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Re: Shawnee, PA 02/09/13 by jamesdeluxe » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:45 am
Admin wrote:
I skied there a bunch as a kid, actually, as well as at Camelback, Big Boulder, etc. as my grandparents lived in the tiny burg of Pen Argyl, Penn.,
Just when I think I've found a U.S. hill that Admin hasn't skied, it's [-( .
Next month, I'll hit a couple out west that I'm reasonably sure you haven't been to, but who knows.
In the spirit of this TR and it's following exchange I got to wondering. Not about what the list of top notch resorts everyone has been to, but what tiny dilapidated hills the folks on the board have skied at?
No need to limit oneself to only one. As a Racer Chaser much of my life I've been to quite a few molehills. For that matter to quite a number of now defunct ski hills that no longer exist (including where I first learned to ski).
A sampling of some of mine (wow, I've been to a lot of tiny places):
Brantling, NY - 250 verts; all surface lifts and a literal cow pasture in summer.
Holiday Mtn, NY - all 350 verts or so.
Addison Pinnacle, NY - now defunct; all surface lifts including a poma with a 90 bend in the middle.
Mystic Mtn, NY - now defunct. 1 chair and several surface lifts
McCauley Mtn, NY - Freeze your #$% off in Old Forge, NY.
Cazenovia, NY - private club; pretty sure the rope tow was/is worlds fastest...
Scotch Valley, NY - now defunct; OK hill and hey there was bowling in the base lodge... Welcome to the Catskills.
Highmont, NY - now defunct; not really all that obscure since Belleayre wants to expand onto it's old footprint...
Blue Mash, PA; another 300 vert knob.
Bryce. VA - 400 verts of flat with 4 runs
Howleson Hill, CO - Surprisingly steep for such a tiny bump on the edge of town.
Sky Valley, GA - Now defunct I believe; Couple hundred verts and 2 runs
Iron Mtn, CA - now defunct; surprisingly 5 (very slow) chairs and maybe 1200 verts? Well, it was small for California.
OK, I've listed far too many - even though my tiny operations list above is very incomplete. But you get the idea.