Area (formerly Mt. Atlanta) Forest
Springs / Sunset Hill (at Forest Springs) Granite
Peak (formerly Rib Mountain) Heiliger
Huegel Ski Club (private) Kettlebowl
Ski Hill and Cross Country Trails Mt.
Ashwabay (previously Port Mountain) Mountain
Top at Grand Geneva (formerly Playboy Club, Americana,
and Indian Knob) Rock
Snowpark (formerly Crystral
Ridge) Sunburst Ski
Area (formerly Wunderberg) Sunset Hill
(see Forest
Springs) Tyrol
Basin (previously called Sutters Ridge and Norway
Basin) Woodwind
Park - formerly Deepwood from Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
See Lost
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for corrections
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45.73383865844644, -89.67992937155978
43.37810337011754, -89.79698513914774 ???
45.05504556522163, -92.74947877776476
44.021290408477874, -90.80130207894916 ??
43.12048910513801, -90.7317170130691 ??
44.106225344286834, -88.32650590139623
45.92177137911339, -89.19610853142254
44.974758338772034, -92.74088960798069
43.08454588229854, -88.05288618075629
45.061563647331525, -91.80137204759671
43.168450935285094, -88.05643438196667
44.176573852492965, -89.78568777382196
46.46982707454181, -90.20342954285518
45.152794970135105, -88.62397655592368
45.227774983028986, -92.73466741791742
45.92139047971048, -89.5341817413019
43.35667529337323, -89.61170554743344 ???
44.86157517970577, -88.13538347241465
45.30916104150466, -88.04795818694498 ?
43.93389326536466, -88.9163215208977 ???
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43.932958908645325, -88.94604410524445
46.15948670660234, -89.20872749701765
46.133784 -89.199280
43.75113274858438, -88.10089722991376
45.48867474199897, -91.64026732808388
45.419633324217145, -89.44863605197693
44.274248368740686, -91.88003874247669
44.270024369297246, -87.76013426256581
44.35149375835997, -88.04917722321673
43.50396808662198, -89.97584127324804
42.5875867646433, -88.50589225463843
44.538815920862206, -89.20965073147954
44.521859326505464, -89.5406019566105
42.77186640663072, -87.85474989528095
46.159566398525534, -89.20873415658703 (Gateway
Lodge)
43.83499148620276, -88.84858154314665
43.78885091440174, -91.18694193150982
44.172165821961855, -89.87687904363553
43.04323394072358, -88.39491670195063
45.32658033640538, -89.63962347425196
45.801114094532906, -91.90685696625324
43.3168767914957, -89.54142961750262
44.84989279687916, -88.0597307019531 ???
42.548186079801894, -88.51200176087538
46.54749767404306, -92.13362562683179
45.50199175185563, -89.43044775717503 Jeffris,
WI
42.806313238588324, -90.19720884620197 ???
44.38048797693707, -88.70688100575876
42.62171191893715, -88.4262207982156
45.0590538699007, -88.1458755287606
44.79532283157041, -91.5023484529688
43.613663120021805, -90.08639322677676 ???
42.655958321401805, -88.19042027388242
45.99325099793253, -89.59924058205783
44.60841897282807, -88.5858712854167
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46.66497046007175, -92.06080547486974
45.83475363797414, -91.78538520370587
45.10495993844323, -87.24575996811747
42.957064957396696, -88.83392138296104
45.79454326214343, -89.10531399361685
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42.70758133450376, -89.03974782380266
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42.72115984228944, -89.0615675070257 ???
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42.811338532794515, -88.95682803040512 ???
43.0885164999448, -88.47550509886787
42.723234180073575, -88.35030137933667
45.18311246087512, -90.63638358511453
44.852967585684326, -91.453166932542
44.39844734697483, -88.0317934243194
44.87433050277016, -87.43437546530889
43.16912472001494, -88.87106078838583
44.55629189331944, -90.59190837893082
45.81023890228899, -89.02630310419862
45.181126097374, -91.59296306150362
45.37423227251275, -92.66965907085556
45.0549560619572, -92.1616052258261
43.981680221186906, -89.82035551111761
45.41901486263741, -92.6409782235788
43.788880147187896, -91.18695776580418
45.09633334005895, -92.73042430423058
44.839310692431745, -92.2495014487107
45.8803413494111, -90.42055044704829 (town of Fifield,
WI)
45.83002545485008, -89.89521883142636
44.98713009190948, -89.6079548373099
46.1901820926803, -91.24781094717052
43.14011473980715, -89.93099182802528
43.76827722071422, -88.37989079600227
43.70364992669047, -88.04349651457382
43.085842 -89.588474
43.051472556380446, -88.38114558031054
44.38906452952806, -88.68779916750749
44.55736252735831, -91.38259468410145
43.551921990916014, -90.68391651118714
44.58218871979764, -91.95308902583264
42.58385570316734, -88.54561544625503
43.435041100669416, -89.7203256796991
43.14997535842698, -90.08307020007581
45.23966275228089, -88.08682743145081
43.79658847388503, -89.97333514178611WORKING
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45.363785, -90.2295266
Southern
Wisconsin Gains Fame As Year Round Resort Area; Winter
Sports Boom - Janesville Daily
Gazette, Jan 9, 1948
43.60802364958532, -88.16743326371048
(Forest Lake)
STILL OPEN
1956Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
- omissions noted
1962Minneapolis
Tribune, Dec. 23, 1962, p. 53
Mid-1960's
1967
Chicago Tribune,
Dec. 8, 1967
1969
Green Bay Press
Gazette
Lost
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1970
Green Bay Press
Gazette
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1971
Wisconsin Rapids
Daily Tribune
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1972Lost
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1972
Lost
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1974
(not all areas
listed)
1977
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Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
(map corrections)