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The idea for the ski resort emerged from developer Karl Hope's need to supplement his existing summer investments in the area. [7] Hope owned The Shawnee Inn and had various ventures on the Delaware River. To create a year-round attraction, Hope decided to develop a ski resort, leveraging his experience with smaller ski areas in the Northeast. [8]
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass, according to Storm Skiing. [5]
Bristol Mountain, formally known as Bristol Mountain Winter Resort, is a ski resort located in South Bristol, New York, in the Finger Lakes region. [1] It is located 30 miles (48 km) from the center of Rochester, New York, the nearest major city to the resort, and about 10 miles (16 km) from Canandaigua on NY 64.
The two locations, Boston Mills Ski Resort and Brandywine Ski Resort, developed independently in 1963 as competitors. [6] Brandywine was purchased by the owners of Boston Mills in 1990, forming the dual-resort complex known today. [7] In 2002, Peak Resorts purchased the resorts and operated them until new ownership. [8]
Skiing at Schweitzer began as early as 1933, but the ski area opened thirty years later as "Schweitzer Basin" in the fall of 1963. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Dr. Jack Fowler of Spokane was an avid skier and frequently drove to The Big Mountain in Whitefish, Montana , in the late 1950s; he looked for a closer alternative and had noticed the snow-laden ...
Sandia Peak Ski Area, originally La Madera Ski Area, [2] is a ski resort located in the Sandia Mountains in northeast Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, immediately northeast of the city of Albuquerque. It is part of a Special Use Permit Zone in the Sandia Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest.
The main lodge and the East Lodge are later additions. The first story of the main lodge has a small cafeteria. On the second story of the east lodge, there is a small skiing and snowboarding shop. Adjacent to the main ski area is a 750-foot (230 m) tubing run [8] which includes 3 sections and 23 lanes. Perfect North Slopes has three terrain ...
The park was established in 1951, opened in 1959, and the lodge and ski area were built between 1958 and 1967. The ski area was operated by the state until 1979, when it became a concession run by a private contractor ("Ski Denton" as of 2011). [3] The park was closed to downhill skiing in late 2014, when the concession contract expired.